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    A museum shelter for art - and snowshoers  Nov 15, 2009
    (Works that the conservation center has restored include Vincent van Gogh s Irises, Thomas Hart Benton s America Today murals, and Number 2, 1949, by Jackson Pollock. During the week, visitors strolling outside the Stone Hill Center can peer in at conservators wielding long, dangling hoses and other mysterious tools of their trade behind the two-story glass walls on the north and east facades. (Boston Globe)

    HK to hold 38th French film fest  Nov 4, 2009
    Other selections include the love story about "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky", the biopic of a female version Vincent Van Gogh "Seraphine" and "Villa Amalia", starring Isabelle Huppert. The first French film festival was organized by Alliance Francaise of Hong Kong in 1953, aiming to introduce to Hong Kong audience new French films. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Books: Van Gogh's letters  Oct 30, 2009
    The story of Vincent van Gogh ... An amazing self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh, in words and pictures ... Vincent van Gogh Foundation. (The Economist)

    Its OK to touch the art in local authors books  Oct 30, 2009
    When Appel visited her daughter s kindergarten teacher, Guglielmo, at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City, Guglielmo explained to Appel that she taught her students about artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollack and many others. Appel said that after her daughter moved on to first grade, she approached Guglielmo about putting her curriculum on television and together they shot a homemade pilot called Artopia. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    Spain to end takeover tax breaks  Oct 29, 2009
    Page last updated at 14:57 GMT, Wednesday, 28 October 2009. By Douglas Fraser BBC Scotland Business editor. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Former Stasi victim locked up again - in the name of art  Oct 29, 2009
    Page last updated at 07:40 GMT, Thursday, 29 October 2009. Stasi victim revisits Berlin jail. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Enduring appeal  Oct 25, 2009
    In the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh ... With a new edition of the letters of Vincent van Gogh getting the art world very excited, Vincent Dowd visits a small town in France, where the artist painted some of his most famous works ... But Vincent van Gogh was a great painter - none greater, some think. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Masterpieces of the Universe  Oct 21, 2009
    com 2 of 7 AIG: The Little Stream, Vincent Van Gogh. This Van Gogh is valued at $6 million and once hung in CEO Hank Greenbergs office, but it has been at the center of a over its ownership his 2005 ouster. (Slate)

    Recreating the artist's hand  Oct 14, 2009
    The artist s gesture, the unique brushstroke that defined painters like Vincent van Gogh, is in general decline these days, he says. The transition begs the question, who is the true creator of the art people see in museums. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)

    One of two suspects in art theft might be a victim, officials say  Oct 9, 2009
    Two weeks after a former Harvard Medical School instructor and his business partner reported that burglars stole artwork by Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, and other masters valued at up to $80 million from their upscale California rental home, the case, which authorities have branded a possible hoax, took another twist yesterday. Investigators, who previously identified the alleged victims, Dr. Ralph Kennaugh and Angelo Benjamin Amadio, as suspects in the theft are considering the possibility the... (Boston Globe)

    - From the desk of: Fun trivia from 1909 0  Oct 8, 2009
    And, here is the family tree of Vincent Van Gogh. His dizzy aunt: Verti Gogh. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)

    Was Van Gogh really mad?  Oct 7, 2009
    However, new research carried out in Amsterdam into the life of the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, paints a very different picture. Russell Trott reports. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Pebble Beach men report art theft  Oct 1, 2009
    (09-29) 14:53 PDT PEBBLE BEACH, MONTEREY COUNTY -- Two Pebble Beach residents have reported a $27 million theft of artwork, including paintings by Jackson Pollock, Henri Matisse and Vincent van Gogh, authorities said Tuesday. Images. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)

    Delicate watermelon carvings by Takashi Itoh  Sep 30, 2009
    Takashi Itoh, 33, has carved flowers, figurines and even a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. (Photo Source: english. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Mad Genius: Study Suggests Link Between Psychosis And Creativity  Sep 30, 2009
    29, 2009) Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. Sylvia Plath stuck her head in the oven. (Science Daily)

    Artist equals record with three wins in portrait prize  Sep 25, 2009
    CHRISTINE ''Kit'' Hiller has been painting for decades but a recent trip to Mexico ignited the kind of artistic obsession someone like Vincent van Gogh would be proud of. From the flurry of Mexican-inspired works that resulted, one huge canvas yesterday won the prestigious Portia Geach Memorial Award for portraiture by Australian women artists and its $18,000 prize. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Great Lakes Distillery unveils absinthe line  Sep 25, 2009
    Absinthe is known for its popularity with French artists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Baudelaire and other European artists such as Vincent van Gogh. Absinthe had been banned in the United States from 1912 to 2007, due to fears that an ingredient in the product caused insanity. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)

