DOHA.- For its inauguration, Mathaf presents three exhibitions featuring historic works of Arab modernism and many newly commissioned works, which will be on view at two sites in Doha, Qatar. Mathaf opens its new building with Sajjil: A Century of Mode…
More than 350,000 have Visited the First Exhibition in Mexico Dedicated to Moctezuma II
MEXICO CITY.- More than 350,000 persons have visited the exhibition “Moctezuma II. Time and Destiny of a Ruler”, which opened at the Templo Mayor Museum on June 17th 2010, where 220 Prehispanic and Colonial jewels account for the life of the …
Clerkenwell Design Week Returns to the Capital with Aplomb Following a Hugely Successful 2010 Inauguration
LONDON.-The three-day festival will take place between 24th and 26th of May 2011 and brings together a varied and vibrant programme of events taking in debates, discussions, presentations, exhibitions, street parties workshops and installations all in …
New York Public Library Getting Maya Angelou’s Papers, Including Letters from Malcolm X
NEW YORK (AP).- More than 300 boxes of Maya Angelou’s personal papers, including letters from Malcolm X and James Baldwin and several scribbled revisions of the poem she wrote to celebrate President Bill Clinton’s inauguration, will be made public at a…
LA Unveils $578M School, Costliest in the Nation, Fine Art Murals Included
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Next month’s opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassi…
More than 90,000 Persons have Visited Moctezuma II Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- The 220 archaeological jewels part of the exhibition Moctezuma II. Time and Destiny of a Ruler, the first one about a Prehispanic ruler, have been visited by more than 90,000 persons during a month and a half, since its inauguration in Ju…
More than 90,000 have Visited Moctezuma II Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- The 220 archaeological jewels part of the exhibition Moctezuma II. Time and Destiny of a Ruler, the first one about a Prehispanic ruler, have been visited by more than 90,000 persons during a month and a half, since its inauguration in Ju…
National Archives Reveals Newly Donated Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers
WASHINGTON (AP).- A handwritten letter from fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration, and a note from a woman who had a brief affair with Roosevelt were shown to the public for the fir…
National Archives Reveals Newly Donated Franklin D. Roosevelt Papers
WASHINGTON (AP).- A handwritten letter from fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini congratulating President Franklin D. Roosevelt on his inauguration, and a note from a woman who had a brief affair with Roosevelt were shown to the public for the fir…
New MAXXI Museum in Rome Announces Number of Visitors
ROME.- 28 days open and three for the
inauguration
for a total of 272 hours. 74,114 visitors including the opening on the
27th,
28th and 29th of May last, 49,114 since the official opening on the 30th
of May,
with a record of 4,700 on …