LONDON.- A portrait miniature by Horace Hone of Sarah Siddons (1755 – 1825), a British actress who found fame on Drury Lane for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth and became the best known tragedienne of the 18th century, will be offered by Bonhams in …
Centre national de l’audiovisuel Displays Photographs by August Sander
LUXEMBOURG.- “The essence of all photography is documentary in
nature”, observed August Sander in one of the talks that he delivered at the
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting Institution) in Cologne in
1931. With this he coined…
Centre national de l’audiovisuel Displays Photographs by August Sander
LUXEMBOURG.- “The essence of all photography is documentary in nature”, observed August Sander in one of the talks that he delivered at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (West German Broadcasting Institution) in Cologne in 1931. With this he coined …
CAC Málaga Looks at Issues of Authorship, Authenticity and Identity
MALAGA.- En Face, presented by the Contemporary Art Center of Málaga, is the first individual exhibition of the work of Gavin Turk to be held in Spain. The exhibition consists of a group of 72 clay busts resulting from an interactive performance in wh…
WWII Nurse in Iconic Times Square Kissing Photo Dies
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York’s Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War Two has died at the age of 91, her family said on Tuesday. The V-J Day picture of the white-cl…
New Tube Map Cover Designed by Artist Barbara Kruger
LONDON.- Barbara Kruger uses the language of publicity to draw attention to the manipulative power of advertising. Her trademark subversive tactics are played out in ‘Untitled (Tube Map)’, where the familiar imagery of the map is used to rela…