NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Jonathan Ferrara Gallery presents “Other Living Things”, new works by Portland-based artist Brian Borrello in his first solo exhibition with the gallery. The exhibition will explore the delicate balance between human advancement and e…
"Girl with an iPod" is Visitors’ Favorite Painting at BP Portrait Award Exhibition
LONDON.- A large and striking portrait of the head of a girl wearing earphones with eyes downwards focusing on the music on her iPod is the favourite painting of visitors to this year’s BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery…
"Girl with an iPod" is Visitors’ Favorite Painting at BP Portrait Award Exhibition
LONDON.- A large and striking portrait of the head of a girl wearing earphones with eyes downwards focusing on the music on her iPod is the favourite painting of visitors to this year’s BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery…
Romantics Display Opens at Tate Britain Following Major Re-Hang
LONDON.- This week Tate Britain’s Clore Galleries have re-opened to the public following a major re-hang. Romantics, part of the BP British Art Displays, features over 170 key paintings, prints and photographs spread over nine thematic rooms explo…
Romantics Display Opens at Tate Britain Following Major Re-Hang of the Clore Galleries
LONDON.- This week Tate Britain’s Clore Galleries have re-opened to the public following a major re-hang. Romantics, part of the BP British Art Displays, features over 170 key paintings, prints and photographs spread over nine thematic rooms explo…
BP Saturdays: Loud Tate – Free Annual Art and Music Event at Tate Britain
LONDON.- BP Saturdays: Loud Tate is a free annual art and music event at Tate Britain, run by young people for young people. Tate Forum, Tate Britain’s youth group, has put together an exciting programme of creative workshops dedicated to 15-25 year …
Smithsonian Holdings to Aid Researchers in Gulf of Mexico
SUITLAND, MD (AP).- Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast collection of preserved animals at the Smithsonian to see what kind of changes the oil spill may wreak among life forms in the Gulf of Mexico. The museum and researc…
Artists Find Ways to Protest Gulf Spill
NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP).- Musician Shamarr Allen was flying back into Louis Armstrong International Airport when he got his first real glimpse of the BP oil spill. The words of CEO Tony Hayward’s TV spot — “To those affected and your families, I’m de…
Art Activists Spill Oil at Iconic British Museum in Protest at BP Sponsorship
LONDON.- Five members of the art activist group
‘Culture Beyond Oil’ today poured non-toxic black oil around the British
Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s
sponsorship of
the museum. The group, inspired b…
Art Activists Spill Oil at Iconic British Museum in Protest at BP Sponsorship
LONDON.- Five members of the art activist group Culture Beyond Oil today poured non-toxic black oil around the British Museum’s world famous Easter Island sculpture, in protest at BP’s sponsorship of the museum. The group, inspired by Liberat…