LONDON.- This solo exhibition by British artist and Turner Prize nominee George Shaw brings together 18 paintings made over the past 15 years charting the urban landscape of his childhood home on the Tile Hill Estate in Coventry. On view from May 25th …
Turner Prize Nominee George Shaw Brings Together 18 Paintings at the South London Gallery
LONDON.- This solo exhibition by British artist and Turner Prize nominee George Shaw brings together 18 paintings made over the past 15 years charting the urban landscape of his childhood home on the Tile Hill Estate in Coventry. On view from May 25th …
South Carolina Museum Honoring Civil Rights Leader Mays Opens
GREENWOOD (AP).- A museum dedicated to the life of Benjamin E. Mays, an educator who was an early inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr. and who was often referred to as the father of the civil rights movement, opened Tuesday in his hometown of Greenwo…
Frieder Burda Provides Personal Insight into His Art Collection for the First Time
BADEN-BADEN.- More than six years after the inauguration of the Museum Frieder Burda, its founder provides a very personal insight into his collection. On the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, Frieder Burda selects the exhibits from his meanwhile…
New Orleans Jazz Landmark Razed in Rebuilding Push
NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP).- New Orleans’ heritage as the cradle of jazz helps it draw millions of visitors each year, and the city reminds them of that history with pamphlets, murals and bright neon. Yet numerous homes and music halls that incubated the art…
Recent Works by the Internationally Renowned Austrian Artist Erwin Wurm at Essl Museum
VIENNA.- With the solo exhibition >PRIVATE WURM
Cornerstone Laid for John Paul II Museum in Poland
WARSAW (AP).- Officials say a cornerstone has been laid for a museum honoring the late Pope John Paul II at his family home in southern Poland. The website of the town of Wadowice says the cornerstone was laid at a wall of the pope’s childhood home on…