Arts
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World's largest day fireworks show makes Qatar go Boom! (VIDEO)
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Gunpowder artist Cai Guo-Quang's explosive Black Ceremony makes fireworks seem at once both terrifying and beautiful.
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13 federal agencies to boost research on the arts
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The National Endowment for the Arts is forming a task force of 13 federal agencies to foster more research on how the arts impact human development at all stages of life.
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NYC performance artist gives birth in art gallery
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A performance artist who said giving birth is the "highest form of art" has delivered a baby boy - inside a New York City art gallery.
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Most arts funding serves wealthy, skips ethnically diverse communities
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Billions of dollars in arts funding is serving a mostly wealthy, white audience that is shrinking while only a small chunk of money goes to emerging art groups that serve poorer communities.
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Italy's art open to public at D.C.'s Italian Embassy
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Artists from each of Italy's 20 regions are being featured in a new exhibit at the Italian Embassy in Washington.
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30 Americans opens at Corcoran Gallery of Art
CommentWorks by leading black artists in the contemporary art realm are going on view at Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art to tackle issues of racial, sexual and historical identity.
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Mark Chase allowed to sell art on Ocean City Boardwalk, judge says
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A U.S. District judge in Baltimore has ruled that Ocean City cannot prevent Mark Chase, an artist from selling his work on the Boardwalk until a trial is held on the matter.
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'Urban stargazing': Artificial constellations appear over London
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Constellation V-2? An artist is decking the London skyscape with fake constellations that pay tribute to the city's storied history.
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Frederick arts festival expands
CommentAn annual art festival in Frederick is expanding this year to include dance, theater and downtown galleries.
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Theo Jansen's wind-powered Strandbeests take to the beach (VIDEO)
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Imagine you're on the beach for Memorial Day when a 15 foot tall, 30-foot long creature made of garbage popped up over a sand dune and came lurching your way. This could actually happen in Europe, thanks to artist Theo Jansen.
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D.C. budget: Arts tax proposal dropped
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A controversial sales tax on live performances at Washington's arts organizations has been dropped from the District of Columbia's approved budget.
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Arts groups oppose proposed ticket tax in DC
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Mayor Vincent Gray has proposed a 6 percent tax on theater and arts tickets in his 2012 budget. Arts groups fear they'll lose audience if the tax is approved.
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Susan Burns to undergo mental competency exam
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The woman accused of attacking a Gauguin painting at the National Gallery of Art was ordered Monday to undergo a mental competency exam.
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Study: Arts integration a key to school reform
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A study by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities says arts education is an effective tool for school reform, even as arts education funding has declined.
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