BROCKTON, MA.- Fuller Craft Museum, New England’s home for contemporary craft, presents Icarus, an installation by Mark Davis, on display through March 15, 2012, created specifically for Fuller Craft’s Courtyard Gallery. The mobiles of Mark D…
Huipil Attributed to Malinche Included in New Exhibition at National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- Symbolism, use and presence of birds in ritual and daily life of contemporary indigenous cultures is displayed through more than 376 ethnographic pieces, among them, the huipil (dress) attributed to Malinche, at the exhibition “Wings…
Huipil Attributed to Malinche Included in New Exhibition at National Museum of Anthropology
MEXICO CITY.- Symbolism, use and presence of birds in ritual and daily life of contemporary indigenous cultures is displayed through more than 376 ethnographic pieces, among them, the huipil (dress) attributed to Malinche, at the exhibition “Wings…
Kim Dorland Pushes the Limits of Painting in His New Exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Mike Weiss Gallery presents New Material, Kim Dorland’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. Consisting of paintings, watercolors, assemblage on paper and taxidermy animals, New Material pushes the limits of painting to visually…
Preserved Feathers and Scales of a Giant Penguin Fossil Gives Evolutionary Clues
LIMA (REUTERS).- The preserved feathers and scales of a giant fossilized penguin discovered on Peru’s central coast provide a glimpse of Peru’s Eocene period, and how the species evolved to its modern state, paleontologists say. The ancient version of …
Preserved Feathers and Scales of a Giant Penguin Fossil Gives Evolutionary Clues
LIMA (REUTERS).- The preserved feathers and scales of a giant fossilized penguin discovered on Peru’s central coast provide a glimpse of Peru’s Eocene period, and how the species evolved to its modern state, paleontologists say. The ancient version of …
It Bag, Watch Out: France’s Duvelleroy Folding Fan is Back
PARIS (AP).- Forget Balenciaga’s “Giant City” and the other luxury purses that vie for the title of “It Bag” of the moment. If two young Parisian fashionistas have their way, next season’s must-have accessory might just be a relic resurrected from a by…
The Museum of Arts and Design will Present "Dead or Alive"
NEW YORK, NY.- Dead or Alive, presented by the
Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase
the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and
objects that were once produced by or pa…
Owen and Wagner Collection of Aboriginal Art Donated to the Hood Museum of Art
HANOVER, NH.- The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College announced an important private gift of contemporary Aboriginal art. Will Owen and Harvey Wagner have gifted over three hundred works to the museum, representing the many exciting contemporary ar…