GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present an important pink diamond, weighing 10.99 carats in its sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels on 17 May 2011 six months after the record breaking sale of the ‘Graff Pink’ – the most e…
Sotheby’s Geneva 17th May sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels To present An Important Pink Diamond
GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present an important pink diamond, weighing 10.99 carats in its sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels on 17 May 2011 six months after the record breaking sale of the ‘Graff Pink’ – the most e…
Celebrating the Genius of an Undiscovered Photographer: Vivian Maier
CHICAGO (AP).- She scoured the streets day and night, venturing into strange and sometimes dicey neighborhoods. She wore a hat, sturdy shoes and a camera, always a camera, around her neck and at the ready. A woman in a white fur stole and evening dres…
Cain Schulte Starts the New Year with Exhibitions by Matthew Barney and Sandra Munzel
BERLIN.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art Berlin starts the new Year showing photoengravings and etchings by Matthew Barney as well as sculptures and drawings by Sandra Munzel. Barney and Munzel both deal with the afflictions of the human body – Barn…
Cain Schulte Contemporary Art Starts the New Year with Exhibitions by Matthew Barney and Sandra Munzel
BERLIN.- Cain Schulte Contemporary Art Berlin starts the new Year showing photoengravings and etchings by Matthew Barney as well as sculptures and drawings by Sandra Munzel. Barney and Munzel both deal with the afflictions of the human body – Barn…
China Stops Prominent Artist, Ai Weiwei, from Leaving the Country on a Flight to South Korea
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from traveling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist. Ai had be…
China Stops Prominent Artist, Ai Weiwei, from Leaving the Country on a Flight to South Korea
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from traveling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist. Ai had be…
Darker-than-Usual Turn with Sunday’s Episode of ‘The Simpsons’ with Opening by Graffiti Artist Banksy
NEW YORK (AP).- The always clever and often subversive opening sequence for “The Simpsons” took a darker-than-usual turn with Sunday’s episode, depicting the animation process for the Fox cartoon series as sweatshop drudgery performed by an exploited A…
The Museum of Arts and Design will Present "Dead or Alive"
NEW YORK, NY.- Dead or Alive, presented by the
Museum of Arts and Design from April 27 through October 24, 2010, will showcase
the work of over 30 international artists who transform organic materials and
objects that were once produced by or pa…