SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- In the early years of World War II, Charlotte Salomon, a 23-year-old Jewish artist from Berlin, fled to the south of France where she shut herself into a hotel room and spent two years feverishly painting the history of her life. Sh…
Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert Present Artist Grayson Cox’s First Solo Show with the Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Klemens Gasser and Tanja Grunert present Grayson Cox’s first solo show with Gasser Grunert, a collection of prints, places, aspirational architectural, and shunted points of purchase, culled and dyed into fabric with bleach, gives v…
US Museum Seeks to Identify Children of Holocaust
WASHINGTON (AP).- The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is trying to identify more than 1,000 children in photos that date from when they were scattered across Europe at the end of World War II and taken in by relief agencies. The museum’s “Remember Me”…
Mexican Government Says $4 Million Maya Sculpture Sold in Paris is Not Pre-Hispanic
MEXICO CITY.- In relation to the auction of archaeological pieces held in Paris, France on Monday, March 21, by the Binoche–Giquello auction house, the National Institute of Anthropology and History and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría…
Exhibition at Photo 4 of Giulio Rimondi’s Photographs Tell the Story of Beirut
PARIS.- For many years now it has been hard to tell the story of Beirut without lapsing into commonplaces. Giulio Rimondi, a young Italian photographer living and working there, has managed to avoid that risk. His images, accompanied by the verses of t…
Compelling New Pictures of Familiar Territories by Wolfgang Tillmans at Regen Projects
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Regen Projects presents an exhibition of new work by German artist Wolfgang Tillmans. For his sixth solo exhibition at the gallery, Tillmans presents compelling new pictures of his familiar territories (London, Berlin, and New York) i…
Belgian Artist Francis Alys Exhibits 300 Portraits of "Fabiola" at the Haus zum Kirschgarten
BASEL.- Created by the internationally acclaimed artist Francis Alÿs, Fabiola is an installation of over 300 portraits of a fourth-century Christian saint collected by the artist from flea markets and antique shops throughout Europe and the Americas. …
Martine Chaisson Gallery Presents Photographer Herman Mhire "Altered States"
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Martine Chaisson Gallery presents photographer Herman Mhire’s first exhibition at the gallery. Titled Altered States, the Lafayette-based photographer presents an extraordinary series of surreal, large-scale portraits of Louisian…
Martine Chaisson Gallery Presents Photographer Herman Mhire "Altered States"
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Martine Chaisson Gallery presents photographer Herman Mhire’s first exhibition at the gallery. Titled Altered States, the Lafayette-based photographer presents an extraordinary series of surreal, large-scale portraits of Louisian…
Color Pictures of San Francisco After ’06 Quake Found at the Smithsonian Institution
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (AP).- A museum volunteer has unearthed what the Smithsonian Institution believes to be the first — and perhaps only — color photographs of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire that nearly leveled the city. The s…