ABIDJAN (REUTERS).- While fighting raged on the streets outside his studio in Abidjan and stray bullets hissed through the air overhead, Ivorian artist Aboudia painted. Only when the walls of his studio shook from the concussions of nearby explosions d…
American Indian Panel: Halt Downtown Los Angeles Project
By: Jacob Adelman, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP).- The state Native American Heritage Commission asked coroner’s officials Thursday to order a halt to work on a Mexican-American cultural center in downtown Los Angeles over concerns that Indian rem…
Leopold Museum Explores Love, Fear and Death in Edvard Munch’s Work
VIENNA.- Edvard Munch, one of the most important
European artists, stands at the center of the main autumn exhibition of the
Leopold Museum. The themes of love, fear and death dominate Munch’s oeuvre. The
symbol-laden atmosphere lends many of …
British Art Market Warns Against Proposed European Union Levy
LONDON
(REUTERS).- British auction houses fear that an EU levy on works of
art by
the likes of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, due to be introduced in
2012,
could undermine their position as world leaders in the field. The
British
…