LONDON (AP).- Britain’s Royal Mint has released a commemorative coin featuring supposedly lifelike portraits of Prince William and his bride-to-be — but critics say Kate Middleton has a right to be horrified. Images of the couple on the memento be…
Madison Square Park Conservancy Announces the New York Public Art Premiere of Jaume Plensa
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art announces the New York public art premiere of internationally acclaimed artist Jaume Plensa, featuring a new monumental, site-specific sculpture for Madison Square Park. Plensa’s…
Vancouver Art Gallery Launches Landmark Retrospective of American Photographer Robert Adams
VANCOUVER, BC.- The Vancouver Art Gallery launched Robert Adams: The Place We Live, A Retrospective Selection of Photographs, an exhibition of the life work of eminent American photographer Robert Adam. The retrospective is on display at the Gallery un…
Museums Escape the Worst in Spending Review, will Only Face a 15 Percent Funding Cut
LONDON (REUTERS).- Museums breathed a sigh of relief after escaping the worst of the government spending cuts announced on Wednesday, but reductions in funding for other sectors of the arts were significantly higher. Chancellor George Osborne said muse…
Arnulf Rainer on Vincent van Gogh: Exhibition in Vincent van GoghHuis
ZUNDERT.- Arnulf Rainer exhibition opens in Vincent van GoghHuis in Zundert. For the first time museums visitors can admire his new series of art pieces, inspired by Vincent van Gogh. The exhibition Arnulf Rainer on van Gogh will be held at Vincent van…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…
Oil-Inspired Spread for August Issue of Vogue Italia Stirs Muck
MIAMI (AP).- The model is in black, prone and dirty on jagged rocks, netting draped around her legs like a dead sea creature. There she is again, lying on her back in a feathered dress, and in close up, her hair and face sleek with oil. A stirring pho…
"Zapata in Morelos" Exhibition Inaugurated at National Museum of History
MEXICO CITY.- A hundred historical objects related to the revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata; 30 large format photographs that capture the Morelos state landscape, as well as contemporary artwork related to him integrate the exhibition that opened on…