Fine Art

Lead Photo Lunch, served with style

Laura Davis | Thu, Nov 19, 2009 (12:27 p.m.)

Forget cafeteria food, these lunch trays up for bid carry more important things.

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Lead Photo Art so perfect, it’s painful

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Nov 18, 2009 (2:23 p.m.)

Grayson Ronk's graphite drawings are so exacting in their faint precision, to look at them is almost painful.

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It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s both.

Jenessa Kenway | Tue, Nov 17, 2009 (3 p.m.)

The Extreme Sensibilities exhibit at Donna Beam is getting a reaction.

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Lead Photo Drink in “Drunk” art

Danielle Kelly | Thu, Nov 5, 2009 (midnight)

Drunk is the perfect pit-stop for boozy tortured artists.

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Lead Photo Turning the page

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Nov 4, 2009 (5 p.m.)

Altered States takes an age-old object—the book—in bold new directions

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Lead Photo Roll out the ’bones

Scott Dickensheets | Tue, Nov 3, 2009 (3:15 p.m.)

At UNLV, 76 plus four equals 100.

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Lead Photo From haute to hot: Full frontal ambush at fashion show

Laura Davis | Thu, Oct 29, 2009 (11:59 a.m.)

Wearable art turns into wearing nothing at all during Hot Hot Haute 2 fashion show.

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Lead Photo Wearable art on the runway

Deanna Rilling | Fri, Oct 23, 2009 (12:59 p.m.)

Vegas’ own version of Project Runway will take to the catwalk this weekend in honor of the CAC’s 20th anniversary with wearable art at Hot Hot Haute.

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Lead Photo Landscape exhibit pairs perfectly with Springs Preserve

Danielle Kelly | Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (2:45 p.m.)

Everything about Robert Beckmann: Elemental Landscape dovetails beautifully: luminous landscape paintings, the Big Springs gallery at the Springs Preserve, a breezy October morning.

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Lead Photo Other suggested wordings: How should UNLV relabel its fake Stella painting?

Las Vegas Weekly Staff | Tue, Oct 20, 2009 (4:54 p.m.)

“If the school doesn’t destroy the painting or take it out, [Stella’s attorney, Neale] Albert suggests a placard to hang next to the work: ‘This is not a Frank Stella painting.’”

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Lead Photo Hello Kitty tattoo day!

Deanna Rilling | Mon, Oct 19, 2009 (7:51 p.m.)

Hello Kitty is turning 35 on October 21, and in honor of the occasion, Last Chance Tattoo is celebrating with special deals on ink.

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Lead Photo Romancing the stone

April Corbin | Fri, Oct 16, 2009 (6:36 p.m.)

Local artist Sharon Gainsburg finds symbolism, escapism and beauty in stone, and she can teach you to find the same.

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Lead Photo Exploring the mind-body connection

Jenessa Kenway | Wed, Oct 14, 2009 (5:39 p.m.)

When artist Marylou Evans started speaking about her work she began with a ghost story. She told a tale from her childhood: the night the specter of an old Civil War soldier loomed before her in the hallway.

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Lead Photo Objects telling stories

T.R. Witcher | Tue, Oct 13, 2009 (4:01 p.m.)

Explore the endless possibilities of synthesizing graphic design and text.

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Lead Photo Economy be damned! Downtown gets a new gallery

T.R. Witcher | Wed, Oct 7, 2009 (2:24 p.m.)

Place Gallery opened last week and the new space suggests that the local arts scene here is starting to turn around.

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The bar is open! Or rather, back open. Adjacent to Dos Caminos at Palazzo, itty bitty Fusion Mixology Bar has gotten itself some fresh new beats and mixology talent as ...
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