BEIJING (AP).- Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, east and west above the golden-tiled ro…
Miami Art Museum Presents Focus Gallery: Purvis Young
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum opens a new exhibition in the Focus Gallery section of its Permanent Collection installation, dedicated to works by the late Purvis Young. Focus Gallery: Purvis Young (July 30 – November 7, 2010) features a selection of You…
Researchers Unveil "Holy Grail" of Audubon Illustration
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work. Audubon had made two references to the illustration …
Luxuries from China’s Forbidden City to Travel to the United States
BEIJING (AP).- Deep in a long-forgotten corner of the Forbidden City and up a twisting stairway are four sets of twin doors, shut for more than eight decades. They reveal rare sweeping views to the north, south, east and west above the golden-tiled ro…
Lawyer: Negatives Verified by Team of Experts as Ansel Adams’ Work
BEVERLY HILLS (AP).- A lawyer says a trove of old glass negatives bought in California for $45 has been authenticated as the work of iconic photographer Ansel Adams, worth at least $200 million. Attorney Arnold Peter says a team of experts has conclud…
University of Virginia Puts Out Faulkner Audio Archives
RICHMOND, VA (AP).- Fans of Southern literature have read William Faulkner for decades. Now they can hear the author speak. The University of Virginia has published an online audio archive of the Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s two-year term…
Stuart Shave/Modern Art Announces the Expansion of the Gallery
LONDON.- The new additional space on the lower ground floor of the gallery will present projects and exhibitions that will diversify and broaden the gallery programme. The first exhibition in this new space will be of works by Indian artist Nasreen Moh…
Warsaw’s Communist Neo-Gothic "Palace" Turns 55
WARSAW (REUTERS).- Some say it is an ugly and unwelcome reminder of the post-war Soviet domination of Poland and should be pulled down. But others believe it’s a part of history for better or worse and should be left alone. The debate has resurfaced in…
Warsaw’s Communist "Palace" Turns 55
WARSAW (REUTERS).- Some say it is an ugly and unwelcome reminder of the post-war Soviet domination of Poland and should be pulled down. But others believe it’s a part of history for better or worse and should be left alone. The debate has resurfaced in…
Lost Franz Kafka Writings Resurface, Trapped in Trial
JERUSALEM (AP).- It seems almost Kafkaesque: Ten safety deposit boxes of never-published writings by Franz Kafka, their exact contents unknown, are trapped in courts and bureaucracy, much like one of the nightmarish visions created by the author himsel…