WASHINGTON (AP).- When President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Americans knew in an instant the Gulf oil spill had become a full-blown crisis. His prime-time speech, in a setting that bespeaks the power of t…
Miami Art Museum Presents Focus Gallery: Purvis Young
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum opens a new exhibition in the Focus Gallery section of its Permanent Collection installation, dedicated to works by the late Purvis Young. Focus Gallery: Purvis Young (July 30 – November 7, 2010) features a selection of You…
Art Officials Unveil "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" Which is at Center of Caravaggio Mystery
ROME (AP).- Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master. The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” w…
Germany’s Ruhr Region Turns from Coal to European Capital of Culture
ESSEN (AP).- The Emscher river in western Germany’s The Ruhr region was one of the country’s most polluted for decades, so bad that parents spooked children with warnings they could die if they fell into the poisonous stew of sewage and chemical waste….