QUEENSLAND.- A major program exploring all facets of rock music on film screens at the Gallery of Modern Art’s Australian Cinémathèque from April 29 to June 5, 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Director Tony Ellwood said tickets are on sale now for &…
Anti-Government Protesters in Cairo Smash Treasures and Mummies in Egyptian Museum
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Looters broke into the Cairo museum housing the world’s greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures, smashing several statues and damaging two mummies, while police battled anti-government protesters on the streets. Arabiya television …
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…
Art Fest Champions British Talent in Olympic Shadow
LONDON (REUTERS).- Just a shotput’s throw from the perimeter of the Olympic site in east London, an event highlighting the strength and diversity of Britain’s creative industries, took place over the weekend. Hackney Wicked, an art festival in its thir…
President Barack Obama and His Family Visit Spy Museum
WASHINGTON (AP).- It’s hard to travel incognito when you’re the president — even on a mission to a spy museum. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughter Sasha made a Friday night visit to the International Spy Museum in downtown Washi…
President Barack Obama and His Family Visit Spy Museum
WASHINGTON (AP).- It’s hard to travel incognito when you’re the president — even on a mission to a spy museum. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle and daughter Sasha made a Friday night visit to the International Spy Museum in downtown Washi…
James N. Wood President of the $7.8 Billion Getty Trust Died at Age 69
Los
Angeles, CA – Getty Trust President and chief executive James
N. Wood
died late Friday night of natural causes, board chairman Mark S. Siegel
announced Saturday. Wood, 69, was reportedly in good health and his
death was
unexpected….