EASTON, MD. (AP).- After years of struggle by local residents, famed 19th century abolitionist Frederick Douglass will finally be honored with a statue beside his Maryland hometown courthouse — a place that has long maintained a monument to local …
Images from Final Roll of Kodachrome Donated to George Eastman House
ROCHESTER, NY.- When Kodak announced in 2009 it would no longer produce Kodachrome film, company officials announced two ways the famed film would be celebrated: 1) National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry would be given the last roll off the Kod…
South Carolina Museum Honoring Civil Rights Leader Mays Opens
GREENWOOD (AP).- A museum dedicated to the life of Benjamin E. Mays, an educator who was an early inspiration to Martin Luther King Jr. and who was often referred to as the father of the civil rights movement, opened Tuesday in his hometown of Greenwo…
Deutsche Guggenheim Presents the "Artist of the Year" 2011 Yto Barrada: Riffs
BERLIN.- Riffs is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco. With Yto Barrada, Deu…
Kurt Cobain Guitar Sculpture Dedicated in Washington
ABERDEEN, WASH. (AP).- A sculpted guitar memorial to Kurt Cobain has been unveiled in a park in the Nirvana frontman’s Washington state hometown. The dedication in Aberdeen on Tuesday marked the 17th anniversary of Cobain’s suicide in Seattle. A dive…
‘Stations of a Pause’ by Jitish Kallat at Gallery Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai
MUMBAI.- After a gap of over three years since his last solo exhibition in his hometown Mumbai, Jitish Kallat opened ‘Stations of a Pause’ on 22nd March at Chemould Prescott Road. The show will be on view until 10th May 2011. For this exhibit…
‘Stations of a Pause’ by Jitish Kallat at Gallery Chemould Prescott Road in Mumbai
MUMBAI.- After a gap of over three years since his last solo exhibition in his hometown Mumbai, Jitish Kallat opened ‘Stations of a Pause’ on 22nd March at Chemould Prescott Road. The show will be on view until 10th May 2011. For this exhibit…
Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne Presents Over 60 Works by Alexandre Cabanel
COLOGNE.- One of the foremost salon painters of 19th century France, Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1889), will be featured in his first exhibition ever. In cooperation with Musée Fabre in Montpellier, the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne will prese…
In Front of Thousands of Collectors, Haiti’s Earthquake Spurs Miami Art Fair Projects
MIAMI (AP).- A young boy reaching toward a glimmer of light took shape as Haitian graffiti artist Jerry Rosembert Moise sprayed paint on the wall of an impoverished neighborhood’s youth center. It’s the kind of clearly hopeful image Moise developed aft…
Memories of Yorkshire on Walls of James Mason’s Swiss Home for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- Yorkshire born James Mason never forgot his roots even in his Swiss retirement. The pictures of Yorkshire he surrounded himself with, by the Yorkshire artist Peter Brook, will be sold by his estate at Bonhams Chester sale on November 16. James…