LONDON.- Ever wondered what your treasured signed Beatles LP is worth? What about that original Rolling Stones tour poster you ripped off the wall in the 70’s or that broken guitar Brian May gave to you? Well, now’s your chance to find out a…
Andy Warhol’s Portrait of Liz Taylor to Be Projected on Building During Exhibition
SOUTHAMPTON.- Southampton is getting ready to paint the town this coming Sunday (27 March), when it opens a major exhibition by Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987), one of the giants of 20th century art. Nearly 200 works, including paintings, prints, poster…
Sports Illustrated Presents Neil Leifer’s For the Love of the Game at PDNB Gallery
DALLAS, TX.- Super Bowl Sunday now is certainly not what it was in the beginning. In 1967, when the Green Bay Packers played the Kansas City Chiefs in the first Super Bowl, there were only 2 players from each team that met in the center of the expansi…
Image of Francis Bacon, One of Ireland’s Top Artists, to Sell in First Irish Art Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- An evocative portrait of Francis Bacon, one of Britain’s leading 20th century artists, painted by one of his friends, Louis Le Brocquy, Ireland’s foremost living artist, is for sale at Bonhams inaugural Irish Art Sale in London on 9t…
Author William Faulkner and Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson Return to Mississippi
JACKSON, MISS. (AP).- Two photographs pairing artistic giants of the 20th century— author William Faulkner and photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson — are coming back home to Mississippi. The portraits of Faulkner were shot by the French photojo…
Awards Announced at Sculpture by the Sea Bondi 2010 Opening Night Party
BONDI.- Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi announced the award winners for the exhibition on Friday 29 October at the opening party held at the Swiss Grand, Bondi Beach. The Sydney Water and Environment Prize of $10,000 was awarded to Japanese artist Kaoru M…
André Kertész: On Reading at the Carnegie Museum of Art’s Works on Paper Gallery
PITTSBURGH, PA.- Henri Cartier-Bresson once said of himself, Robert Capa, and Brassaï, “Whatever we have done, Kertész did first.” He was referring to André Kertész, one of the giants of 20th-century photography, whose work is featured in…
Home of "Ice Giants" Thaws, Shows Pre-Viking Reindeer Hunts
JUVFONNA (REUTERS).- Climate change is exposing reindeer hunting gear used by the Vikings’ ancestors faster than archaeologists can collect it from ice thawing in northern Europe’s highest mountains. “It’s like a time machine…the ice has not been thi…