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LONDON.- A new set of handheld guides launches at the British Museum, designed to allow visitors to learn more about the British Museum’s collections. This includes: • A Multimedia Guide available in 11 different languages, including British Sign Language (BSL) • An Audio Description Guide (in English only) • A Children’s Multimedia Guide (in English only) With an international audience of six million visitors each year, the British Museum is always seeking to find new ways to engage visitors

LONDON.- Masterpiece London has released details of just some of the confirmed participants for its inaugural Fair to be held between June 24-29, 2010. The names reflect the different disciplines that will be represented, all of which will be showcasing their own masterpieces at the prestigious location of the former Chelsea Barracks, Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1. Among those confirmed to participate in 2010 are the eminent international names of A La Vieille Russie, MacConnal-Mason, Marchant, SJ Phillips, Peter Finer and the Tomasso

NEW YORK, NY.- On view at the International Center of Photography from January 29 through May 9, 2010, Alan B. Stone and the Senses of Place explores photography’s unique ability to revive one’s sense of connection to the past, and considers some of the many meanings associated with “place.” Guest curator David Deitcher presents the work of the little-known Montreal-based photographer Alan B. Stone (1928–1992) as a case study that considers some of the ways in which people experience, use, and are affected by photographs. This intimate

CAMBRIDGE.- Imperial War Museum Duxford announced that it is the proud recipient of the Digital Access Onsite Award in the Jodi Awards 2009. The annual Jodi Awards are given by the Jodi Mattes Trust for accessible digital culture. Imperial War Museum Duxford shares this valuable award with Antenna Audio. It recognizes and celebrates the innovative audio guide that is offered to blind and partially sighted visitors within AirSpace, Imperial War Museum Duxford’s stunning exhibition gallery which tells

SAN DIEGO, CA.- On view at The San Diego Museum of Art December 5, 2009 through March 7, 2010, “From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol” will focus on printmaking in Rembrandt’s Holland and document the efforts of the Dutch painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol to arrive at his own style while working with Rembrandt, the greatest artist of his time. “From Rembrandt’s Studio: The Prints of Ferdinand Bol” is part of a joint effort with the J. Paul Getty Museum, among other museums in Southern California, to examine Rembrandt’s influence and work.

NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder has sold at a New York City auction for just over $11,000. The black and white portrait by British photographer David Bailey shows the couple embracing. Christie’s says it was sold Monday to an unidentified private buyer. The presale estimate was $8,000 to $12,000. The 76-year-old Oscar-winning director is under house arrest in Switzerland. The United States wants him to face sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. He fled the U.S. before being sentenced. His attorneys plan to argue before a California appeals court that the charges should be dismissed. Tate was killed in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson.

HOUSTON.- “Prendergast in Italy”, the first exhibition devoted entirely to the watercolors, monotypes, and oil paintings by the American modern artist Maurice Prendergast, will open at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on February 14, 2010. Featuring more than 60 views of Venice, Rome, Siena, and Capri, “Prendergast in Italy” also includes the artist´s personal sketchbooks, letters, photographs, and guidebooks from his two trips to Italy, in 1898 and 1911. Prendergast was born and raised in Boston but developed his mature style during early trips abroad to France (1891-1895) and Italy (1989-1989). Renowned for his paintings full of joie de vivre, the view of Italy that Prendergast presents was informed by European trends filtered through the eyes of an American artist and tourist encountering Venice for the first time. This exhibition demonstrates the advances of abstract color and form that put Prendergast on the cutting edge of Am

PORTLAND, ME.- As an abstract painter, Maine artist Frederick Lynch (born 1935) uses a system of repeated geometries and mathematical divisions to create his art. “Division and Discovery: Recent Work by Frederick Lynch”, on view February 27 through May 16, 2010, will feature 30 works in a range of media including paintings, works on paper, wooden sculptures, and painted reliefs. Lynch’s paintings evoke the type of order and chaos found in patterns of nature-branching, veining of leaves, and molecular systems. He often begins a work by drawing a 120 degree line, and then continues to further divide the picture plane into hundreds of increasingly smaller shapes, each layered with variations in color, line, and scale. In Lynch’s recent work, he has dissected these vibrant, painted geometries, isolating them into individual units, or Segments as he terms them. Once distilled, the shapes are then magnified in drawings, gouaches, and wooden constructions. The exhibition pair

NEW YORK, NY (AP).- A new prize recognizing artists age 35 and under would provide the winner with $100,000 and help from mentors like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, the prize’s creator announced Tuesday. The Future Generation Art Prize is the creation of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, whose namesake is a Ukrainian billionaire and art collector. Artists in the age group will apply online for the prize, which will be awarded every two years. A group of 100 art professionals from