NEW YORK (AP).- The best way to celebrate Peter Falk’s life is to savor how Columbo, his signature character, fortified our lives. Thanks to Falk’s affectionately genuine portrayal, Lt. Columbo established himself for all time as a champion of any view…
For the First Time Ever, National Gallery Painting by Van Gogh Comes to Life<br>
LONDON.- For the first time ever, a painting is being made into a ‘living wall’ outside the National Gallery. With over 8,000 living plants, General Electric (GE) has brought a masterpiece to life with a version of Van Gogh’s famous pain…
Exhibition at Moderna Museet Includes Every Facet of Klara Lidén’s Oeuvre <br>
STOCKHOLM.- Moderna Museet is the first museum in the world to present a complete exhibition of Klara Lidén. Her major exhibitions to date have been outside Sweden, and have attracted astonishing acclaim from critics and the public, but until now she …
The Mint Museum to Celebrate Romare Bearden with Major Retrospective<br>
CHARLOTTE, N.C.- This fall, The Mint Museum presents a major retrospective of the work of Romare Bearden (1911-1988), widely regarded as one of America’s most pre-eminent African American artists and foremost collagists, as well as a noted writer …
The Kunsthalle Zürich Presents a Solo Exhibition <ohne Titel (in Red)> by Heimo Zobernig
ZURICH.- The Kunsthalle Zürich launch its exhibition season at the Museum Bärengasse – where it is based temporarily until June 2012 while work is carried out on the conversion and renovation of its permanent home at the Löwenbräu Areal –…
Bruce Munro’s Water-Towers at Salisbury Cathedral
KILMINGTON.- The installation of Bruce Munro’s Water-Towers has begun, and work is in progress on his second contemporary artwork at Salisbury Cathedral, situated along two entire sides of the ancient cloister. 16,000 water bottles (large 2 Lt siz…
Recovery of Painting by Albrecht Dürer Leads Italian Police to Various Pieces of Stolen Art
ROME.- Sixteen paintings that had been stolen at various times from private homes and churches will be back by Christmas, to their rightful owners. The works of art seized by police in September for the protection of cultural heritage have been recover…