VANCOUVER, BC.- It is said that when Surrealist André Breton first saw an indigenous mask from the Pacific Northwest , he called it “more surreal than the Surrealists.” During the 1930s and 40s, Breton and many of his Surrealist colleagues …
The New Walk Museum & Art Gallery Shows Images of War & Peace
Leicester, UK.- The New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester is proud to present “Spirits of War to Hands of Peace”, on view at the museum until July 24th. This new and exciting exhibition exploring the horrors of war and the power of peace. The…
Winner of Discoveries PHE Award 2010 Vanessa Winship Presents Her Solo Exhibition
MADRID.- Under Off Festival section of PHotoEspaña 2011, the British photographer Vanessa Winship, winner of Descubrimientos PHE Award 2010 (Discoveries PHE), shows her work Sweet Nothings in a solo exhibition at the Art bookstore and gallery Gloria. …
Winner of Discoveries PHE Award 2010 Vanessa Winship Presents Her Solo Exhibition
MADRID.- Under Off Festival section of PHotoEspaña 2011, the British photographer Vanessa Winship, winner of Descubrimientos PHE Award 2010 (Discoveries PHE), shows her work Sweet Nothings in a solo exhibition at the Art bookstore and gallery Gloria. …
"Paper Wars" at International Poster Gallery Shows Original War Propaganda Posters
BOSTON, MA.- International Poster Gallery (IPG) presents “Paper Wars”, an evocative exhibition of original propaganda posters of the First and Second World Wars. The exhibition, which runs from April 28 through June 15, 2011, features some o…
Photographs by Thomas Hoepker and Daniel Biskup at the German Historical Museum
BERLIN.- For the first time the German Historical Museum presents a selection of largely unknown photographs from the work of the two photojournalists that has never before been shown in this form. The exhibition is on view from May 11 through October …
The Herbert Acquires New Works for their Peace and Reconciliation Collection
COVENTRY.- The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum has acquired five powerful and thought-provoking pieces of work by artists Peter Kennard and Cat Picton-Phillips to add to their Peace and Reconciliation collection. The works represent the harrowing nature…
Old Times Not Forgotten: Reporter Embarks on a 600-Mile Tour of the Civil War
NEW YORK (AP).- A hush fell over the crowd filling the elegant hall in downtown Richmond, Va. The vote was about to be announced, and a young staffer of the Museum of the Confederacy balanced his laptop across his knees, poised to get out the news as …
New York and Other States Scrimp on Civil War’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP).- New York state contributed 448,000 troops and $150 million to the Union cause during the Civil War, not to mention untold tons of supplies, food, guns and munitions. But with the 150th anniversary of the war’s start just months away…
New York and Other States Scrimp on Civil War’s 150th Anniversary Celebrations
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP).- New York state contributed 448,000 troops and $150 million to the Union cause during the Civil War, not to mention untold tons of supplies, food, guns and munitions. But with the 150th anniversary of the war’s start just months away…