LONDON.- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The …
Sotheby’s London To Hold a Sale of Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings
LONDON.- On 7th December Sotheby’s London will hold a sale of ‘Magnificent Books, Manuscripts and Drawings from the Collection of Frederick, 2nd Lord Hesketh, The Property of the Trustees of the 2nd Baron Hesketh’s Will Trust’. The …
Bank Art Conservation Programme Provides Funds to Restore Iconic Maclise Masterpiece
DUBLIN.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced that through its Art Conservation Programme, the company will provide funding to the prestigious National Gallery of Ireland to facilitate the restoration of the iconic The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoif…
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Art Conservation Programme Provides Funds to Restore Iconic Maclise Masterpiece
DUBLIN.- Bank of America Merrill Lynch announced that through its Art Conservation Programme, the company will provide funding to the prestigious National Gallery of Ireland to facilitate the restoration of the iconic The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoif…
Exhibition at Bauhaus Dessau Marks the 100th Birthday of Bauhaus Student Kurt Kranz
DESSAU.- The Bauhaus Dessau dedicates a comprehensive exhibition to the painter, graphic designer and photographer Kurt Kranz to mark his 100th birthday. In 1930, the then twenty-year-old lithographer came from Bielefeld to study at the Bauhaus Dessau,…
LACMA Presents Most Comprehensive U.S. Retrospective of Photographer William Eggleston
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents William Eggleston: Democratic Camera—Photographs and Video, 1961–2008, the most comprehensive U.S. retrospective of the Memphis-based contemporary photographer. The exhib…
Culture War Brews in Indian City of Mumbai
By: Erika Kinetz, Associated Press
MUMBAI (AP).- A battle for the cultural soul of Mumbai is brewing between Hindu radicals and the cosmopolitan urbanites who are the global face of this Indian city. The radicals appear to be winning. In the last few …
Thought-Provoking New Exhibit by Elaine Ling Documents the Parallels Between Two Opposite Worlds
DAYTONA BEACH, FL.- The Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida, has opened a new exhibition, Elaine Ling, Africa and Florida on view through December 16th, 2010. Thought-provoking and timely, it consists of two series of black and wh…
Tate Liverpool Announces René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle
LIVERPOOL.- Belgian Surrealist René Magritte (1898-1967) is one of the most important and revered artists of the 20th century. A major new exhibition presented by Tate Liverpool in summer 2011 will reveal the inspiration behind the artist’s uniqu…
Tate Liverpool Announces René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle
LIVERPOOL.- Belgian Surrealist René Magritte (1898-1967) is one of the most important and revered artists of the 20th century. A major new exhibition presented by Tate Liverpool in summer 2011 will reveal the inspiration behind the artist’s uniqu…