    * Major Van Gogh exhibition coming to Taipei museum  Sep 17, 2009
    A man holds up a reproduction of Self Portrait by Vincent van Gogh in front of reproductions of Cypress Against a Starry Sky, right, and the Garden of the Asylum in Saint-Remy during a press conference in Taipei on Tuesday to promote the Van Gogh: the Flaming Soul exhibition, which will open at the National Museum of History on Dec. 11 ... A special exhibition titled Van Gogh: the Flaming Soul, showcasing works by the 19th century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, will open at the National... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    FIELD NOTES: Those amazing Hingham sunflowers  Sep 14, 2009
    The visual world is a more wonderful place with Vincent van Gogh s interpretations, from fields waving flowers the color of gold to bouquets of rust, orange and yellow colored blossoms standing in glazed clay pots. Sunflowers are universally celebrated in the Market/Garden on Turkey Hill, and they are found in abundance and availability, along with a bounty of other vegetables at the Pick Your Own days. (Hingham Journal, MA)

    County library embraces Dewey-less world  Sep 9, 2009
    Within a few minutes of browsing, he found a book on Vincent Van Gogh paintings he was seeking, in a clearly labeled "Art" section. "With the Dewey decimal, I think it's more time-consuming.". (AZCentral)

    Harvest Scenes in 19th Century Art  Sep 7, 2009
    Views of harvest-time by artists Camille Pissarro, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin ... Like any force of nature, the harvest and the behavior of harvesters has fascinated artists for centuries, particularly Camille Pissarro, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, all of whom painted multiple interpretations of the season ... Vincent van Gogh s bright harvest paintings seem to show a link between the artist and his subject matter. (Suite101.com)

    - From the desk of ... 0  Aug 12, 2009
    - Imperial Valley Press Online - Our Opinion. Wednesday, August 12, 2009 - 1:56:38 am. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)

    Paris lends masters for landmark expo  Aug 10, 2009
    VINCENT VAN GOGH is one of a string of masters to feature in a blockbuster exhibition that will start its world tour in Canberra. The National Gallery of Australia will today announce its most ambitious exhibition to date, having secured a number of works from the Musee d'Orsay in Paris to feature in what it has called a ''landmark'' exhibition. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    ‘Séraphine’ offers a slowly drawn portrait of art and madness  Jul 31, 2009
    raphine Louis as a misfit mystic on a par with William Blake and Vincent Van Gogh, but based on what we see in those prewar paintings, the analogy doesn t quite hold. The film jumps ahead, though, to 1927 and Uhde s return to Senlis. (Boston Globe)

    Art and The Caf  Jul 29, 2009
    The caf as a meeting place, den of evil, absinthe wonderland or political hotbed in works by Jean Beraud, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Viktor Oliva and Gabriel Deluc ... Post-Impressionist icons Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh s friendship reached a crisis point when the latter artist reportedly took a razor to his own ear in a famed outburst of self-mutilation. (Suite101.com)

    Britain's National Gallery offers its art on the iPhone  Jul 22, 2009
    About 250 of the gallery's best-loved paintings, including by Botticelli, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Rembrandt and Jan van Eyck, are available to browse, using the zoom function to examine them in minute detail. About 200 minutes of audio video content are also available on the application, including interviews and accounts of the stories behind the art. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    I Have to Tell You . . .  Jul 16, 2009
    Houston Martin had baked one white layer sandwiched between two chocolate layers topped with dark chocolate icing, that he daubed on like a Vincent Van Gogh painting. Talk about the icing on the cake; that also brought back a flash of memory. (Missourian Publishing, MO)

    French Pavilion to house historic art at Shanghai Expo  Jul 15, 2009
    BEIJING, July 15 -- The French government will send for the first time historic artwork from pioneers such as Auguste Rodin and Vincent Van Gogh to China for the 2010 Shanghai Expo ... Historic pieces include Jean-Francois Millet's The Angelus, Edouard Manet's The Balcony, Paul Cezanne's Woman with Coffee Pot, The Age of Bronze sculpture created by Auguste Rodin, Vincent Van Gogh's The Dance Hall in Arles and Paul Gauguin's The Bananas, among others. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Brights dominate Speaks' world of art  Jul 14, 2009
    He counts as influences the work of Jackson Pollock and Vincent Van Gogh. "It's the brush strokes," he said of Van Gogh. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Panhandle artist turns trash into treasure  Jul 13, 2009
    Only from a distance does the uneven array of plastic and metal begin to blend into a vivid, 8-foot-by-16-foot depiction of a self-portrait of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh with a bandaged ear and pipe ... A crowd watches Friday as an 8-foot-by-16-foot depiction of a self-portrait of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh is unveiled in Martinsburg, W.Va ... artist David Heatwole viewed up close look like an abstract mosaic, but viewed at a distance the work shows a famous self-portrait of Dutch artist... (The Herald-Mail Online)

