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INFORMATION Please let us know if an important date is coming up for an Art Show etc. Art stories welcome. We reserve the right not to publish, but will consider
all information The Painting Thief Recently a man in Paris nearly
got away with stealing several paintings from the Louvre. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime and then make such an obvious error, he replied:
Various Stolen Works... In various newspapers and the teletext service was a story which stated that there are currently 491 missing Picassos, 342 missing Miros and 152 missing Rembrandts, according to the Art Loss Register. It all started when "The Scream" was stolen..again. TOP
SELLING DECEASED ARTISTS More soon
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Edinburgh 30 June - 29 July 2007 RSA
Finlay Room, Admission free Twelve artists – twenty four portraits As Others See Us celebrates the long tradition of artist’s portraiture. Artists whose work has specific links with the Highlands have been invited to create both a self portrait and a portrait of another artist. There will be a full colour catalogue with images, short artist’s bios and statements. As many of the artists were required to explore outside of their usual working boundaries, the catalogue essays reflect on how they responded to this challenge of being both the observer and the observed. In partnership with the Highland Council Exhibitions Unit and Highland 2007. The artist pairings are: John Byrne RSA – Steven Campbell Calum Colvin RSA – John Bellany HRSA Gordon Robin Brown – Jennifer Houliston Allan Macdonald – Eugenie Vronskaya Craig Mackay – Pat Semple Alex Main – David Eustace The Swanson Gallery, Thurso - 4 – 25 August 2007 Inverness Museum & Art Gallery - 1 – 29 September 2007 Please call back..more updates due QUOTES "Creative
minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training."
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