MIAMI, FL.- Craig Robins, co-founder of Design Miami /, has donated this year’s Designer of the Year installation to Miami Art Museum (MAM). Entitled Netscape, the large-scale outdoor seating installation was created by Konstantin Grcic as a centerp…
Felipe Calderon and Cristina Fernandez Inaugurate Rescued David Alfaro Siqueiros Mural
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- Submerged in obscurity and perilous conditions for most of its nearly 70-year history, a mural by painter David Alfaro Siqueiros, now carefully restored, was inaugurated Friday by the presidents of Mexico and Argentina in a place of…
Critically Acclaimed Gallery Renovations Continue with Two Major Fall Projects
NEW YORK, NY.- Over the past four years, The Frick Collection has renovated its galleries and public spaces through a succession of critically acclaimed initiatives. Availing itself of advances in lighting technology, the Frick has improved dramaticall…
Chinese Mine in Afghanistan Threatens Ancient Find
By: Heidi Vogt, Associated Press
MES AYNAK (AP).- It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman in slacks, carrying an umb…
Metropolitan Museum to Undertake Major Redesign and Reconstruction of its Fifth Avenue Outdoor Plaza and Fountains
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would undertake a comprehensive, multi-year effort to redesign and rebuild the four-block-long outdoor plaza that fronts its landmark Fifth Avenue façade. The project will feature as one …
Marianne Boesky Gallery Opens First Exhibition of the Works of Alighiero Boetti
NEW YORK, NY.- Marianne Boesky Gallery presents its first exhibition of the works of Alighiero Boetti using as its centerpiece the 1975 drawing “Tracce del racconto” (Tracing the story) to illustrate the artist’s studio practice from ide…
Egypt’s Chief Archaeologist Says United States to Return Smuggled Sarcophagi
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s chief archaeologist says the United States will return a number of sarcophagi smuggled out of the country 50 years ago. Zahi Hawass says U.S. authorities seized the sarcophagi on American soil and will return them to Egypt in the …
Turning a New Leaf, Jerry Hall to Shed Her Art Collection Next Week at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- Model Jerry Hall will auction some of her art collection next week, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Davi…
Turning a New Leaf, Jerry Hall to Shed Her Art Collection Next Week at Sotheby’s
LONDON (AP).- Model Jerry Hall will auction some of her art collection next week, including a famous portrait by Lucian Freud that shows her nude when she was eight months pregnant. The auction will also include works by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Davi…
Ai Weiwei’s Zodiac Heads/Circle of Animals at the Sao Paulo Biennale
SAO PAULO.- Ai Weiwei’s Zodiac Heads/Circle of Animals installation opened at the 29th Sao Paulo Biennale in Brazil. The Biennale opened on September 25th and drew large crowd of art aficionados from all across the globe. The Zodiac Heads/Circle o…