    Success of abstinence in cutting teen pregnancies is a 'myth'  Jul 12, 2009
    " In Britain, experts say that the Government missed its target of cutting the under-18 pregnancy rate by 15 per cent from its 1998 level in spite of the 150 million campaign to reduce pregnancies among young girls. It was also likely to miss its target of halving teenage pregnancies by 2010, probably achieving a reduction of about 17 per cent. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535684/Success-of-abstinence-in-cutting-teen-pregnancies-is-a-myth.html External Links More on Advertisement... (Yahoo News -- Birth Control)

    L.A. Fire Forces Evacuation of Getty Center  Jul 9, 2009
    The fire erupted at 12:44 p.m. and quickly grew to 80 acres above parking facilities for the Getty, which has a collection ranging from European paintings to illuminated manuscripts and photographs, including works by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh ... It is world-famous for its gardens, conservation and research work and its museum, which holds a number of famous works, including Vincent Van Gogh's painting "Irises.". (Fox News)

    Joni, But Not Phony  Jun 22, 2009
    In a hall-of-mirrors way, Kelly, who accompanies himself on guitar and dulcimer, is backed by two of the singer's own idols, Vincent van Gogh (Paul Ossola) on bass and Georgia O'Keeffe (Zecca Esquibel) on keyboards. The set list hops through Mitchell's career in rough chronological order, reaching wide from "The Fishbowl," a poem the songwriter wrote in 10th grade, up to the title track from Mitchell's 2007 album, "Shine.". (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Photos: Hopkinton High graduation  Jun 16, 2009
    Administrators struck a similar note, with Superintendent John Phelan Jr. paraphrasing Vincent Van Gogh to urge graduates to "dream your painting and then paint your dream" and Principal John McCarthy encouraging the class to "dream more, risk more and expect more than you ever thought possible.". With the graduates now moving firmly into adulthood, Valedictorian Lauren Schultz told her classmates she hoped everyone would step up to the challenge. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)

    Commentary: Raise our expectations  Jun 4, 2009
    Somewhere between the 13-year-old in rural Mississippi who wants to go to Harvard and the second-graders in Harlem studying Vincent Van Gogh, I ceased being surprised and started being angry that what I saw was still the exception and not the rule. Everywhere I went, there were black kids excelling. (CNN -- Money)

    Valley painter expresses faith through art  May 31, 2009
    as Dutch post-impressionist Vincent Van Gogh and North Carolina native. Romare Bearden, famed for his painting and collage work depicting life. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)

    Ten mystery diseases  May 29, 2009
    Mary Queen of Scots, Vincent Van Gogh, and King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon may have suffered from this disease. Pica. (CNN -- Health)

    Museum Mile Festival 2009 in New Yo...  May 29, 2009
    The Thannhauser Collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern art includes important works by Paul C;zanne, Paul Gauguin, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Pierre Auguste Renoir and Vincent van Gogh. Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward (May 15-August 23) celebrates the 50th anniversary with more than 200 drawings, elevations, models and digital recreations of 64 projects designed by the Guggenheim's architect. (Suite101.com)

    He made despair glamorous, but was Francis Bacon truly great?  May 24, 2009
    In literature, such writers as J.D. Salinger, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver routinely suffer such a fate, while in art, Edvard Munch, Egon Schiele, and Vincent Van Gogh are perhaps the classic cases. Francis Bacon, too, belongs in this category. (Boston Globe)

    How Did Kris Allen Win 'American Idol?'  May 22, 2009
    " But then, 'ball also went on to compare Lambert to Leonardo da Vinci, Galileo and Vincent van Gogh, suggesting that the glammy singer was simply "way beyond his time. " Though Lambert has made a point of not responding to queries about his sexuality other than to say "I know who I am," Heath was convinced the androgynous singer lost because of homophobia. "I guess we're overpopulated with retarded little girls who vote for a boy they think is cute, and homophobic wastes of space who will vote... (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Van Gogh's landscapes finally get their due  May 20, 2009
    Vincent van Gogh's "Wheat Field" is among 70 landscape works on display at the Kunstmuseum in Basel, Swizerland, until September ... BASEL, Switzerland - Vincent van Gogh preferred painting portraits and figures, but it was his landscapes that sparked a revolution in art ... The exhibition "Vincent van Gogh Between Earth and Heaven" focuses for the first time exclusively on his landscapes, the most frequent motif in his work. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)

