WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP).- When Japan’s earthquake and tsunami knocked out power and printing presses, newspaper journalists in at least one city resorted to handwriting the news on poster-size paper. Seven of those original sheets from the daily Ishinoma…
Images of Passengers Traveling on the Paris Métro by Chris Marker at Peter Blum
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition Chris Marker, PASSENGERS. This exhibition, opened on April 2, 2011, it is presented at both Peter Blum Soho (99 Wooster Street) and Peter Blum Chelsea (526 West 29th Street). This is Chris Marker’…
Images of Passengers Traveling on the Paris Métro by Chris Marker at Peter Blum
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Peter Blum presents the exhibition Chris Marker, PASSENGERS. This exhibition, opened on April 2, 2011, it is presented at both Peter Blum Soho (99 Wooster Street) and Peter Blum Chelsea (526 West 29th Street). This is Chris Marker’…
Vancouver Art Gallery Looks Anew at New Media by Three Remarkable Artists
VANCOUVER, BC.- Although living in different places and moments in time, three remarkable artists — Jim Campbell, Chris Marker and Eadweard Muybridge – are joined by their passion for exploring complex ideas through the new media of their eras. Openin…
Tough Times in Remote West Texas: Vandals Target Quirky Art Project Prada Marfa
VALENTINE, TX (AP).- These are tough times for Prada Marfa, the quirky art project standing alone in the remote desert of Jeff Davis County in far West Texas. If the harsh environment doesn’t provide enough stress, the 15-foot-by-25-foot adobe cube bu…
Tour Reveals Layers of Shanghai’s Jewish History
SHANGHAI (AP).- Not far from the Bund district in Shanghai, with its hordes of tourists and view of the city’s famous skyscrapers across the Huangpu River, is a quiet neighborhood called Hongkou. Walk here along Zhoushan Road and you’ll stumble on a si…
Bortolami Presents Its Second Solo Exhibition of Work by Israel-Born Artist Avner Ben-Gal
NEW YORK, NY.- Bortolami presents its second solo exhibition of Avner Ben-Gal. Smackville draws from abstract and visual representations of the effects of opiate drugs: withdrawal, craving and usage. The show seeks to describe the moment of the chemica…
Tales of Katrina Told through Museum Exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum
NEW ORLEANS (AP).- The room is lit by flashlights, an escape hole chopped in the roof with an ax lying nearby. Steps away, rising floodwaters seep down a levee wall; across the way, a storm diary written in black felt marker on a housing project wall …
Walker Art Center Invites Audience to Select Artworks for Exhibition
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- The Walker Art Center’s audience will share the spotlight with the museum’s curators when they jointly select the artworks for the upcoming exhibition 50/50: Audience and Experts Curate the Paper Collection. Visit the kiosk …
Lennon Lyrics Fetch $1.2 Million at New York City Auction
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” were purchased by an American collector on Friday for $1.2 million. The winning bid for “A Day in the Life” was …