NEW YORK, NY.- Clara Diament Sujo and collaborators at CDS Gallery announced that the artist HEDDA STERNE passed away yesterday at the age of 100. Up to the last minutes of her long and illustrative life, she was lucid about her work and felt rewarded …
Candid Cameras Give a Chance to See Wildlife as a Scientist Does
WASHINGTON, DC.- Researching animals in the wild can be challenging, especially if it involves a rare or elusive species like the giant panda or the clouded leopard. To remedy this, scientists rely heavily on camera traps—automated cameras with mo…
11 Architects Selected to Receive the 2011 American Institute of Architects’ Young Architects Award
WASHINGTON, DC.- The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced the 11 recipients of the 2011 AIA Young Architects Award. Young Architects are defined as professionals who have been licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age. This award h…
Virginia Historian Thomas P. Lowry Denies Tampering with Abraham Lincoln Pardon
McLEAN, VA (AP).- Colleagues of a Virginia historian accused of altering a presidential pardon signed by Abraham Lincoln to make it appear he had made a major discovery say he betrayed the trust that had been placed in him. The accused historian —…
Website Follows Johns Hopkins Archaeologists in Egypt
BALTIMORE, MD.- Follow along online as Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan and her team of students, artists, conservators and photographers return to their investigation of Mut Temple this month, focusing their attention to the area sout…
Gifts Enhance Metropolitan Museum’s Scholarly Activities in Cycladic and Early Greek Art
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the gift to its Greek and Roman Art Department of an endowment fund from The Museum of Cycladic Art, in Athens, Greece. The gift, in memory of Dolly Goulandris, will support lectures about t…
First Comprehensive Survey Exhibition of Mark Morrisroe’s Work at Fotomuseum Winterthur
AMSTERDAM.- More than twenty years after Mark Morrisroe’s early death, Fotomuseum Winterthur is presenting the first comprehensive survey exhibition on his work—an extraordinarily diverse body of works that has usually been shown in group sho…
First Comprehensive Survey Exhibition of Mark Morrisroe’s Work at Fotomuseum Winterthur
AMSTERDAM.- More than twenty years after Mark Morrisroe’s early death, Fotomuseum Winterthur is presenting the first comprehensive survey exhibition on his work—an extraordinarily diverse body of works that has usually been shown in group sho…
Exhibition of Matisse Drawings and Prints on View at NYU’s Maison Française
NEW YORK, NY.- Henri Matisse–Writers on Paper: Selected Drawings and Prints from The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation is the first exhibition dedicated exclusively to Matisse’s little-known drawings of men. The exhibition, on view at New Yo…
Musée Rodin Presents First Henry Moore Retrospective in Paris in 30 Years
PARIS.- This exhibition of the work of English sculptor Henry Moore (1898 – 1986), is the first Moore retrospective in Paris for more than 30 years. In order to recreate the unique atmosphere of Moore’s studios at Perry Green, England (now ho…