Austin, TX.- The Mexic-Arte Museum is proud to present its 18th annual serie-print exhibition, on view through September 25th. The “Serie Print Project” was founded by Mexic-Arte Museum co-founder Sam Coronado in 1993. The project uses the fine art …
Effort to Return Marilyn Monroe’s Fluttering White Dress from "The Seven Year Itch" to New York City
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- The iconic white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in “The Seven Year Itch” may be headed back to New York City, where a gust of air from a subway grate sent it billowing upward and into movie history. A New York-based technology company i…
Rarely Shown Works by Heinz Mack on View at Museum Kunst Palast in Dusseldorf
DUSSELDORF.- Heinz Mack became famous as an artist and co-founder of the internationally influential artist group ZERO primarily through his light reliefs and light installations. Less known is his extensive graphic oeuvre on which he himself comments,…
Important Greek Silver, Roman Gold Feature in First Joint Heritage Auctions-Gemini CICF Sale
DALLAS, TX.- A silver decadrachm of Athens struck 2,500 years ago, a silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily struck circa 430 BC and a remarkable offering of Roman gold coins – spanning the history of the Empire – highlight the first joint auc…
Museum of American History Receives Eddie Van Halen’s "Frankenstein Replica" Guitar
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2” guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments. It was …
National Museum of American History Receives Eddie Van Halen’s "Frankenstein Replica" Guitar
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired the Van Halen “Frank 2” guitar played and made famous by Eddie Van Halen through a partnership donation with Fender Musical Instruments. It was …
Inaugural Edition of VIP Art Fair Redefines Possibilities for the Online Art Market
NEW YORK, NY.- The inaugural edition of VIP Art Fair, the world’s first exclusively online art fair, closed on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 11:59 PM. The Fair—an acronym for “Viewing in Private”—attracted more than 41,000 collec…
New and Free App "Take it Artside!" to Bring Kentucky’s Art Scene to Wider Audience
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience. The free app includes images of local public art along with a brief desc…
New and Free App "Take it Artside!" to Bring Kentucky’s Art Scene to Wider Audience
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience. The free app includes images of local public art along with a brief desc…
Nicolas Krupp Contemporary Art Presents the Documentary Allegory of Peter Friedl
BASEL.- Images can tell stories in different ways. But what images does history leave behind, and how much history do they contain? Peter Friedl’s recent works deal with the political historicity of images, exploring and conjuring up their narrati…