TAMPA (AP).- An attorney for the Spanish government said a federal judge’s ruling Tuesday means Florida deep-sea explorers will have to start making plans to hand over 17 tons of silver coins and other treasure from a sunken 19th century galleon. Tampa…
Sotheby’s to hold a single owner sale of property from The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced the Single Owner sale on 14th March 2012 of property from The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla: Important Porcelain, Venetian Fine and Decorative Arts from their Residence in Geneva. Descendants of the founder of …
Ships, sea monsters, seashores, shells, sirens and sea maidens are all to be discovered in vibrant exhibition
LONDON.- Curated in conjunction with Arts and Crafts property, National Trust Standen, De Morgans and the Sea gives visitors the opportunity to explore maritime influences in the work of the De Morgans. The theme of the sea was a major source of inspir…
From shipwreck in Italy: Thousands of art objects including 300-year-old woodblock prints
ROME (AP).- In the chaotic evacuation of the Costa Concordia, passengers and crew abandoned almost everything on board the cruise ship: jewels, cash, champagne, antiques, 19th century Bohemian crystal glassware, thousands of art objects including 300-y…
Städel Museum in Frankfurt opens exhibition of Claude Lorrain’s enchanted landscapes
FRANKFURT.- “In Claude Lorrain, nature declares itself eternal,” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe noted enthusiastically on the French Baroque artist’s landscape paintings in 1818. According to Germany’s prince among poets and most famous…
What grows in Brooklyn? A tree and a new theater
By: Mark Kennedy, AP Drama Writer
NEW YORK (AP).- In a season where little grows in the Northeast, something in Brooklyn is doing just that, foot by foot. The metal guts of what will be a sleek three-tiered glass box surrounding the Theatre for a New …
Portrait of Fred Korematsu to be Presented at the National Portrait Gallery
WASHINGTON, DC.- Just three days after Fred Korematsu Day, Korematsu’s acheivements will be recognized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery with the installation of his portrait in a private ceremony at the museum. Two 1940s’-e…
Smithsonian honors Clint Eastwood, opens theater on mall
By: Brett Zongker, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP).- The Smithsonian Institution honored Clint Eastwood on Wednesday for his six decades of work in American film, and the actor and director cut the ribbon to open a new movie theater to showcase film h…
Tono Stano’s first solo show in the United States opens at Pace/MacGill Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Pace/MacGill Gallery presents Tono Stano: White Shadow, on view February 2 through March 17, 2012. The exhibition marks Stano’s first solo show in the United States and features 28 unique gelatin silver prints from his ongoing seri…
The first Pointillist painting enters the Portland Art Museum’s collection
PORTLAND, OR.- The Portland Art Museum announced the recent acquisition of an important painting by Théo Van Rysselberghe (Belgium, 1862 – 1926). Plage à marée basse à Ambleteuse, le soir (Beach at Low Tide, Ambleteuse, Evening) is now on disp…