CULLMAN, ALA (AP).- In a north Alabama city forever changed by April’s tornado outbreak, one historic spot went untouched by destruction. The Ave Maria Grotto, also known as “Jerusalem in Miniature,” rests on a hillside at St. Bernard Abbey, Alabama’s…
Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais
PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at P…
Sculptor Anish Kapoor Unleashes Whale-Like Monster on Paris’s Grand Palais
PARIS (REUTERS).- Entering Anish Kapoor’s latest sculpture through a dark, windowless revolving door, visitors experience a momentary blackout before emerging into a womb-like cavity — warm, oppressive and bathed in red light. This is “Leviathan” at P…
Luba Caryatid Stool Achieves Record for a Work of African Art at Sotheby’s: $7.1 Million
PARIS.- A packed saleroom at the Galerie Charpentier for the sale of African & Oceanic Art witnessed fierce competition between collectors (mainly from Europe or America) present at the auction or bidding by telephone. The sale ultimately brought nearl…
Luba Caryatid Stool Achieves Record for a Work of African Art at Sotheby’s: $7.1 Million
PARIS.- A packed saleroom at the Galerie Charpentier for the sale of African & Oceanic Art witnessed fierce competition between collectors (mainly from Europe or America) present at the auction or bidding by telephone. The sale ultimately brought nearl…
Artist Nasser Azam Relaunches Historic Art Foundry
LONDON.- The Zahra Modern Art Foundries, a major new UK art foundry, has been launched under the ownership of the artist Nasser Azam. Based in a purpose-built facility in Braintree , Essex , and benefiting from highly skilled local craftsmen, the Zahra…
LeWitt House in Praiano
By Martin Friedman Although Sol LeWitt never learned to speak Italian because of poor hearing, he could read it and write it. According to his widow, Carol, he studied the conjugation of verbs intensely to avoid using an improper fo…