NAPLES (REUTERS).- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be alone in jail in London, but in the traditional Neapolitan Christmas creches he is in good company — with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Assange, who is depicted holding his trusty lap top, was creat…
Assange "Man of the Year" in Naples Nativity Creches
NAPLES (REUTERS).- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be alone in jail in London, but in the traditional Neapolitan Christmas creches he is in good company — with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Assange, who is depicted holding his trusty lap top, was creat…
New Installation Features Cabinets and Caskets from Metropolitan Museum’s Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)—on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 7, 2010— features 100 works selected from the Museum’s Departm…
New Installation Features Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from Metropolitan Museum’s Collection
NEW YORK, NY.- Thinking Outside the Box: European Cabinets, Caskets, and Cases from the Permanent Collection (1500–1900)—on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on December 7, 2010— features 100 works selected from the Museum’s Departm…
New Publication from the Royal Collection: The Queen’s Dolls’ House by By Lucinda Lambton
LONDON.- The Queen’s Dolls’ House at Windsor Castle is the largest, most beautiful and most famous dolls’ house in the world. In this charming new publication, the well-known broadcaster and architectural historian Lucinda Lambton guide…
Forced Labor: The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War
BERLIN.- Over 20 million men, women, and children were taken to Germany and the occupied territories from all over Europe as “foreign workers,” prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates to perform forced labor. By 1942, forced laborers were part…
Forced Labor: The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War
BERLIN.- Over 20 million men, women, and children were taken to Germany and the occupied territories from all over Europe as “foreign workers,” prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates to perform forced labor. By 1942, forced laborers were part…
Artist Dale Chihuly Stretches Boundaries of Glass Blowing
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (REUTERS).- Artist Dale Chihuly has stretched the craft of glass blowing to breaking point and started an artistic revolution that has extended into sculpture and environmental art. Instead of a small shop with a single artist creati…
Artist Dale Chihuly Stretches Boundaries of Glass Blowing
ST. PETERSBURG, FL (REUTERS).- Artist Dale Chihuly has stretched the craft of glass blowing to breaking point and started an artistic revolution that has extended into sculpture and environmental art. Instead of a small shop with a single artist creati…
The Cleveland Museum of Art Announces Newest Acquisitions
CLEVELAND, OH.- A rare pair of Russian candelabra made by the 18th-century craftsmen of Tula, a Byzantine icon attributed to the Cretan painter Angelos Akotantos, a 19th-century watercolor by William Turner of Oxford, a vibrant abstract painting by Ame…