CAIRO (AP).- An appeals court cleared Egypt’s antiquities minister on Wednesday of failing to implement a court order, sparing the international face of Egyptian archaeology from a year in prison. The earlier ruling had ordered Zahi Hawass to stop bid…
Egypt’s Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass Cleared in Appeal, Avoids One Year in Prison
CAIRO (AP).- An appeals court cleared Egypt’s antiquities minister on Wednesday of failing to implement a court order, sparing the international face of Egyptian archaeology from a year in prison. The earlier ruling had ordered Zahi Hawass to stop bid…
Police Arrest Man after Theft from Heavily Guarded Forbidden City in Beijing
BEIJING (AP).- Police have arrested a man they said broke into China’s famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country’s emperors, and stole seven art pieces made of gold and jewels, state media reported Thursday. It was the first …
Police Arrest Man after Theft from Heavily Guarded Forbidden City in Beijing
BEIJING (AP).- Police have arrested a man they said broke into China’s famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country’s emperors, and stole seven art pieces made of gold and jewels, state media reported Thursday. It was the first …
Art Stolen from Beijing’s Forbidden City, Thieves Take Nine Objects from Exhibition
BEIJING (AP).- Officials scrambled Wednesday to figure out how thieves broke into China’s famed Forbidden City, the heavily guarded former home of the country’s emperors, and stole seven art pieces made of gold and jewels. It was the first theft in 20…
The Art Fund Saves for the United Kingdom Two Treasure Hoards on the Same Day
LONDON.- The Art Fund announced that both the Frome Hoard of Roman coins and the Iron Age Hoard of Gold Torcs, or neck ornaments, uncovered near Stirling in Scotland have been secured for the UK public with significant assistance from the Art Fund and …
The Art Fund Saves for the United Kingdom Two Treasure Hoards on the Same Day
LONDON.- The Art Fund announced that both the Frome Hoard of Roman coins and the Iron Age Hoard of Gold Torcs, or neck ornaments, uncovered near Stirling in Scotland have been secured for the UK public with significant assistance from the Art Fund and …
First Institutional One-Man Show to Present Ouyang Chun Outside of China Opens in Vienna
VIENNA.- Ouyang Chun’s Painting The King is the first institutional one-man show to present the artist, who was born in Beijing in 1974, outside of China. The exhibition is on view from March 2, 2011 and runs June 12, 2011 at Augarten Contemporary. His…
First Institutional One-Man Show to Present Ouyang Chun Outside of China at Augarten Contemporary
VIENNA.- Ouyang Chun’s Painting The King is the first institutional one-man show to present the artist, who was born in Beijing in 1974, outside of China. The exhibition is on view from March 2, 2011 and runs June 12, 2011 at Augarten Contemporary. His…
Maria Altmann, Who Recovered Gustav Klimt Paintings Looted from Her Family, Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94. Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Ange…