LONDON.- The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons opened its latest exhibition London’s Lost Museums: Nature and Medicine, celebrating early natural history and anatomical collections once displayed in the capital, now ‘lost’…
Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons Rediscovers London’s Lost Museums
LONDON.- The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons opened its latest exhibition London’s Lost Museums: Nature and Medicine, celebrating early natural history and anatomical collections once displayed in the capital, now ‘lost’…
Chinese Government Dismisses International Concerns Over Missing Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP).- A state-run Chinese newspaper on Wednesday brushed aside international concerns over the fate of a prominent artist and activist missing since the weekend, calling him a maverick who lacks respect for the country’s laws. Human rights gro…
Bonhams Offers Rare Svetoslav Roerich Painting Modelled on His Father, the Legendary Nicholas Roerich
LONDON.- A double-sided painting entitled ‘King Solomon’ by Svetoslav Roerich is one of the top lots in the Russian Sale taking place in New Bond Street on 1st December. Estimated to sell for £300,000 – 400,000, this work has never been…
New York City’s Whitney Museum of American Art Sells Buildings to Fund Move
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City has sold eight buildings near its Madison Avenue locale, paving the way for construction of a new facility across town. The sale price was not disclosed. But the Whitney told The …