DeLand, FL. The Museum of Florida Art presents “Off the Page: Florida Book Art”, on view through October 30th. The exhibition is on display in the Dorothy Johnson Gallery on the upper floor. It features eight Florida book artists reconfiguring the …
Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art Shows Andrea Palladio and His Legacy
NOTRE DAME, IN.- For the first time in the Midwest, a collection of thirty-one rarely seen drawings as well as books and models by Italian 16th-century architect Andrea Palladio, from the collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects, will…
Beyond the Law: American History Unfolds at Christie’s South Kensington in June
LONDON.- Following the success of Christie’s Arms and Armour sale in September 2010 which was 91% sold by lot, achieving over £500,000, Christie’s announces the upcoming sale, to be held on 22 June 2011. The auction will be led by the Colt .38 „P…
Beyond the Law: American History Unfolds at Christie’s South Kensington in June
LONDON.- Following the success of Christie’s Arms and Armour sale in September 2010 which was 91% sold by lot, achieving over £500,000, Christie’s announces the upcoming sale, to be held on 22 June 2011. The auction will be led by the Colt .38 „P…
Fifty Objects Ranging from 6,000 B.C. to 2011 A.D. in "Cabinets of Curiosity" at James Cohan Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- James Cohan Gallery presents CABINETS OF CURIOSITY, featuring over 50 objects ranging from 6,000 B.C. to 2011 A.D. Collected together, these seemingly unrelated objects from around the world collapse time and space. As a group the object…
Recently Rediscovered Books Plundered by the Nazis Returned to Jewish Community
BERLIN (AP).- Recently rediscovered books plundered by the Nazis more than six decades ago were returned to Berlin’s Jewish community on Wednesday in a ceremony at the city’s landmark synagogue. The Berlin Central and Regional Library formally handed o…
Recently Rediscovered Books Plundered by the Nazis Returned to Jewish Community
BERLIN (AP).- Recently rediscovered books plundered by the Nazis more than six decades ago were returned to Berlin’s Jewish community on Wednesday in a ceremony at the city’s landmark synagogue. The Berlin Central and Regional Library formally handed o…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Presents the First Museum Exhibition of Artist Steve Wolfe
LAS ANGELES, CA.- —The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Steve Wolfe on Paper, the first solo museum exhibition of artist Steve Wolfe. For the last twenty years, Wolfe has created objects and drawings of astounding craft and visual…
UCCA Puts the "Squeeze" into Sculpture with Erwin Wurm’s Narrow Mist
BEIJING.- Last week marked the opening of Narrow Mist, Austrian artist Erwin Wurm’s first solo show at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA) in Beijing. A celebrated creator of irreverent and sometimes twisted works of sculpture, Erwin Wur…
Law Enforcement Museum Announces Acquisition of J. Edgar Hoover Estate
WASHINGTON, DC.- When the National Law
Enforcement
Museum opens in Washington, DC, in 2013, it will house one of the most
extensive
collections of objects related to the life and work of long-time FBI
Director J.
Edgar Hoover, Museum offic…