JERUSALEM (REUTERS).- Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem? And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory? That is the pr…
Stanford Selects Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design New Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building for the Arts
STANFORD, CA.- Stanford University announced today that it has selected Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design a new home for the Department of Art and Art History. The 90,000-square-foot Burton and Deedee McMurtry Building will serve as an interdisciplin…
Panels, Film Premiere and ADAA Highlight Events Schedule at Dallas Art Fair
DALLAS, TX.- The 2011 Dallas Art Fair presented by Ruinart will offer a full schedule of panel discussions over the three days of the Fair, April 8 through April 10. Lead by art experts, international collectors, cultural institution directors and edu…
Maya Schweizer/Clemens von Wedemeyer Present "Metropolis. Report from China" at the Frankfurter Kunstverein
FRANKFURT AM MAIN.- Central to the exhibition is the presentation of the documentary film “Metropolis. Report from China” by Maya Schweizer and Clemens von Wedemeyer. The artists traveled to China in 2004 to do research for the project of rem…
Futurefarmers: A Variation on the Powers of Ten at the Berkeley Art Museum
BERKELEY, CA.- What are the limits of knowledge? Where is there still mystery, and how are researchers moving towards these “unknown” territories? Futurefarmers, the San Francisco-based collective (artists Amy Franceschini and Michael Swaine)…
Symbolic Burial of Patrick Ireland Documentary Launched by Loopline Film
DUBLIN.- A film documenting the symbolic burial of Patrick Ireland, the alter ego of the distinguished Irish artist Brian O’Doherty, was launched by Loopline Film and is directed by Sé Merry Doyle. The film is produced by Vanessa Gildea and finan…
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Ends 2010 on a High Note with Liu Xiaodong’s Hometown Boy
BEIJING.- UCCA opened one of its last exhibitions of the year (Nov 17, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011), Hometown Boy by Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong. With 26 new oil paintings, over 200 pages of framed diary entries and an in-depth documentary film by famed …
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Ends 2010 on a High Note with Liu Xiaodong’s Hometown Boy
BEIJING.- UCCA opened one of its last exhibitions of the year (Nov 17, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011), Hometown Boy by Chinese painter Liu Xiaodong. With 26 new oil paintings, over 200 pages of framed diary entries and an in-depth documentary film by famed …
World’s Most Famous Diamond Unveiled at National Museum of Natural History
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hope Diamond, the world’s most famous diamond, began another chapter in its already illustrious history. For the first time the diamond is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in a setting o…
The World’s Most Famous Diamond Unveiled at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hope Diamond, the world’s most famous diamond, began another chapter in its already illustrious history. For the first time the diamond is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in a setting o…