LONDON.- The conclusion of a recent experiment monitoring what happens in our brains when we view art says that it is more than just good for your health – and can have a big impact on the nation’s happiness. In a series of pioneering brain-mappin…
Burton Morris Shows His Style of Pop Art at Pop and Contemporary Fine Art in Singapore
SINGAPORE.- What better way to start the year then with an exhibition of Burton Morris. In his post-Pop style, Burton Morris boldly projects an enticing mood of happiness, high energy and fun. He chooses one subject per composition to create what he ca…
Valencian Institute of Modern Art Shows Photographs by Bernie DeChant: Brazil and Beyond
VALENCIA.- Organized into three bodies of work, the exhibition explores deep contrasts and aesthetic similarities in architecture, abstract and human form from DeChant’s travels to Brazil, China, Morocco, Japan and the United States. He inspires us to …
Photographer Bernard Faucon, a Pioneer of Tableaux Vivant Tradition, at the New Orleans Museum of Art
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- As New Orleans Museum of Art kicks off centennial celebrations, Bernard Faucon: The Most Beautiful Day of My Youth photographs are on display,through March 13, 2011. These 60 photographs depict one-day celebrations of a festive and pl…
Country Club Presents Another Mise-en-Scène Exhibition Curated by Michael Lowe
CINCINNATI, OH.- Country Club Cincinnati presents Another Mise-en-scène, an exhibition/installation curated by Michael Lowe. Taking its title from the French term typically applied to the design aspects of theater or film production, this exhibition w…
Country Club in Cincinnati Presents Another Mise-en-Scène Exhibition Curated by Michael Lowe
CINCINNATI, OH.- Country Club Cincinnati presents Another Mise-en-scène, an exhibition/installation curated by Michael Lowe. Taking its title from the French term typically applied to the design aspects of theater or film production, this exhibition w…
Trunk Tells of the Leaving of Liverpool; New Acquisition a Reminder of Child Migrant Story
LIVERPOOL.- It’s just a tiny trunk but for orphaned William Kelly, 15, it contained his whole world: some clothes, boots, handkerchiefs, needle, thread and a bible. In 1925 William was sent from Liverpool aboard SS Athenia to a new life in Canada….
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…
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…
On their Own: Britain’s Child Migrants: Medallion tells of the leaving of Liverpool
LIVERPOOL.- Liverpool is linking up with Australia to tell the emotional story of child and youth migration. From 1860 until the 1960s migration schemes saw youngsters and teenagers separated from families and sent to the ends of the earth to begin ne…