MEXICO CITY.- Analyses conducted to objects made out of mollusk shells found at the Little Acropolis of Yaxchilan, in Chiapas, reveal the possibility of specialized handcraft workshops at the interior of Maya palaces. Apparently, members of the elite c…
Study Reveals that Elite of Yaxchilan Produced Exclusive Handcrafts
MEXICO CITY.- Analyses conducted to objects made out of mollusk shells found at the Little Acropolis of Yaxchilan, in Chiapas, reveal the possibility of specialized handcraft workshops at the interior of Maya palaces. Apparently, members of the elite c…
Objects and Paintings by Thomas Sommer at Maerzgalerie
LEIPZIG.- The provisional arrangement – a workable temporary solution or an improvised permanent alternative? “It is almost as good as the real, perfect thing, only quicker.” Thomas Sommer is exhibiting paintings (acrylic, ink and stylus…
French Pavilion in Venice by Dominique Perrault Explores the Metropolis
VENICE.- Obviously, unceasing transformation of urban territories has considerably altered the perception and the reality of the city envisaged as a unified urban entity of defined space and built form. The new, increasingly complex, disjointed, splint…
French Pavilion in Venice by Dominique Perrault Explores the Metropolis
VENICE.- Obviously, unceasing transformation of urban territories has considerably altered the perception and the reality of the city envisaged as a unified urban entity of defined space and built form. The new, increasingly complex, disjointed, splint…
Marco Brambilla Commissioned by Kanye West for New Video
NEW YORK, NY.- Kanye West has commissioned a video work by critically acclaimed artist, Marco Brambilla, to accompany the release of his new single “Power” from his upcoming album. The video piece will be released in early August 2010. Power…
The Ashmolean Announces Its First Major Exhibition: The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy
OXFORD.- On 16 September 2010 the Ashmolean launches its first major art exhibition in one of the country’s newest and most important temporary exhibition centres. THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND ITALY brings together over 140 pictures from the Ashmolean&…
The Ashmolean Announces Its First Major Exhibition: The Pre-Raphaelites and Italy
OXFORD.- On 16 September 2010 the Ashmolean launches its first major art exhibition in one of the country’s newest and most important temporary exhibition centres. THE PRE-RAPHAELITES AND ITALY brings together over 140 pictures from the Ashmolean&…
Steven Holl Architects Wins Two International Architecture Awards
NEW YORK, NY.- Steven Holl Architects has received International Architecture Awards for the Knut Hamsun Center in Hamarøy, Norway and the Herning Museum of Contemporary Art in Herning, Denmark. The awards, administered annually by the Chicago Athenae…
Culhuacan, the other Crib of Zapatism Houses Exhibition
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- An Emiliano Zapata that loved the land and fought for it is the image presented at the exhibition Tierra y libertad: ecos del zapatismo en Culhuacan (Land and Freedom: Echoes of Zapatism in Culhuacan), integrated with different peri…