MADRID.- Under Off Festival section of PHotoEspaña 2011, the British photographer Vanessa Winship, winner of Descubrimientos PHE Award 2010 (Discoveries PHE), shows her work Sweet Nothings in a solo exhibition at the Art bookstore and gallery Gloria. …
Winner of Discoveries PHE Award 2010 Vanessa Winship Presents Her Solo Exhibition
MADRID.- Under Off Festival section of PHotoEspaña 2011, the British photographer Vanessa Winship, winner of Descubrimientos PHE Award 2010 (Discoveries PHE), shows her work Sweet Nothings in a solo exhibition at the Art bookstore and gallery Gloria. …
Turkey Begins Dismantling Monument
ANKARA, TURKEY (AP).- Workers have begun dismantling a giant sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia. Television footage on Tuesday showed a crane bringing down one of the two heads of the 35-meter (115-foot) stone sculpt…
A Hulking Sculpture Meant to Promote Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Faces Demolition
ISTANBUL (AP).- A hulking sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia became an accidental emblem of their historic enmity after workers erected scaffolding towers and began to demolish it this week. Then, the mood soured furt…
Internationally Renowned Filmmaker and Artist Wim Wenders at Haunch of Venison
LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents an exhibition of photographs by the internationally renowned filmmaker and artist Wim Wenders (b.1945). Bringing together almost 40 images, taken from 1983 to 2011, this show is Wim Wenders’ highly antici…
The Cafesjian Center for the Arts Displays Exhibitions of Contemporary Glass Sculpture
Yereman (Armenia).- The Cafesjian Center for
the Artsis currently presenting 2 exhibitions of stunning contemporary
glass. “Henrik Nikoyan: Visions” opened in March at the Sasuntsi Garden Gallery
of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, “New selecti…
Researchers Find Earliest Known Winery in a Cave in the Mountains of Armenia
WASHINGTON (AP) .- The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by …
Researchers Find Earliest Known Winery in a Cave in the Mountains of Armenia
WASHINGTON (AP) .- The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by …
Debate in Turkey Over Armenia Monument: Modern Art or a Blight on the Landscape?
ISTANBUL (AP).- Modern art or a blight on the landscape? A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controversy rather than healing. Turkey’s prime minister said the monument near the Armenian bord…
Debate in Turkey Over Armenia Monument: Modern Art or a Blight on the Landscape?
ISTANBUL (AP).- Modern art or a blight on the landscape? A giant monument to friendship between historic enemies Turkey and Armenia has become a symbol of controversy rather than healing. Turkey’s prime minister said the monument near the Armenian bord…