MALAGA.- Cannes, 8 February 1956. The photojournalist David Douglas Duncan stops his car in front of Villa La Californie, residence of one of the most famous artists of all time: Pablo Picasso. In his hand is a ring especially made for Picasso, who app…
Timothy Taylor Gallery Brings Together a Group of Cross-Generational Artists for Exhibition
LONDON.- The Minimal Gesture brings together a group of cross-generational artists working in the wake of abstract expressionism. The exhibition suggests that the painting practices of these artists are marked by conflicting impulses. Austere signifier…
Timothy Taylor Gallery Brings Together a Group of Cross-Generational Artists for Exhibition
LONDON.- The Minimal Gesture brings together a group of cross-generational artists working in the wake of abstract expressionism. The exhibition suggests that the painting practices of these artists are marked by conflicting impulses. Austere signifier…
Agreement Reached on the Sphinx of Hattusha
BERLIN.- Several days ago the conclusion in Berlin of German-Turkish expert discussions on the Hittite sphinx was reached. It has been agreed that the more than three-thousand year old sculpture which has survived only in part and which has been kept i…
General Lee’s Sword Returning to Appomattox, Virginia
By: Steve Szkotak, Associated Press
RICHMOND, VA (AP).- It’s an enduring myth of the Civil War: Robert E. Lee surrendered his sword to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, and his Union counterpart refused the traditional gesture of surrender. “Lee never o…
France’s Rouen Museum Returns Mummified Maori Head to New Zealand
ROUEN, FRANCE (AP).- A French museum has returned the mummified and tattooed head of a Maori to New Zealand officials after spending 136 years in a Normandy museum, a belated gesture to restore dignity to the first of 16 such human heads once displa…
France’s Rouen Museum Returns Mummified Maori Head to New Zealand After 136 Years
ROUEN, FRANCE (AP).- A French museum has returned the mummified and tattooed head of a Maori to New Zealand officials after spending 136 years in a Normandy museum, a belated gesture to restore dignity to the first of 16 such human heads once displayed…
The Pace Gallery Presents Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture
NEW YORK, NY.- The Pace Gallery presents Willem de Kooning: The Figure: Movement and Gesture, on view through July 29, 2011. This is the first exhibition at Pace devoted to the artist since the gallery announced exclusive representation of the estate l…
KOW Berlin Brings Cady Noland and Santiago Sierra Together for Exhibition
BERLIN.- In Cady Noland and Santiago Sierra, KOW Berlin brings two artists together who regard social violence not as a departure from social normality but as an expression of the normative form of rule and economic system we all implicitly support: ca…
Torn Pieces of Ancient Chinese Painting Reunited at Taiwan National Palace Museum
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AP).- Two pieces of a torn 660-year-old Chinese painting held by Taiwan and mainland China will be reunited for the first time in centuries at an exhibit at Taiwan’s national museum, in a sign of warming ties between the rivals. The mai…