OAKWOOD, GA (AP).- A college president in Georgia says she ordered an instructor’s painting that featured a Confederate flag removed from a faculty art exhibit. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the flag was superimposed on images including a hanged bl…
Art from China’s Forbidden City on View at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Objects and artwork from the Forbidden City’s hidden inner sanctum, a sealed off compound built in high luxury for the Chinese emperor’s retirement, will be unveiled in New York on Tuesday. “The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasure…
Art from China’s Forbidden City on View at the Metropolitan Museum in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Objects and artwork from the Forbidden City’s hidden inner sanctum, a sealed off compound built in high luxury for the Chinese emperor’s retirement, will be unveiled in New York on Tuesday. “The Emperor’s Private Paradise: Treasure…
Krannert Art Museum in Illinois Kicks Off 50th Anniversary Season with Exhibition
CHAMPAIGN, IL.- In March 1950, Look magazine published a two-page photo spread about University of Illinois’s third annual contemporary arts festival. The headline read “Corn Country Campus puts on biggest U.S.A. Arts Festival,” and the …
Shimon Attie’s Exhibition MetroPAL.IS Debuts at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
RIDGEFIELD, CT.- Shimon Attie’s exhibition MetroPAL.IS., a multiple-channel immersive HD video installation featuring members of the Israeli and Palestinian communities of New York City, is to debut at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. The Ald…
Exhibition Features Works Artists Submitted to Exchange with Sol LeWitt
NORTH ADAMS, MA.- Although celebrated for the revolutionary role he played in the development of both Conceptualism and Minimalism, Sol LeWitt was also renowned for his exchanges of artwork with various artists throughout his lifetime. For LeWitt, the …
Exhibition of Sol LeWitt’s Exchanges of Artwork with Various Artists Opens at MASS MoCA
NORTH ADAMS, MA.- Although celebrated for the revolutionary role he played in the development of both Conceptualism and Minimalism, Sol LeWitt was also renowned for his exchanges of artwork with various artists throughout his lifetime. For LeWitt, the …
Iconic 19th Century Orientalist Painting by Jean Léon Gérôme Creates Pre-Auction Buzz
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An iconic 19th Century painting depicting an Ottoman Empire reserve soldier and his hunting dogs is generating buzz ahead of an auction next week, due to a rise in popularity of Orientalist art. The artwork, “Master of the Hounds” …
Woman Recreates da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ with Lint
ROSCOMMON, MICH (AP).- A northern Michigan woman has put her own spin on Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” by making a replica out of laundry lint. Laura Bell of Roscommon collected lint from her dryer and fashioned it into a 14-foot-long, 4-foot …
Important 19th-Century Italian Micromosaic is Centerpiece of Myers Auction Gallery’s Sale
ST. PETERSBURG, FL.- A remarkable Italian micromosaic artwork depicting the Roman Forum and attributed to Vatican artist Cesare Roccheggiani has emerged from a Florida residence after nearly 90 years of unobtrusive display and will be auctioned on Jan….