RENO, NV.- Explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife in To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, while celebrating the birthday of the Nevada Museum of Art – commemorating the 80th anniversary. The …
Argentina Intercepts Mailed Pre-Inca Mummy, Skulls
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- The shipping label said the mailed package contained replicas of Peruvian ceramics. An X-ray machine used by customs agents discovered it really held three skulls and a mummy more than 2,000 years old. Authorities said Friday that t…
Albert Einstein’s Escape From Nazi Germany at Merseyside Maritime Museum Exhibition
LIVERPOOL.- Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany have been discovered and will go on show for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Einstein, one of the most prominent figures of the la…
Albert Einstein’s Immigration Papers on Show for Very First Time at Merseyside Maritime Museum
LIVERPOOL.- Immigration documents relating to Albert Einstein’s dramatic escape from Nazi Germany have been discovered and will go on show for the very first time at Merseyside Maritime Museum. Einstein, one of the most prominent figures of the la…
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
Bed Down with Reindeer at Carsten Hoeller’s Berlin Show at Museum fuer Gegenwart
BERLIN (AP).- It’s rather stinky and kind of loud, but an exhibit that allows visitors to bed down with 24 golden canaries and a dozen reindeer is one of the most popular ever at a Berlin museum. While the goal of the unusual installation is to acquain…
Bed Down with Reindeer at Carsten Hoeller’s Berlin Show at Museum fuer Gegenwart
BERLIN (AP).- It’s rather stinky and kind of loud, but an exhibit that allows visitors to bed down with 24 golden canaries and a dozen reindeer is one of the most popular ever at a Berlin museum. While the goal of the unusual installation is to acquain…
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
PARIS.- This exhibition tells a fascinating story: how an immigrant community created a unique culture by abandoning their own original culture and immersing themselves in the influences, customs and beliefs of their adopted country. In Singapore, the …
Baba Bling: The Peranakan Chinese of Singapore at the Musée du Quai Branly
PARIS.- This exhibition tells a fascinating story: how an immigrant community created a unique culture by abandoning their own original culture and immersing themselves in the influences, customs and beliefs of their adopted country. In Singapore, the …
Exhibition Presents Photographs of José A. Figueroa’s "Other" Life in Cuba
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Couturier Gallery presents Mis 60 / My 60s, an exhibition of prominent photographer José A. Figueroa’s images of the barely-remembered “other” life in Cuba of the 1960s, the social everyday existence not portrayed by R…