NEW YORK (AP).- The Nazis stripped hundreds of thousands of artworks from Jews during World War II in one of the biggest cultural raids in history, often photographing their spoils and meticulously cataloguing them on typewritten index cards. Holocaust…
The Saratoga Automobile Museum Presents Thirteen Woodies
SARATOGA, FL.- Through October 17, 2010, the Saratoga Automobile Museum presents “Woodies!” the Charlie and Marie Montano Collection: an all-new exhibit of vintage American wood-bodied cars from the 1940’s and 1950’s with special em…
The Saratoga Automobile Museum Presents Thirteen Woodies
SARATOGA, FL.- Through October 17, 2010, the Saratoga Automobile Museum presents “Woodies!” the Charlie and Marie Montano Collection: an all-new exhibit of vintage American wood-bodied cars from the 1940’s and 1950’s with special em…
New Salvador Dali Exhibition of Late Works Opens Exclusively at Atlanta’s High Museum
ATLANTA, GA.- A new exhibition opening exclusively in Atlanta explores artist Salvador Dali’s late work, including several major pieces that haven’t been seen in the U.S. in half a century. Dali is best known as a surrealist, his melting watches an ico…
Comic Book Buff from Alaska Selling Rare Copy of Batman No. 1
FAIRBANKS (AP).- A longtime Alaska comic book buff is selling one of the gems in his vast collection, a rare copy of Batman No. 1 published 70 years ago. Mike Wheat of Fairbanks has put the 1940 comic book on the auction block through Dallas-based Heri…
Weeklong Fete Planned for Frank Zappa Statue in Hometown
BALTIMORE (AP).- The unveling of a statue honoring Frank Zappa in his hometown of Baltimore will feature a week of events including a concert by his son, Dweezil. The statue was donated by fans in Lithuania, a country Zappa never visited but one where…
James Ensor’s Innovative and Profound Paintings on View at Musée d’Orsay
PARIS.- When presented at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts
de Belgique in Brussels and at the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten in
Antwerp, the work of James Ensor (1860-1949) is that of a Belgian painter who is
both innovative and tortured…
Library of Congress Acquires Charles Randall Dean Print Collection
Washington, DC – The Library of Congress has acquired an exceptional collection of American Abstract Expressionist prints from the 1940’s to 1960’s, now available through the Library’s Prints and Photographs Division.The Charles Randall Dean Col…
SFMOMA Announces Exhibition that Re-creates 1946 Paul Klee Show of Prints
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- From August 7, 2010, through January 16, 2011, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will showcase the exhibition Prints by Paul Klee (1946). Organized by John Zarobell, SFMOMA assistant curator, collections, exhibitions, and commi…
R. Michelson Galleries Hosts Photographic Retrospective of Artist-Actor Leonard Nimoy
NORTHAMPTON, MA – Artist/actor Leonard Nimoy has
been a photographer most of his life He first experienced the
magic of
making photographic images as a teenager in the early 1940’s. “I was
about
thirteen,” he says, when he discusse…