ROME (AP).- Florence’s mayor is defending his city’s ownership of Michelangelo’s marble masterpiece “David” after the Culture Ministry reportedly asserted that the treasure belongs to the central government in Rome. The Renaissance-style feud broke out…
Florence and State Spar Over Michelangelo’s Masterpiece ‘David’
ROME (AP).- Florence’s mayor is defending his city’s ownership of Michelangelo’s marble masterpiece “David” after the Culture Ministry reportedly asserted that the treasure belongs to the central government in Rome. The Renaissance-style feud broke out…
Mumbai’s Taj Hotel Reopens Sunday After 2008 Attacks
MUMBAI (REUTERS).- Holding balloons and flowers, employees pledged on Thursday to re-dedicate themselves to Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel when it reopens at the weekend after the 2008 militant attacks in which guests and staff members died. The hotel, which…
Mumbai’s Taj Hotel Reopens Sunday After 2008 Attacks
MUMBAI (REUTERS).- Holding balloons and flowers, employees pledged on Thursday to re-dedicate themselves to Mumbai’s Taj Mahal hotel when it reopens at the weekend after the 2008 militant attacks in which guests and staff members died. The hotel, which…
Double Celebration At The Bowes Museum
COUNTY DURHAM.- A double celebration in The Bowes Museum’s new Reading Room marked a dedication ceremony and the launch of a book about the founders. The room, created in a part of the high central dome formerly referred to as the ballroom, was na…
Set Your Place with Picasso Plates at Bonhams’ First Ever Editions Sale
LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their…
Set Your Place with Picasso Plates at Bonhams’ First Ever Editions Sale
LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their…
Set Your Place with Picasso Plates at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams will hold their first ever Picasso Editions Sale featuring ceramics, silver and prints by the most celebrated artist of the 20th century, in Knightsbridge on Thursday 23rd September. The sale offers buyers the opportunity to lay their…
Smithsonian and Singapore Organize World Tour of Shipwreck Treasure
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Singapore Tourism Board and the National Heritage Board of Singapore today announced a partnership to organize the first exh…
The Fondation Beyeler honors French Artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) ~ 100 Years
BASEL.- One hundred years after the death of the
French artist Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), the Fondation Beyeler is devoting an
exhibition to this pioneer of modernism. Forty outstanding works provide a
concise overview of the development and div…