LONDON.- Following the resounding successes achieved in the field of Islamic Art at Sotheby’s, the company’s forthcoming biannual Arts of the Islamic Works Sale in London, which presents more than 400 lots, on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 will …
Comprehensive Nam June Paik Retrospective Opens at Museum Kunst Palast in Dusseldorf
DUSSELDORF.- In collaboration with Tate Liverpool, the museum kunst palast dedicates a comprehensive retrospective to Nam June Paik (*Seoul 1932, +Miami 2006), founder of video and media art. With numerous loans drawn from both international public and…
Skeleton of 18th Century Whale Found by Archaeologists in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London’s River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare Nort…
Skeleton of 18th Century Whale Found by Archaeologists in London
LONDON (REUTERS).- The skeleton of a huge whale, thought to have been butchered for its meat, bone and oils 300 years ago, has been discovered by archaeologists on the banks of London’s River Thames. The remains of the headless beast, the now rare Nort…
Ancient City by the Sea, Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Known as Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Nepalese-Inspired Tibetan Painting Style the Subject of Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- For centuries Tibetans looked to their Buddhist heartland, India, for spiritual inspiration. During the second spread of Buddhism to Tibet, they also faithfully reproduced the sacred art of the Pala kingdom in northeastern India. But whe…
Mexican Archaeologists Extract 10,000 Year-Old Skeleton from Flooded Cave in Quintana Roo
MEXICO CITY.- One of the earliest human skeletons of America, which belonged to a person that lived more than 10,000 years ago, in the Ice Age, was recovered by Mexican specialists from a flooded cave in Quintana Roo. The information it has lodged for …
Japanese Art Dealers Association Announces Asia Week Exhibitions
NEW YORK, NY.- A robust panorama of traditional Japanese fine arts will be on view at the galleries of six leading dealers this Fall, including rarely seen 12th century Kyozo, or mirrors bearing drawings of gods, imperial screens once part of the furni…