NEW YORK, NY.- American Friends of the Louvre announced that it has received a $3 million grant through the generosity of Pierre Omidyar, a member of Roshan Cultural Heritage Institute’s Board of Directors and the founder and Chairman of eBay Inc…
Royal Wedding Hat Sells for Over $130,000 on eBay
LONDON (AP).- Auction site eBay says a bidder has paid 81,100 pounds ($131,648) for the silk bow hat worn by Princess Beatrice to last month’s royal wedding. The 22-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II put the Philip Treacy creation on sale t…
Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat at $30K
LONDON (AP).- Online auctioneer eBay says that bids for one of the wackiest pieces of royal wedding headgear have approached 18,400 pounds ($30,000.) Princess Beatrice’s massive, ring-and-bow-shaped hat, turned heads at the wedding of her cousin Prince…
Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat to Be Auctioned
LONDON (AP).- The eye-popping hat worn by Princess Beatrice at Britain’s royal wedding is to be auctioned to raise money for charity, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The famous creation — which some said looked like antlers— will be sold on …
After 46 Years, Jewelry Formerly Owned by by Pope Paul VI Up for Auction in North Carolina
RALEIGH (AP).- In the unlikely location of a North Carolina jewelry store near the beach, a lavishly jeweled cross and a ring once owned by Pope Paul VI sit under lock and key, awaiting transfer to an even less familiar venue for symbols of Roman Cath…
After 46 Years, Jewelry Formerly Owned by by Pope Paul VI Up for Auction in North Carolina
RALEIGH (AP).- In the unlikely location of a North Carolina jewelry store near the beach, a lavishly jeweled cross and a ring once owned by Pope Paul VI sit under lock and key, awaiting transfer to an even less familiar venue for symbols of Roman Cath…
Auction Set for William and Kate Sweet Dispensers
VIENNA (REUTERS).- If you’ve ever wanted to eat sweets disgorged from the chests of royalty, your time has come. PEZ, the Austrian company whose candy dispensers are known around the world, has created a special pair in the likeness of Britain’s Princ…
Brooklyn-Based Artist and Photographer Lorna Simpson Opens Solo Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, N.Y.- Lorna Simpson: Gathered presents photographic and other works that explore the artist’s interest in the interplay between fact and fiction, identity, and history. On view through August 21, 2011 at the Brooklyn Museum. Through works tha…
Brooklyn-Based Artist and Photographer Lorna Simpson Opens Solo Exhibition at Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, N.Y.- Lorna Simpson: Gathered presents photographic and other works that explore the artist’s interest in the interplay between fact and fiction, identity, and history. On view through August 21, 2011 at the Brooklyn Museum. Through works tha…
Radical Reinterpretation of Everyday Consumer Images by Penelope Umbrico in New Book
NEW YORK, NY.- Penelope Umbrico (Photographs) offers a radical reinterpretation of everyday consumer and vernacular images. As Umbrico describes, she works “within the virtual world of consumer marketing and social media, traveling through the rel…