WASHINGTON (AP).- President Barack Obama praised the winner of a top architecture prize Thursday for embodying a style that is, in his words, as “effortless as it is beautiful.” Obama lauded Eduardo Souto de Moura of Portugal at an awards ceremony wher…
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…
Royal Wedding Hat Sells for Over $130,000 on eBay
LONDON (AP).- Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds ($131,648) for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month’s royal wedding. The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put the Philip Treacy creation on sale t…
Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat to Be Auctioned
LONDON (AP).- The eye-popping hat worn by Princess Beatrice at Britain’s royal wedding is to be auctioned to raise money for charity, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The famous creation — which some said looked like antlers— will be sold on …
United States Demand for bin Laden Memorabilia Soars
NEW YORk (REUTERS).- After 9/11, President George W. Bush famously urged Americans to shop to bolster a shocked U.S. economy. Now after Osama bin Laden’s killing, consumers are snapping up memorabilia of his dramatic killing. The website Zazzle, which …
Mark di Suvero Among 2010 National Medal of Arts Recipients Announced by the White House
WASHINGTON, D.C..- On March 2, 2011, President Barack Obama is presenting the National Medal of Arts to eight recipients for their outstanding achievements and support of the arts. (Ten medalists were announced; however two are not able to attend the …
President Barack Obama Lauds Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients
WASHINGTON (AP).- President Barack Obama recognized one former president and 14 artists, athletes, civil rights activists, humanitarians and others Tuesday with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for contributions to society that he said speak to “who …
Steve Case Nominated to Serve as a Citizen Regent on Smithsonian Board of Regents
WASHINGTON.- The Smithsonian Board of Regents voted at its Monday, Jan. 31, meeting to nominate Steve Case to join the Board. Case’s nomination as a citizen Regent is pending approval by Congress and President Barack Obama. The 17-member Smithsoni…
Judge in New York Drops Claims in Shepard Fairey vs. Associated Press Obama ‘HOPE’ Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP).- A judge has dismissed copyright lawsuits between an artist who created the Barack Obama “HOPE” image and The Associated Press but has left a March trial date in place for related claims between the news service and companies that sold …