PROVIDENCE, RI.- American sculptor Lynda Benglis (b. 1941) has defied prevailing views on the nature and function of art for more than 40 years. The exhibition Lynda Benglis, at The RISD Museum is composed of more than 50 works that represent the bread…
Works by Lynda Benglis, Spanning 40 Years of Creative Output, on View in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, RI.- American sculptor Lynda Benglis (b. 1941) has defied prevailing views on the nature and function of art for more than 40 years. The exhibition Lynda Benglis, at The RISD Museum is composed of more than 50 works that represent the bread…
Reina Sofia Museum Opens an Exhibition of Art by Hans-Peter Feldmann
MADRID.- When Hans-Peter Feldmann is asked to provide details of his career he generally limits himself to one piece of information: that he was born in Hilden, Düsseldorf, in 1941. If encouraged to offer further details, he considers it more interest…
Reina Sofia Museum Opens an Exhibition of Art by Hans-Peter Feldmann
MADRID.- When Hans-Peter Feldmann is asked to provide details of his career he generally limits himself to one piece of information: that he was born in Hilden, Düsseldorf, in 1941. If encouraged to offer further details, he considers it more interest…
Center for Cuban Studies Art Space Shows Rare Photographs
NEW YORK, NY.- Constantino Arias (1920‐1991) was a free‐lance photographer whose photos provide a rare and what is probably the most complete black and white picture of Havana society in the 1940s and 50s. On September 16, the Center for Cu…
Printmaking through the Ages at Christie’s this September
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the September auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints, which will showcase five centuries of printmaking and a remarkable selection of famous names from all periods. Alongside iconic prints by Andy Warhol, Ro…
Printmaking through the Ages at Christie’s this September
LONDON.- Christie’s announced the September auction of Old Master, Modern and Contemporary Prints, which will showcase five centuries of printmaking and a remarkable selection of famous names from all periods. Alongside iconic prints by Andy Warhol, Ro…
Whisky Galore Bottle Makes £4,200 at Bonhams Scottish Sale
LONDON.- A bottle of whisky salvaged from the “Whisky Galore” ship, The SS Politician, was sold today for £4,200 on the second day of Bonhams annual Scottish Sale in Edinburgh. It was retrieved from the wreck of the ship in the 1950s or 19…
Fire at Majdanek Destroys Shoes of Nazi Victims
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say a fire broke out overnight in one of barracks of the former Nazi death camp of Majdanek, destroying more than half of the building and about 10,000 shoes of Holocaust survivors. The Majdanek museum said the fire broke out s…
Museum Wiesbaden Restitutes Painting by Dutch Baroque Painter Pieter de Grebber
WIESBADEN.- On Tuesday, the 10th August 2010, the Museum Wiesbaden restituted the painting attributed to Dutch Baroque painter Pieter de Grebber (1600-1653) titled “Double Portrait of a young couple” to the heirs of Jacob and Rosa Oppenheimer. The Mus…