HOUSTON, TX.- A six-month journey to the Rocky Mountains in 1837 provided artist Alfred Jacob Miller (1810–1874) with a lifetime of subjects to paint: mountain men in the fur trade, Native American life and traditions, panoramic landscapes and wil…
Works by Michelangelo Part of Florida Vatican Exhibit at Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL.- A small marble relief of Jesus Christ flanked by two angels and being held up by Mary was one of the last pieces that Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo ever created. This marble work is displayed next to a cast of one of hi…
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Says It is Time to Build Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour Says It is Time to Build Civil Rights Museum
JACKSON, MISS (AP).- Possible presidential contender Gov. Haley Barbour — under fire recently for comments that critics claim minimized the problems of Mississippi’s civil rights era — said Tuesday night that his state should build a museum …
Corbin Design Helps People Find their Way in Museums
TRAVERSE CITY, MICH.- “Where do we go from here?” It’s a question everyone asks – and it has a number of answers. If it’s a location you’re looking for, GPS, smart phones and OnStar will get you to the site – but even then, the question …
ATLAS: How to Carry the World on One’s Back? on Display at the Museo Reina Sofía
MADRID.- The exhibition Atlas proposes to shed light on the new framework of thought that Aby Warburg introduced to Western knowledge of history and images. The exhibition aims to demonstrate that after Warburg and his “Bilderatlas”, images w…
ATLAS: How to Carry the World on One’s Back? on Display at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
MADRID.- The exhibition Atlas proposes to shed light on the new framework of thought that Aby Warburg introduced to Western knowledge of history and images. The exhibition aims to demonstrate that after Warburg and his “Bilderatlas”, images w…
Maria Bussmann Transports Viewers into Her Personal Cosmos of Memory and Imagination
VIENNA.- A journey in drawing, a journey in thought, a journey of a different kind: Maria Bussmann invites visitors to the exhibition Long Beach, NY in the Secession’s Grafisches Kabinett to take a walk along the beach. On 20 metres from a contin…
Braginsky Collection of Rare Illuminated Hebrew Manuscripts Premieres at Israel Museum
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will present one of the most important private collections of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts and printed books in the exhibition A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebr…
Photographer Mick Rock’s Images that Defined Rock n’ Roll on View at Idea Generation Gallery
LONDON.- Celebrated as ‘The Man Who Shot the 70s’, Mick Rock’s images define rock n’ roll. Rock launched his career in 1972 with his portrait of an unknown David Bowie and spent the next four decades capturing the most fascinating a…