MARIEHAMN (AP).- An anonymous Internet bidder on Friday paid €54,000 ($78,200) for two bottles of 200-year-old Champagne salvaged from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, auction organizers said. The buyer from Singapore paid a world-rec…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
Champagne from Baltic Sea Shipwreck Up for Grabs at Auction in Finland in June
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Two bottles of champagne, thought to be about 200 years old and part of a cache of 150 salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck in the Baltic Sea, will be auctioned in Finland in June. The cache, which belongs to the government of Al…
The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Presents a New Exhibition in the Front Room
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis presents a new exhibition to the Front Room: Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta‐Kalleinen’s The St. Louis Complaint Choir. Running parallel to the exhibitions in CAM’s Main Galleri…
The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2011 to Present: Fia Backström & Andreas Eriksson
STOCKHOLM.- The partnership between the three nations sharing the Nordic Pavilion in Venice – Sweden, Finland and Norway – will try a new concept for the next three biennials. The previous requirement that all three countries should be represented by a…
Fernando Botero’s Rotund and Voluptuous Forms at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest
BUDAPEST.- Rotund and voluptuous forms, characteristically simple and expressive figures, people, animals and objects dominate the works of Colombian-born Fernando Botero. The language of his colourful and often luminous works is understandable for all…
Major International Art Project to Bring Dialogue Between the UK and Turkey
LONDON.- Unveiled to the public on the 20th – 24th of October, the project comes at a crucial time for debates about Turkey’s accession to the EU and for relations between the UK and Turkey, exemplified by Prime Minister David Cameron’s …
Major International Art Project to Bring Dialogue Between the UK and Turkey
LONDON.- Unveiled to the public on the 20th – 24th of October, the project comes at a crucial time for debates about Turkey’s accession to the EU and for relations between the UK and Turkey, exemplified by Prime Minister David Cameron’s …