BASEL.- The automobile is the foremost cultural touchstone of the 20th century, reflecting the social and cultural development of the western world and beyond. Both technical device and instrument of locomotion, it offers the most highly developed and …
Hubcaps as Canvas: Ken Marquis Persuades Artists to Turn Junk into Jewels
WILKES-BARRE, PA (AP).- Upstairs in Ken Marquis’s art gallery and framing shop, you’ll find a strange, cloistered world populated by a toothy dog chomping on a Frisbee, an enigmatic mermaid reclining in a pool of oil, and some guy named Barack Obama, s…
Hubcaps as Canvas: Ken Marquis Persuades Artists to Turn Junk into Jewels
WILKES-BARRE, PA (AP).- Upstairs in Ken Marquis’s art gallery and framing shop, you’ll find a strange, cloistered world populated by a toothy dog chomping on a Frisbee, an enigmatic mermaid reclining in a pool of oil, and some guy named Barack Obama, s…
Buckminster Fuller Dome Gets Rhode Island Restoration
BRISTOL (AP).- A 24-foot-tall geodesic dome designed by architect and futurist R. Buckminster Fuller has been restored by a Rhode Island boat builder. The Buckminster Fuller Institute says the Fly’s Eye dome was unveiled in Bristol on Wednesday. Full…
Illuminating Design’s Impact on Society: ‘Unpacking the Nano’ at Cornell’s Johnson Art Museum
ITHACA, N.Y.- Heralding the role of design in profound societal change – in this case in India, the world’s most rapidly growing economy – Cornell University presents “Unpacking the Nano,” an exhibit highlighting Tata Motors…
Bonhams Offers the Only 1948 ‘Woodie’ Pontiac in Europe
LONDON.- Bonhams will present an extremely rare 1948 Streamliner “Woodie” station wagon, estimated at €55,000 – 75,000, at the sale of Fine Motor Cars and Automobilia at the ‘Weekend de l’Excellence Automobile’ held on the former si…
More than a Dozen Multi-Million Dollar Cars Lead RM’s Silver Anniversary Monterey Sale
MONTEREY, CA.- Fresh on the heels of a highly-successful sale, RM Auctions, the world’s largest collector car auction house, has announced a magnificent roster for its highly-anticipated Sports & Classics of Monterey event, August 13th – 14th…
Drive End: Martin Beauregard’s First Exhibition in a Museum
MONTREAL.- Through September 19, 2010, in the Contemporary Art Square on Level S2 of the Jean‐Noël Desmarais Pavilion, the The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents Drive End, a remarkable photographic project by Martin Beauregard. This is the a…