AUSTIN, TX.- American science fiction writer Bruce Sterling has donated a collection of materials to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Sterling, an alumnus of the University, is know…
Tour the Idaho National Laboratory, A Place that is a National Historic Landmark
IDAHO FALLS (AP).- The Idaho National Laboratory, one of the nation’s first nuclear research labs, was built deep in a vast desert for a reason. Its founders wanted isolation as they experimented with the new technology of splitting atoms. Sixty years…
1916 Irish Revolutionary Handover to American Irish Historical Society New York
DUBLIN.- On Wednesday next, June 8, the American Irish Historical Society will accept, on loan, a unique relic of the Irish Rising of Easter 1916. The treasured object is a tricolour flag flown by the Irish Volunteers over their headquarters in Dublin …
Co-Founders of Frieze Announce Two New Fairs for 2012 to Complement Existing Fair
LONDON.- Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, the co-founders of Frieze, announced today the launch of two new art fairs; Frieze New York, a contemporary art fair in New York City and Frieze Masters, a fair in London that will give a contemporary perspec…
Joan Mirviss Reports Overwhelming Response to "Birds of Dawn" Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Since its opening on March 16 for Asia Week New York 2011, “Birds of Dawn: Pioneers of Japan’s Sôdeisha Ceramic Movement,” the exhibition currently on view at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. at 39 East 78th Street, has been attracti…
Solid Sales throughout the Week at TEFAF Maastricht Boost Market Confidence
MAASTRICHT.- Following a very strong start to TEFAF Maastricht, which takes place at the MECC (Maastricht Exhibition and Congress Centre) in the city of Maastricht in the Southern Netherlands between March 18-27, 2011, sales continued throughout the f…
Museum Presents the First U.S. Exhibition of Works by Artist-Couturier Roberto Capucci
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Roberto Capucci, a master of color, form, and innovative silhouettes, was one of the founders of modern Italian fashion in the early 1950s. Today, after six decades of creative achievement, he remains one of Italy’s most influen…
Important Greek Silver, Roman Gold Feature in First Joint Heritage Auctions-Gemini CICF Sale
DALLAS, TX.- A silver decadrachm of Athens struck 2,500 years ago, a silver tetradrachm of Naxos in Sicily struck circa 430 BC and a remarkable offering of Roman gold coins – spanning the history of the Empire – highlight the first joint auc…
Phillips de Pury & Company’s Design Auction, Vienna and the Wiener Werkstatte Totals $1,243,800
NEW YORK.- Phillips de Pury & Company announce its inaugural mid-season Design auction, dedicated to early 20th-century Viennese design, totaled $1,243,800, including premium. The auction comprised 52 works, 66% of which sold, by important designers i…
Voice from History Exposed by New Zealand Quake
CHRISTCHURCH (AP).- The New Zealand earthquake has exposed potentially historic documents hidden inside a 19th century statue that toppled in the disaster. Christchurch Major Bob Parker said Tuesday that a handwritten parchment in a bottle and a seal…