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CT LIVE!: Hip Hop For The Homeless
The event takes place over three weeks bringing performances all across the state. Each concert raises funds and encourages attendees to bring toiletries and food for a chosen charity.
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Traveling art exhibit highlights history of Puerto Rican Diaspora in US
The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University is hosting a traveling exhibition titled “Diasporican: from Dispersion to Integration.” Each image displayed shows a moment in Puerto Rican diaspora history.
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Traveling art exhibit highlights history of Puerto Rican Diaspora in US
Each image displayed at The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University shows a moment in Puerto Rican diaspora history. “Puerto Ricans came here for jobs, around the 1960s and 70s,” Eastern Art Gallery Director Julia Wintner said. The university is currently hosting a traveling exhibition titled “Diasporican: from Dispersion to Integration.” “We wanted to emphasize the timeline in which…
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Monet painting sells for $65.5 million at Sotheby's auction
A scene of water lilies by French impressionist painter Claude Monet sold for $65.5 million earlier this week.
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Duct-taped banana fetches $6.24M
A banana duct-taped to a wall, a conceptual piece of art titled “Comedian” by Maurizio Cattelan, fetched $6.24 million at auction at Sotheby’s Wednesday.
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Duct-taped banana sells for over $6 million at art auction
After debuting to much fanfare in 2019, a piece of conceptual art consisting of a banana duct-taped to a wall has sold for $6.2 million at an auction in New York City.
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The story behind the mosaic mural coming to Hartford – and the artist designing it
A new mosaic mural is coming to downtown Hartford. It will be located on the side of a LAZ Parking garage on Pearl Street. Ellis Echevarria, a Hartford native, was selected by the Greater Hartford Art Council to design the mural. “From the moment we looked at different artist in our region, Ellis came to the top,” said Greater Hartford…
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This duct-taped banana art piece is worth at least $1 million. Here's why
Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York.
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Norman Rockwell ‘Boy Scouts' art auctioned to compensate sexual abuse survivors
Five Norman Rockwell works of art go up for auction Friday with the proceeds going to compensate thousands of survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
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Biden awards National Medals of Arts and Humanities in White House ceremony
“Above all, you are the masters of your craft that have made us a better America with all of you have done,” Biden said at the White House ceremony.
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Uncovering the mysterious side of art pricing. ‘Everyone's trying to make money'
Galleries don’t always display prices, making the art world mysterious, or possibly even “shady,” according to some insiders.
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Merriam-Webster is expanding its vocabulary with 200 new words and definitions
Some new additions include touch grass, nepo baby, burrata and MAGA.
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CT LIVE!: The Buttonwood Tree Performing Arts Center
The center aims to uplift, inspire, educate, and enrich lives through artistic and cultural programming, while supporting the creative endeavors of emerging and established artists.
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Death of female participant at Burning Man 2024 under investigation
The death of a woman at the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert is under investigation, according to the festival organizers.
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‘Banksy woz ere.' London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist's animal mural for protection
The London Zoo has removed Banksy’s gorilla mural from its entrance gate.
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Banksy unveils new rhino art in an animal-themed collection that has popped up across London
The elusive graffiti artist, who has never confirmed his full identity, has been posting the new work on his Instagram account every day since last Monday.
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Parents and Gen Alpha kids are having unintelligible convos because of ‘brainrot' language
Gen Z’s “slay” and “tea” are officially vintage, giving way to “sigma,” “gyatt” and “fanum tax.”
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WATCH: How this sports journalist matches iconic Olympic moments with fine art
Rader is the creator of the popular “Art But Make It Sports” blog, where he draws comparisons between sports moments and pieces of art.
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This sports journalist matches iconic sports moments to fine art, showing ‘time is a flat circle'
LeBron James in “The Ascension?” Snoop Dogg as “The Smoker?” See how the creator of the popular “Art But Make It Sports” blog pairs 2024 Olympic highlights in Paris with iconic fine art pieces.
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CT LIVE!: The Flowered Press
Marguerite Alpert creates pressed plant art.