MALMO.- In the latter half of the 19th century, the rules and norms governing visual arts were dissolved and replaced by a wide array of artistic possibilities, where small constellations of artists fought for new, revolutionary ideas. Partly as a cons…
MFA Houston Presents First Major Retrospective Devoted to Photographer Heinrich Kühn
HOUSTON, TX.- The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presents over 100 photographs in this first major retrospective in the United States devoted to Austrian photographer and scientist Heinrich Kühn (1866-1944), an important figure in the international Pic…
Audio-Visual Exploration of Myth and Reality in Tijuana Subject of New Exhibition
SANTA MONICA, CA.- The Donkey Show, an audio-visual exploration of the intersection of myth and reality in Tijuana, Mexico, opened at the Santa Monica Museum of Art and will be on view through April 16. The exhibition is guest curated by cultural anthr…
Nailya Alexander Gallery Presents The Extra/Ordinary World of Pentti Sammallahti
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents The Extra/Ordinary World of Pentti Sammallahti, one of Finland’s most internationally prominent photographers. The exhibition will run through March 10, 2011. This show is in conjunction with Pentti…
New Exhibits at Chicago’s Hull House Museum
CHICAGO (AP).- At the turn of the 20th century, thousands of immigrants sought out Jane Addams’ Hull House in Chicago. There they received medical treatment at settlement house clinics, learned job skills through training classes and found community at…
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to explore "Dove/O’Keeffe: Circles of Influence"
WILLIAMSTOWN, MA – The life and work
of Georgia O’Keeffe have fascinated critics, scholars, and art lovers alike
since she burst onto the New
York art scene in the early 1900s. On June 7,
the Sterling and
Francine Clark Art Institute…
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…
Ellis Island Experience is Focus of Exhibition at Michener Art Museum
DOYLESTOWN, PA.- For twelve million people, Ellis Island was the doorway to a new life, with the hopes and dreams of several generations of immigrants beginning and sometimes ending there. Understandably, this American landmark in New York Harbor has d…