LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents recent paintings and sculptures by Takashi Murakami. In his distinctive “Superflat” style, which employs highly refined, traditional Japanese painting techniques and formats to depict a charged mix of historical subj…
New York’s Museum of Modern Art Acquires Two Major Collections of Conceptual Art
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art announces the acquisition of the Daled Collection, one of the key collections of American and European Conceptual art from the 1960s and 1970s. The collection includes 223 works across all mediums, assembled betw…
General Lee’s Sword Returning to Appomattox, Virginia
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND, VA (AP).- It’s an enduring myth of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrendered his sword to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, and his Union counterpart refused the traditional gesture of surrender. “Lee never o…
Clifton Childree Creates a Gigantic Installation Comprised of Films and Found Objects at Kunsthalle Wien
VIENNA.- Clifton Childree is an analog artist in the digital era, a curator of transient and anachronistic things – a contemporary counterpart to Harry Smith, the avant-garde filmmaker and editor of the Anthology of American Folk Music, as it were…
Pair of Paintings by Sir Peter Lely Reunited at the Dulwich Picture Gallery with New Acquisition
LONDON.- In time for its 2011 Bicentenary year, Dulwich Picture Gallery announced its acquisition of the portrait of Bartholomew Beale by Sir Peter Lely. The portrait is now reunited with its counterpart, Sir Peter Lely’s A Boy as a Shepherd, one…
Pair of Paintings by Sir Peter Lely Reunited at the Dulwich Picture Gallery with New Acquisition
LONDON.- In time for its 2011 Bicentenary year, Dulwich Picture Gallery announced its acquisition of the portrait of Bartholomew Beale by Sir Peter Lely. The portrait is now reunited with its counterpart, Sir Peter Lely’s A Boy as a Shepherd, one…
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Wants Yale University to Return Artifacts to Peru
LOJA (REUTERS).- Ecuador’s president on Tuesday threw his support behind demands by neighboring Peru for Yale University to return thousands of artifacts removed from the Inca site of Machu Picchu a century ago for study at the U.S. university. The Per…
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa Wants Yale University to Return Artifacts to Peru
LOJA (REUTERS).- Ecuador’s president on Tuesday threw his support behind demands by neighboring Peru for Yale University to return thousands of artifacts removed from the Inca site of Machu Picchu a century ago for study at the U.S. university. The Per…
Ecuador Wants Yale to Return Artifacts to Peru
LOJA (REUTERS).- Ecuador’s president on Tuesday threw his support behind demands by neighboring Peru for Yale University to return thousands of artifacts removed from the Inca site of Machu Picchu a century ago for study at the U.S. university. The Per…
Mystery Bidder Buys Berlin’s "Checkpoint Bravo"
BERLIN (REUTERS).- A mystery telephone bidder purchased a piece of history in the form of “Checkpoint Bravo” — once one of the busiest crossing points between East and West Berlin — in an auction Thursday. The sole bidder secured the site — which in…