WASHINGTON (AP).- The laws signed by Adolf Hitler taking away the citizenship of German Jews before the Holocaust were placed on rare public display Wednesday at the National Archives. The Nuremberg Laws were turned over to the archives in August by Th…
Historic Mirrors from the Setting of Brideshead Revisited to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- Two important George II carved giltwood mirrors, part of a set of four commissioned for Castle Howard in Yorkshire, the stately home featured in the 1981 TV series and the 2008 film adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, ar…
Landmark New Sculpture by Acclaimed Artist Peter Randall-Page for Dulwich
LONDON.- On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds. Walking the Dog by acclaimed artist Peter Randall-Page is being presented to the Gallery by the Art Fund to mark its 2011 bicentenary. It is the…
Landmark New Sculpture by Acclaimed Artist Peter Randall-Page for Dulwich
LONDON.- On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds. Walking the Dog by acclaimed artist Peter Randall-Page is being presented to the Gallery by the Art Fund to mark its 2011 bicentenary. It is the…
Auschwitz Memorial Acquires Nazi Medical Devices
WARSAW (AP).- The Auschwitz memorial in Poland says it has obtained around 150 medical instruments believed to have been used by the Nazis in experiments on the death camp inmates. Memorial spokesman Bartosz Bartyzel said Thursday the gynecological an…
War Planes to Be the Star in WWII Museum Expansion
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- Bombers and torpedo planes will be the stars of the latest expansion of the National World War II Museum, and visitors will be able to get close-up views of the war planes on elevated catwalks. Construction of the new $35 million ex…
Spy Museum Adds Another Former Spy to Staff in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, DC.- The International Spy Museum has welcomed an experienced intelligence analyst, author and scholar as the organization’s new historian. Mark Stout has 13 years in intelligence, including time spent with both the CIA and the State D…
Researchers Unveil "Holy Grail" of Audubon Illustration
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work. Audubon had made two references to the illustration …
Louisiana State Museum’s Riveting New Exhibit to Document Tragedy and Rebirth After Katrina
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Hurricane Katrina’s deluge was Biblical. When it hit Louisiana and Mississippi the morning of August 29, 2005, the storm caused fearsome destruction. Then the disaster grew worse. The levees – the man-made walls built to pro…
Diego Rivera Created the Mexican Revolution Plastic Myth
MEXICO CITY.- Diego Rivera was the creator of the Mexican Revolution plastic myth, parting from adaptation of some biblical scenes already painted during Italian Renaissance declared historian Salvador Rueda Smithers, remarking this was the way the art…