NEW YORK (AP).- The signature under the typewritten words on yellowing sheets of nearly century-old paper is unmistakable: Adolf Hitler, with the last few scribbled letters drooping downward. The date is 1919 and, decades before the Holocaust, the 30-…
A Rare and Exceptional Example of the First Apple Computer Sells for $212,267 at Christie’s
LONDON.- A rare and exceptional example of the first Apple computer – the Apple 1 – sold today at Christie’s for £133,250 / $212,267 / €156,169. The first personal computer with a fully assembled motherboard, the Apple 1 heralded t…
Museum Wiesbaden Restitutes Painting by Dutch Baroque Painter Pieter de Grebber
WIESBADEN.- On Tuesday, the 10th August 2010, the Museum Wiesbaden restituted the painting attributed to Dutch Baroque painter Pieter de Grebber (1600-1653) titled “Double Portrait of a young couple” to the heirs of Jacob and Rosa Oppenheimer. The Mus…
Rare 3D Film Shows Warsaw Devastated After WWII
WARSAW (AP).- Polish historians have created an unusual 3D film that documents the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II. Jan Oldakowski, the director of the Warsaw Uprising Museum, said the film “City of Ruins” is mainl…
Drawings and Installations by Brigitte Waldach at Kunsthalle Emden
EMDEN.- Kunsthalle Emden present a comprehensive showcase of the works of Berlin-based artist Brigitte Waldach entitled Zeichnungen und Installationen [Drawings and Installations]. The former Master Scholar of Georg Baselitz has gained international r…