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With the Help of Sweet Relief, 60's music icon Lester Chambers of The Chambers Brothers has overcome cancer, homelessness and is recording new music that is garnering national interest. Features spots of Mr. Chambers on CNN, NBC, YouTube and internet media news site, Reddit spurs huge support. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 09, 2013 Lester Chambers is now 72 years old. He has been performing professionally for 60 years. The highlight of his career was from 1965 to the early...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Drummond Ltd. has announced that Augusto Jimenez, president of Drummond Ltd. Colombia, has resigned as president effective December 31, 2012. Please see the following Drummond Ltd. Announcement for details. Drummond Ltd. Announcement Drummond Ltd. announces that Mr. Augusto Jimenez has tendered his resignation as President of Drummond Ltd. Colombia, which will be effective as of December 31, 2012. Jose Miguel Linares, Vice President...
NEW YORK, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The FLAG Art Foundation, an exhibition space for contemporary art, today announced its summer exhibition: Watch Your Step, a group exhibition of floor works on view June 7 through August 24, 2012. Watch Your Step surveys a series of floor sculptures by 21 artists in a diverse range of media including found objects, handmade materials, and traditional mediums such as bronze, steel, and marble. The exhibition recalibrates the viewer's perspective,...
NEW YORK, March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV, MoMA PS1, and Creative Time today announced Art Breaks a new series of ten original video art pieces by some of the most exciting emerging artists working around the world today. The videos, which were commissioned and curated by Creative Time and MoMA PS1, will debut on MTV, MTV.com, MTV's Facebook page and a dedicated Tumblr page beginning Monday, April 2nd and continuing throughout 2012, bringing experimental artwork directly to...
LONDON, January 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- s[edition], the revolutionary digital platform for collecting contemporary art, launches a new app today to enable collectors to share their art collections and discover new art from leading artists directly on their Timeline. Continuing s[edition]'s mission to encourage a new generation of art collectors, the new app gives collectors the opportunity to showcase their personal s[edition] art collection to friends and highlight...
NEW YORK, Sept. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gagosian Art Gallery in New York City will bring the world of music and contemporary art together for one special evening on September 19th when Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Robbie Robertson will be joined by renowned modern artist Richard Prince and other collaborators on the groundbreaking collector's set of How To Become Clairvoyant, being released by 429 Records. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090208/LA67886LOGO) This...
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present "Size DOES Matter", curated by basketball legend Shaquille O'Neal. This exciting exhibition, on view from February 19, 2010 - May 27, 2010, includes works from international artists exploring the myriad ways that scale affects the perception of contemporary art. Weighing 320 pounds and standing 7'1" atop his size 22 shoes, Shaq is one of the most dominant players ever to play in the NBA. Throughout his career,...
Britart star Tracey Emin says she is considering leaving Britain because of an increased tax rate introduced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Sunday Times of London said Emin is frustrated over Brown's 50 percent tax rate set to target British residents making more than $239,000 a year. The tax rate increase is set to go into effect in April. Emin, a standout in the Young British Artists Group, commonly called Britart, reportedly said she is very seriously considering leaving Britain....
Organizers of the Venice (Italy) Biennale say they plan to bestow a Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement to Japanese-born artist Yoko Ono. U.S. conceptual artist John Baldessari is also slated to be honored with a similar prize at the 53rd International Art Exhibition, known as the Venice Biennale, ANSA said. ''These Golden Lion career awards celebrate two artists whose avant-garde work has opened new possibilities of poetic, conceptual and social expression for artists all over the...
By TED OWEN Noises Off TED OWEN ARGUES THAT ROCK MEMORABILIA IS UNDERVALUED Why should a work of art that was manufactured by others be more valuable than handwritten lyrics by two of the masters of pop music? After an insane, manic, media-filled week, our auction house, the Fame Bureau, sold Jimi Hendrix's Astoria Stratocaster for a record- breaking price of 310,000 on Thursday. It was the guitar Hendrix "sacrificed" on stage in 1967 by covering it in lighter fuel and setting it on fire....
