LONDON.- This Spring Barbican Art Gallery presents Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, Gordon Matta-Clark: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s. This is the first major presentation to examine the experimental and often daring approaches – fr…
Yale and Peruvian Authorities Sign Deal on the Return of Thousands of Incan Artifacts
NEW HAVEN (AP).- Yale University announced Friday that it will send back to Peru thousands of Incan artifacts removed from the famed Machu Picchu citadel nearly a century ago. The agreement allowing for the return of the ceramic pieces, animal and huma…
An Unknown Son of Pakal II of Palenque has Been Identified by Mexican Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Parting from the reintegration of two fragments from the Northern Tableau of the Temple of the Sun Sanctuary, in Palenque, a new lecture of the glyphic text was conducted in which the name of another son of Pakal II, unknown until now, ma…
An Unknown Son of Pakal II of Palenque has Been Identified by Mexican Archaeologists
MEXICO CITY.- Parting from the reintegration of two fragments from the Northern Tableau of the Temple of the Sun Sanctuary, in Palenque, a new lecture of the glyphic text was conducted in which the name of another son of Pakal II, unknown until now, ma…
Cerith Wyn Evans’ Installation Fills all Four Exhibition Halls at Bergen Kunsthall
BERGEN.- Cerith Wyn Evans’ exhibitions often combine an all-round sensory experience with intricate juxtapositions of fragments of meaning. With a background in experimental film and video art in the 1980s, he has primarily worked since the 1990s …
James Madison Chess Pieces Unearthed at Virginia Estate
ORANGE, VA (AP).- Archaeologists at James Madison’s country estate say they’ve unearthed fragments of a chess set they think Madison likely used in matches against another former president, Thomas Jefferson. Archaeologists recently discovered fragments…
Statues Devastated in World War II Go on Show at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin
BERLIN (AP).- The ancient gods and fantastical creatures going on show in Berlin this week have made an unlikely comeback from near-destruction. Unearthed in present-day Syria a century ago, the 3,000-year-old basalt statues and stone reliefs in the e…
Egypt: Missing Pieces of Colossal Statue Unearthed
CAIRO (AP).- Archaeologists have unearthed six missing pieces from a 3,400-year-old colossal double statue of a powerful pharaoh and his queen. The Supreme Council of Antiquities said in a statement Sunday the fragments of the statue of Amenhotep III …
Camden Arts Centre Present a New Exhibition Curated by British Artist Simon Starling
LONDON.- Camden Arts Centre present a new exhibition curated by British artist Simon Starling, the latest in a series of artist-selected shows. After completing a residency at the Centre in 1999, Starling returned in 2000 with a solo show. He was the w…
Getty Villa to Present Apollo from Pompeii: Investigating an Ancient Bronze
LOS ANGELES, CA (AP).- After eighteen months of analysis, conservation, and re-stabilization, the bronze statue of Apollo Saettante (Apollo as an Archer) from Pompeii will go on view at the Getty Villa from March 2 to September 12, 2011 in the exhibiti…