BASEL.- The automobile is the foremost cultural touchstone of the 20th century, reflecting the social and cultural development of the western world and beyond. Both technical device and instrument of locomotion, it offers the most highly developed and …
Exhibition ‘The Dutch East Indies at Home’ Opens at Amsterdam’s Museum Geelvinck
AMSTERDAM.- Amsterdam’s Museum Geelvinck presents the third exhibition in the series Asia from the Heart. ‘The Dutch East Indies at Home – traces of a colonial past’ will run from April 21 to October 10, 2011. The exhibition focuses on t…
Exhibition of Works from 1976-2010 by Herlinde Koelbl at the Munchner Stadtmuseum
MUNICH.- Herlinde Koelbl is one of Germany’s most renowned photographers and producers of documentary films. This exhibition at the Münchner Stadtmuseum displays her multifaceted works. Special emphasis is placed on her photo series “Das deu…
Darker-than-Usual Turn with Sunday’s Episode of ‘The Simpsons’ with Opening by Graffiti Artist Banksy
NEW YORK (AP).- The always clever and often subversive opening sequence for “The Simpsons” took a darker-than-usual turn with Sunday’s episode, depicting the animation process for the Fox cartoon series as sweatshop drudgery performed by an exploited A…
Moore Sculpture Returns to Historic New England’s Gropius House
BOSTON, MA.- To further add to its collection of material related to its historic properties, Historic New England is acquiring a bronze reclining figure by sculptor and artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) that was a gift from Moore to Walter and Ise Gropiu…