Tag: Grandeur

"No New Thing Under the Sun" Explored in Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts

LONDON.- No New Thing Under the Sun will open in the Tennant Gallery this October. The exhibition will bring together selected historical pieces from the Royal Academy Collection together with works by contemporary artists. Around 50 works spanning the…

Under Unusual Arrangement, in Austria, Castles Aren’t Just for Kings

VIENNA (AP).- Robert Tidmarsh’s eyes light up when he talks about the sprawling park surrounding Schoenbrunn Palace, one of Austria’s most famous landmarks — and his to enjoy every time he comes home. “My garden’s quite nice!” says the 59-year-old…

Under Unusual Arrangement, in Austria, Castles Aren’t Just for Kings

VIENNA (AP).- Robert Tidmarsh’s eyes light up when he talks about the sprawling park surrounding Schoenbrunn Palace, one of Austria’s most famous landmarks — and his to enjoy every time he comes home. “My garden’s quite nice!” says the 59-year-old…

In Austria, Castles Aren’t Just for Kings

VIENNA (AP).- Robert Tidmarsh’s eyes light up when he talks about the sprawling park surrounding Schoenbrunn Palace, one of Austria’s most famous landmarks — and his to enjoy every time he comes home. “My garden’s quite nice!” says the 59-year-old…

Taiwan Craftsman Seeks to Save Millennium-Old World of Chinese Lead Type

TAIPEI (AP).- Hunched over a metal casting machine, Chang Chieh-kuan carefully guides a tiny copper mold into a hydraulic press. Seconds later he extracts a piece of lead type with the Chinese character for “happiness.” That’s one down, thousands more…

Morse Museum Expansion Recalls Grandeur of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Personal Estate

WINTER PARK, FL.- The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, the most comprehensive collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany materials in the world, will open a new 12,000-square-foot wing in February 2011. The addition will provide, for the first tim…

The Phantasmagorical World of Photographer Marco Sanges at Hay Hill Gallery

LONDON.- This summer, the Hay Hill Gallery brings a sense of the surreal to Cork Street and presents Big Scenes, the visionary and extraordinary world of award-winning photographer Marco Sanges. Big Scenes combines photography, video and performance, b…

Sotheby’s Offers Paintings from the Former Collection of Madame Antenor Patiño

PARIS.- On
September 22 & 23, to
mark the opening of the Autumn auction season in Paris, Sotheby’s will
bring to a conclusion the story of
the legendary collection begun by Antenor Patiño (1894-1982) and
continued with
supreme elega…

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