By Louise Watt,Associated Press
BEIJING (AP).- A plan to bring an Albert Einstein exhibition to Shanghai was shelved after the Chinese museum suggested merging it with one on Confucius, a Swiss museum director said Tuesday. The odd coupling was the ide…
Beyond the Law: American History Unfolds at Christie’s South Kensington in June
LONDON.- Following the success of Christie’s Arms and Armour sale in September 2010 which was 91% sold by lot, achieving over £500,000, Christie’s announces the upcoming sale, to be held on 22 June 2011. The auction will be led by the Colt .38 „P…
Beyond the Law: American History Unfolds at Christie’s South Kensington in June
LONDON.- Following the success of Christie’s Arms and Armour sale in September 2010 which was 91% sold by lot, achieving over £500,000, Christie’s announces the upcoming sale, to be held on 22 June 2011. The auction will be led by the Colt .38 „P…
Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts on View at the Jewish Museum in New York
NEW YORK, NY.- One of the world’s foremost collections of decorated Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot) is held by The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City. Thirty of the finest are on display at The Jewish Museum in The Art of …
The Field Museum Announces Exhibition of the Machines that Helped Create the Modern World
CHICAGO, IL.- A powerful thoroughbred, its mane flying, crosses the finish line in triumph at the Kentucky Derby. A young rodeo rider grabs his saddle horn and holds on tight as a bronco bucks and lurches beneath him. Heavily built draft horses strain …
The Field Museum Announces Exhibition of the Machines that Helped Create the Modern World
CHICAGO, IL.- A powerful thoroughbred, its mane flying, crosses the finish line in triumph at the Kentucky Derby. A young rodeo rider grabs his saddle horn and holds on tight as a bronco bucks and lurches beneath him. Heavily built draft horses strain …
The New York Public Library Explores Three of the World’s Largest Religions in Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Three of the world’s most followed religions each started from Abraham’s covenant with a single, unseeable God and are now the lived experience of half of the world’s population. Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,…
The New York Public Library Explores Three of the World’s Largest Religions in Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Three of the world’s most followed religions each started from Abraham’s covenant with a single, unseeable God and are now the lived experience of half of the world’s population. Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,…
The New York Public Library Explores Three of the Worlds Largest Religions in Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- Three of the world’s most followed religions each started from Abraham’s covenant with a single, unseeable God and are now the lived experience of half of the world’s population. Three Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam,…
Exhibition at the Menil Collection Features Works Never Before Displayed in the Museum
HOUSTON, TX.- An Olmec vase, a Dogon Mother and Child, a rosary, crucifixes, a golden monstrance, a Shinto lord, a pilgrim’s flask from Palestine, a pre-Columbian trumpet: Drawing on various parts of the Menil’s diverse permanent collection, …