    Phillips Collection Annual Gala Unites Washington's Notables in Support of Arts Education  May 17, 2009
    The Phillips Collection offers an intimate encounter with one of the finest collections of impressionist and modern American and European art, with works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Paul Cezanne, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Claude Monet, Honore Daumier, Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Jacob Lawrence, and Richard Diebenkorn, among others. The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art, has an active... (PR Newswire)

    Provence, France Prevails Through the Ages  May 15, 2009
    Yes, I went to the popular tourist jaunts - an amphitheater built by the Romans, a farmer's market, Paul Cezanne's studio in Aix-en-Provence, and Arles, where Vincent Van Gogh painted ... Italian influences abound from the Roman amphitheater in Arles, the town where Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear, to the Papal palace in Avignon, the seat of popes in the 14th and 15th centuries. (Fox News)

    Six paintings stolen from Dutch museum  May 13, 2009
    In 2002, two paintings by Vincent van Gogh were stolen from the Amsterdam museum named for the 19th century Dutch artist. The thieves were later caught but the paintings were never recovered. (MSNBC -- News)

    Healing power of art  May 12, 2009
    Weinrich said she also struggles with the stereotype of the mad artist, such as Vincent Van Gogh who famously struggled with mental illness and eventually shot himself. One doesn't have to be tortured by emotional or mental demons to be able to be a talented artist. (Auburn Citizen, NY)

    The Perfect Day in Paris  May 9, 2009
    By closely studying the guides, one can spend only a morning while still getting to see some of the finest works of Pierre Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Monet. River Seine and Paris Boat Tours. (Suite101.com)

    Art historians turn Van Gogh injury theory on its ear  May 7, 2009
    But a new study says that Vincent Van Gogh may have made up the story to protect the painter Paul Gauguin - and that it was Gauguin who lopped it off with a sword during an argument. German art historians say the true version of events never surfaced as the two men kept a "pact of silence" - Gauguin to avoid prosecution and Van Gogh in a vain attempt to keep a friend with whom he was hopelessly infatuated. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Gauguin 'cut off Van Gogh's ear'  May 6, 2009
    The Age - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. Gauguin 'cut off Van Gogh's ear. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Book: Friend Chopped Off Van Gogh's Ear  May 6, 2009
    Vincent Van Gogh, with two ears ... (CBS) Friendship for Vincent Van Gogh apparently had no limits. (CBS News -- World)

    Guest opinion: Mental health is important issue in this community  May 6, 2009
    They include Thomas Jefferson, Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keefe, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams and Benjamin Franklin. Recently, celebrities such as Brooke Shields, Dave Mathews and Halle Berry have spoken about their battles with mental illness. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Vincent Van Gogh arrested in Boynton Beach on crack cocaine charge  May 6, 2009
    BOYNTON BEACH Vincent Van Gogh was busted on a cocaine charge. No, not Vincent Van Gogh, the 19th-century post-impressionist painter who died in poverty and found fame after his death ... Vincent Van Gogh, the 19th-century post-impressionist painter died in poverty and found fame after his death. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Fruit of the weed, indeed  May 1, 2009
    The men picked dandelions Wednesday amid a shimmering yellow blanket as vibrant as a painting by Vincent Van Gogh. It was sunny and comfortably warm, in the mid-60s, not too hot for more than two hours of stooped toil by the seniors plucking spiky golden blooms at their peak of freshness. (Albany Times Union)

    Absinthe and the Arts  Apr 30, 2009
    The artists most associated with absinthe during this period were Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh. Toulouse-Lautrec, in particular, painted many works featuring absinthe, including a portrait of van Gogh, and was said to traverse Paris with a hollow cane filled with the green spirit, as well as a pet cormorant who also took a nip on occasion. (Suite101.com)

    Expressions in Abstract : Abby Jones  Apr 15, 2009
    The exhibition, the design of which evokes the atmosphere of the Bongers reception rooms, is augmented by letters, photographs, documents and several key works on loan, including paintings by Paul Czanne and Vincent van Gogh. These works originally also formed part of Andries Bonger's collection. (AbsoluteArts.com)

    Masterpieces by Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard  Apr 14, 2009
    The exhibition, the design of which evokes the atmosphere of the Bongers reception rooms, is augmented by letters, photographs, documents and several key works on loan, including paintings by Paul Czanne and Vincent van Gogh ... Initially he collected work by Paul Czanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, but gradually his interest turned increasingly to the more symbolist work of Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard -- art that did not stem from reality but originated in the imagination ...... (AbsoluteArts.com)

