ENCINITAS, CA (AP).- The artist who created the popular but illegal Surfing Madonna mosaic has agreed to pay the costs of relocating it from public property, it was announced Tuesday. Mark Patterson will pay a $500 fine and all costs to remove the 10-f…
Artist of Surfing Madonna Offers to Remove Mosaic
By: Julie Watson, Associated Press
SAN DIEGO (AP).- The mysterious artist of the Surfing Madonna has stepped forward to help the California beach city of Encinitas remove his illegal mosaic from public property. Encinitas Assistant City Manager Richard…
Surfing Madonna Mosaic Draws Mass Following
By: Julie Watson, Associated Press
ENCINITAS, CA (AP).- The surfing Madonna appeared just before Easter weekend and has been stirring a soulful debate in this Southern California beach town ever since. The striking mosaic of the Virgin of Guadalupe ri…
Camera Work Gallery in Berlin Presents Comprehensive Insight into Herb Ritts’ Photography
BERLIN.- Camera Work presents photographs from Herb Ritts, on view from May 14 through July 02, 2011. More than 50 photographs give a comprehensive insight into the work of Herb Ritts, who passed away in 2002. All of the exhibited photographs were deve…
Photos from the Beatles Last Group Publicity Shoot Now Available for Public Purchase
LONDON.- For almost 30 years, renowned photographer Tom Murray’s images from the Beatles last group publicity shoot were stored in the back of a drawer. And now for the first time ever, these rarely seen images will be available for public purchas…
Hollywood, Fashion Elite Recall Alexander McQueen at Metropolitan’s Gala
NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who’s who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night’s event was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” to coincid…
Hollywood, Fashion Elite Recall Alexander McQueen at Metropolitan’s Gala
NEW YORK, NY (AP) .- A who’s who of Hollywood and fashion elite hit the red carpet to celebrate the annual Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala Benefit. The theme for Monday night’s event was “Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty” to coincid…
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art Premieres Commissioned Film
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art announces the premiere of City of Nature, a new film by artist Kota Ezawa to be on view in Madison Square Park March 31 – May 15, 2011. Knitting together fleeting, split-second exc…
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art Premieres Newly Commissioned Film
NEW YORK, NY.- Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad. Sq. Art announces the premiere of City of Nature, a new film by artist Kota Ezawa to be on view in Madison Square Park March 31 – May 15, 2011. Knitting together fleeting, split-second exc…
The Power of the Iconic Photograph Featured at Irvine Contemporary in Washington
WASHINGTON, DC.- Irvine Contemporary presents Image/Fame/Memory, an exhibition of works by four major portrait and documentary photographers, Curtis Knapp, Gerard Malanga, Billy Name, and Kate Simon, who worked mainly in New York City from the mid-1960…