PARIS.- With more than 160 exceptional items, most of which have never left their country of origin, this exhibition offers the opportunity to discover the Guatemalan Maya, one of the major civilizations that shaped the history of pre-Columbian America…
Magic of Ancient Egypt to Transform the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL.- This landmark exhibition brings to life one of the greatest civilizations in the history of the world. Ancient Egypt—Art and Magic: Treasures from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, on view from December 17, 2011-April 29…
The Sakip Sabanci Museum in Istanbul Hosts a Historic Exhibition of Greek Cyclades Art
Istanbul.- The new exhibition of Sabanci University Sakip Sabanci Museum (SSM), entitled “Across” (Karsidan Karsiya), in which 5.000 years old finds from the Cyclades and Western Anatolia will be displayed together, hit the headlines in Greece …
Libya’s Roman Sites Unscathed During the Popular Unrest Against Leader Muammar Gaddafi
RABAT (REUTERS).- Libyans appear determined to safeguard their rich cultural heritage during the popular unrest against leader Muammar Gaddafi, protecting it from the looting seen in neighboring Egypt’s revolution just weeks ago. Conquered by most of t…
Prehispanic Wooden Lintels Recovered at Tlatelolco to be Shown for the First Time
MEXICO CITY.- Three wooden lintels of an age determined between 500 and 800 years, part of temples that might have been seen by Hernan Cortes when arriving to Tlatelolco, will be displayed publicly after being restored by specialists from the National …
Edinburgh International Festival Heads East in 2011
By: Ian MacKenzie
EDINBURGH (REUTERS).- The Edinburgh International Festival EIF focuses on the Orient in 2011, as Festival Director Jonathan Mills brings a heady mix of acts to the world’s largest annual artistic extravaganza from the Far East rangin…
Origins and Mysteries of the Inca’s Gold Explored at Pinacothèque de Paris
PARIS.- The Inca empire is among one of the greatest in history. In one hundred years, an ethnic group with obscure origins, settled in the Cusco valley, undertook a series of conquests that nothing seemed capable of stopping: it was to dominate an imm…
Origins and Mysteries of the Inca’s Gold Explored in New Exhibition at Pinacothèque de Paris
PARIS.- The Inca empire is among one of the greatest in history. In one hundred years, an ethnic group with obscure origins, settled in the Cusco valley, undertook a series of conquests that nothing seemed capable of stopping: it was to dominate an imm…
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…