    Art, Genius and Madness Exhibit in ...  Apr 12, 2009
    H pital Saint-Paul ; Saint-R;my-de-Provence, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Marine avec r;cif by August Strindberg, 1894. (Suite101.com)

    Masters art exhibit in Columbia, S.C.  Apr 11, 2009
    Other highlights include La Parisienne, which Pierre-Auguste Renoir exhibited at the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874, and Vincent van Gogh s Rain Auvers. Van Gogh had a technique borrowed from the Japanese, drawing rain drops as slashing dark lines, that was very modern for the time, Brosius said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)

    Apples, Oranges, Pears and Art  Apr 8, 2009
    Another popular still life fruit would be the orange, which inspired striking works by artists Edouard Manet (Four Mandarin Oranges) and Vincent van Gogh (Still Life with Basket and Six Oranges) among many others. A particularly alluring orange-related painting that doesn t involve still life views is Woman with an Orange by Jules-Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911). (Suite101.com)

    Art museums pin hopes on high tech  Apr 7, 2009
    At The Baltimore Museum of Art, people can stand at a touch-sensitive flat screen for a virtual tour of the apartment and artwork of sisters Claribel and Etta Cone, who assembled a grand collection of pieces from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh. At the Brooklyn Museum, two laptops with Web cams record videos of people talking about race in relation to the exhibition "The Black List Project" to be broadcast on YouTube. (MSNBC -- News)

    Detroit Sites  Apr 4, 2009
    The is home to a world-class collection of work, including "Self Portrait" by Vincent van Gogh. Be sure to see where Mexican artist Diego Rivera created his renowned Detroit Industry frescoes. (KFOXTV.com, TX)

    Art and life of van Gogh on big screen  Apr 2, 2009
    Vincent van Gogh gets super-sized ... That's right: Vincent van Gogh was the first IMAX artist. (Boston Globe)

    Young artists shine at fashion event  Apr 2, 2009
    Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)

    Artist gives back by painting guitar for charity  Apr 2, 2009
    Dunbar describes her paintings as "impressionism in primaries" and regards Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin as her favorite artists. "I call them my angels. I figure that I personally don't have any great talent other than being able to sit still and allow, I guess, my angels to work through me," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Artists create still-life stilettos for Courier's 'Seeds of Hope' fundraiser  Mar 30, 2009
    (older than 14 days). Article rated a 5 by 1 users. (Waterloo Courier, IO)

    Students compete with research projects during National History Day competition  Mar 26, 2009
    Junior Individual Documentary: Lea Gilles, Lincoln Middle School, I Am a Stranger on Earth: The Legacy of Vincent Van Gogh ; Rachel Lukas, Onalaska Middle School, John Muir: America's First Environmentalist ; and Alahna Keil, School of Technology and Arts II, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Junior Historical Papers: Stephanie Harpenau, Aquinas Middle School, Mia Hamm: One of the Greatest Legacies of Women's Soccer ; Andrew Carlson, Holmen Middle School, Connecting Two Worlds: Richard Nixon ; and... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Aig Loses Latest Bid To Get Charity's Stock  Mar 24, 2009
    AIG agreed in its federal court case last week to give back 15 million worth of Greenberg's paintings, including a Vincent van Gogh work, hanging in AIG offices. lect. (New York Post -- Business)

    Curious curators  Mar 21, 2009
    Levi and Cameron, the lone girl of the group, picked a party scene where Bill and Hillary Clinton, Vincent van Gogh and assorted others from reality and fantasy worlds drink tequila inside a Santa Fe cantina. Part of the 10-year-olds just wanted to make paper trumpets out of their docent handouts. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)

    Volunteer carries art into experiences  Mar 19, 2009
    "Today, we're going to talk about still lifes," Dr. Bartley said March 10 at Roy Rollins Elementary School as an introduction to the Laurence Anholt book Camille and the Sunflowers, about artist Vincent Van Gogh. The Arts Reading program has been around for about six years and is a collaboration of the Junior League, the Morris Museum of Art, the Greater Augusta Arts Council and the Richmond County Board of Education. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Dutchman Flies Islamization into World Spotlight  Feb 28, 2009
    That was when a five-page Islamic manifesto calling for Wilders' and Hirsi Ali's murder was found impaled with a knife to the stabbed and bullet-riddled corpse of Theo van Gogh, a critic of Islam and great-great-nephew of Vincent van Gogh. Theo, as some will recall, was assassinated, ritualistically, his head nearly severed from his body, on the streets of Amsterdam on the morning of Nov. 2, 2004, by Dutch-Moroccan dual-national Mohammed Bouyeri. (Townhall.com)


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