WASHINGTON, D.C.- Smithsonian scientists have confirmed that chytridiomycosis, a rapidly spreading amphibian disease, has reached a site near Panama’s Darien region. This was the last area in the entire mountainous neotropics to be free of the dis…
Guggenheim Project by Pedro Reyes Explores Stillness and Quiet within New York City
NEW YORK, NY.- While the vitality and stimulation of the urban environment can be pleasant, those living in or visiting densely populated areas, such as New York, can have wildly different experiences. The ever-present cacophony of traffic, constructio…
Guggenheim Project by Pedro Reyes Explores Stillness and Quiet within New York City
NEW YORK, NY.- While the vitality and stimulation of the urban environment can be pleasant, those living in or visiting densely populated areas, such as New York, can have wildly different experiences. The ever-present cacophony of traffic, constructio…
Game Over! National Pinball Museum in Washington to Close After Just Five Months
WASHINGTON (AP).- The National Pinball Museum in Washington is being forced to close after just five months. David Silverman, who put up $300,000 of his own money to help open the museum, tells The Washington Post he recently received a letter informi…
Giant, 35,000 Pound Yellow Teddy Bear by Artist Urs Fischer to Brighten New York City
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- London has Paddington Bear but New York now has a giant yellow teddy bear, a great sculptural masterpiece that could sell for more than $9 million at auction in May, Christie’s said on Saturday. A 23-foot (7-meter) high, bronze ted…
Giant, 35,000 Pound Yellow Teddy Bear by Artist Urs Fischer to Brighten New York City
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- London has Paddington Bear but New York now has a giant yellow teddy bear, a great sculptural masterpiece that could sell for more than $9 million at auction in May, Christie’s said on Saturday. A 23-foot (7-meter) high, bronze ted…
Saatchi Online Revamped as Social Marketplace for the Discovery and Purchase of Art from Emerging Artists
LOS ANGELES, Ca.- Saatchi Online, which re-launched in beta five months ago, now begins connecting its 100,000+ artists with potential buyers who have been visiting the site in growing numbers since October 2010. On March 16, 2011, Saatchi Online start…
Edinburgh International Festival Heads East in 2011
By: Ian MacKenzie
EDINBURGH (REUTERS).- The Edinburgh International Festival EIF focuses on the Orient in 2011, as Festival Director Jonathan Mills brings a heady mix of acts to the world’s largest annual artistic extravaganza from the Far East rangin…
Haus Konstruktiv Celebrates Concrete, Constructivist and Conceptual Art
ZURICH.- The exhibition project “complete concrete” shows the development of the more than 100-year-long history of concrete, constructivist and conceptual art. In two exhibition instalments and with over 400 works on four storeys, Haus Konstruktiv is …
Haus Konstruktiv Celebrates 100-Year-Long History of Concrete, Constructivist and Conceptual Art
ZURICH.- The exhibition project “complete concrete” shows the development of the more than 100-year-long history of concrete, constructivist and conceptual art. In two exhibition instalments and with over 400 works on four storeys, Haus Konstruktiv is …