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"The year 2008 in art involves various significant events. Events *A Fernand Léger painting Woman and Child (1921), which was at first on loan for an exhibit from the Davis Museum at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art while the Davis was closed for renovations, is later returned and then stored in a crate at Wellesley, but disappears in the intervening period; the work has not been seen since. *May – Police seize photographs by Bill Henson from an upcoming exhibition at the Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery in Sydney, Australia, as potentially constituting child pornography. Exhibitions * 20 February until 18 May – National Gallery, Pompeo BatoniNational Gallery website . Accessed 25 February 2014 *4 July until 14 September - "Robert Indiana a Milano" at the Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea (Pavilion of Contemporary Art) in Milan, Italyhttp://www.artsblog.it/post/2022/tra-pop-e-tipografia-robert-indiana-a- milano Works *Cairns, installation in Portland, Oregon, by Christine Bourdette *La Danse de la fontaine émergente, fountain in Paris designed by Chen Zhen and completed by his widow Xu Min *Of All The People In All The World, installation and performance by Stan's Cafe *Cindy Sherman – Untitled (chromogenic photographic print) Awards * Archibald Prize - Del Kathryn Barton for "You are what is most beautiful about me, a self portrait with Kell and Arellahttp://www.artnewsblog.com/archibald-prize-winner-2008-del-kathryn- barton/ * Artes Mundi Prize - N. S. Harsha * Caldecott Medal – Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret" * Hugo Boss Prize – Emily Jacir * John Moores Painting Prize - Peter McDonald for "Fontana" * Doug Moran National Portrait Prize – Fiona Lowry * Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts – Mona Hatoum * Turner Prize nominees – Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. Deaths =January to March= *1 January – Harold Corsini, American photographer and educator (b. 1919) *3 January – Joan Gillchrest, 89, British painter. *26 January – Viktor Schreckengost, American industrial designer (b. 1906) *2 February – Roger Testu, French cartoonist (b.1913). *3 March – William Brice, American painter and teacher (b.1921). *11 March – Dave Stevens, American illustrator and comics artist (b.1955). *19 March – Hugo Claus, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright, painter and film director (b.1929). *28 March – Michael Podro, English art historian (b.1931). *29 March Angus Fairhurst, Young British Artist, installation, photography and video artist (b.1966). Josef Mikl, Austrian abstract painter (b.1929). =April to June= *3 April – Vladimír Preclík, Czech writer and sculptor (b.1929). *6 April – John Plumb, English painter (b.1927). *9 April – Burt Glinn, American photographer (b.1925). *14 April – Ollie Johnston, American animator (b.1912). *16 April – Joseph Solman, American painter (b.1909). *23 April – Paul Wonner, American painter (b.1920). *25 April – Enrico Donati, Italian-born American Surrealist painter and sculptor (b.1909). *10 May – Herbert Albert, 82, British painter and etcher. *12 May – Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b.1925). *15 May – Will Elder, American illustrator and comic book artist (b.1921). *18 May – Pietro Cascella, Italian painter and sculptor (b.1921). *21 May – Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, Portuguese artist and professor (b.1931). *23 May – Cornell Capa, Hungarian-American photographer and photo curator (b.1918). *28 May – Beryl Cook, English painter (b.1926). *1 June Alton Kelley, American poster and album artist (b.1940). Yves Saint Laurent, French fashion designer (b.1936). *18 June – Tasha Tudor, American illustrator and author of children's books (b.1915). =July to December= *7 July Bruce Conner, American artist in film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage and photography (b.1933). Fred Yates, English artist (b.1922). *19 July – Dave Pearson, English painter (b.1937). *1 August – Pauline Baynes, English book illustrator (b.1922). *12 August – Michael Baxandall, Welsh art historian (b.1933). *18 August – Manny Farber, American painter and film critic (b.1917). *23 August – John Russell, British American art critic (b.1919). *3 September – Derek Davis, English painter and potter (b.1926). *4 September – Alain Jacquet, French artist (b.1939). *12 September – Simon Hantaï, Hungarian abstract artist (b.1922). *1 October – Boris Efimov, Russian cartoonist and propaganda artist (b.1900). *7 October – Miles Richmond, English painter (b.1922). *11 October – William Claxton, American photographer (b.1927) *14 October – Ray Lowry, English cartoonist and illustrator (b.1944). *18 October – Gwyther Irwin, English abstract artist (b.1931). *15 November – Grace Hartigan, American Abstract Expressionist painter, (b.1922) *16 November – Jan Krugier, Polish born Swiss art dealer (b. 1928. *17 November - Guy Peellaert, Belgian artist, painter, illustrator, comic artist and photographer (b. 1934) *17 December – Willoughby Sharp, American author, curator, critic (b.1936) *27 December – Robert Graham, Mexican-American sculptor (b.1938). *29 December - Vladislav Lalicki, Serbian painter (b. 1935). References Category:2000s in art Category:Years of the 21st century in art "
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"Nangiarkulangara is a relatively small town situated near Haripad, Alappuzha district in the state of Kerala, India. Nangiarkulangara is the central point of three major towns in central Travancore. Roads from Mavelikara, Thrikkunnappuzha and Kayamkulam meet at this pivot point. It is also known for the Sri Krishna temple which is in the centre of the town. The national highway NH 47 passes through this town. NTPC Limited, whose Rajiv Gandhi (Kayamkulam) Combined Cycle Power Plant is located at nearby Choolatheruvu, has a portion of its township at Nangiarkulangara, very close to NH 47. In fact, originally, this was the temporary township, when the main township, named Shaktipuram, closer to the power plant, was under construction during 1998-2000. Nangiarkulangara is notable for its educational institutions the famous T.K. Madhava Memorial College having graduate & post graduate courses ; Bethany Girls School which is one of the best schools in the district and its CBSE school is Bethany Central school. Nangiakulangra also has the famous Major Sreekrisha temple under Travancore Dewasom board. Category:Cities and towns in Alappuzha district "