CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology announced the selection of the 2011 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography. Following an international search, the Gardner Fellowship committee awarded the Fellowship to Miki Kratsman, a pri…
First Batch of Korean Royal Books Looted by French Military 145 Years Ago Return Home
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP).- The first batch of Korean royal books looted by the French military 145 years ago returned home Thursday. French troops took away hundreds of Korean manuscripts and set fire to 5,000 more when they raided a royal library in 18…
Derek Eller Gallery Opens Shows by Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer, and Ruby Sky Stiler
NEW YORK, NY.- Derek Eller Gallery presents Adam Marnie and Tom Thayer in the Main Gallery and Ruby Sky Stiler in the North Room. In a sequence of intimate photo collages and a large-scale wall installation, Adam Marnie uses flowers as flexible signif…
Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom Royalty’s Church of Choice for 1,000 Years
LONDON (AP).- Westminster Abbey has been at the religious heart of the English — and later British — monarchy for some 1,000 years, regularly hosting coronations and funerals. Unusually, the church is a “royal peculiar,” which means it belong…
Westminster Abbey, United Kingdom Royalty’s Church of Choice for 1,000 Years
LONDON (AP).- Westminster Abbey has been at the religious heart of the English — and later British — monarchy for some 1,000 years, regularly hosting coronations and funerals. Unusually, the church is a “royal peculiar,” which means it belong…