Hong Kong.- The Zee Stone Gallery is proud to present “Bitter Sweet Symphony”, an exhibition of Oil paintings by Le Thong until July 15th. Le Thong is a talented Hanoi-based artist, whose paintings feature refined and graceful women …
A Hulking Sculpture Meant to Promote Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Faces Demolition
ISTANBUL (AP).- A hulking sculpture meant to promote reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia became an accidental emblem of their historic enmity after workers erected scaffolding towers and began to demolish it this week. Then, the mood soured furt…
Egypt: Military Detain 50 Men Trying to Break into at Egyptian National Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country’s archaeological treasures, the military said Monday. Snipers were stationed on the roof of the building, and d…
Egypt: Military Detain 50 Men Trying to Break into at Egyptian National Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country’s archaeological treasures, the military said Monday. Snipers were stationed on the roof of the building, and d…
The Sixties Swing Again for Exhibition at the Arts University College at Bournemouth
BOURNEMOUTH- The Swinging Sixties were celebrated in style at the opening of a new exhibition in The Gallery at the Arts University College at Bournemouth, showing the work of renowned photographer and University College alumnus, Philip Townsend. The …
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum Presents Brian Knep: Exempla
PROVIDENCE, RI.- —The RISD Museum presents Brian Knep: Exempla in the Anne, Michael and Amelia Spalter New Media Gallery on view through March 6, 2011. Knep (American, b. 1968) creates animated, interactive projections to explore themes of the int…
The Second Stage of San Juan de Ulua Fortress in Veracruz Restoration Has Begun
MEXICO CITY.- The value enhancement of San Juan de Ulua Fortress in Veracruz Port, one of the priority projects of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) will undergo soon its second stage, which includes work as the integral restora…
Exhibition at Bauhaus Dessau Marks the 100th Birthday of Bauhaus Student Kurt Kranz
DESSAU.- The Bauhaus Dessau dedicates a comprehensive exhibition to the painter, graphic designer and photographer Kurt Kranz to mark his 100th birthday. In 1930, the then twenty-year-old lithographer came from Bielefeld to study at the Bauhaus Dessau,…
Richard Avedon’s Most Prized Photographs for Sale Saturday at Christie’s in Paris
PARIS AP.- A model in a silk Dior gown, posing with elephants. The psychedelically colored faces of the Beatles. A soot-covered coal miner. Christie’s in Paris will auction some of Richard Avedon’s most prized photographs Saturday to raise money for t…
Delaware Art Museum Presents Ultra-Realistic Sculptures by Milwaukee-Based Artist Marc Sijan
WILMINGTON, DE.- The Delaware Art Museum presents Ultra-Realistic Sculpture by Marc Sijan, featuring 17 startlingly lifelike sculptures, on view from November 13, 2010 through January 16, 2011. Based on individuals Sijan knows well, his faces and figur…