SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First unearthed in 1996 in a rescue excavation in Lod, ancient Diospolis, Israel, a large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and conserved. Found in a large villa believed to belong to a w…
Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel at the Legion of Honor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First unearthed in 1996 in a rescue excavation in Lod, ancient Diospolis, Israel, a large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and conserved. Found in a large villa believed to belong to a wea…
Exhibition of Works by Jean Arp and Constantin Brancusi at Mitchell-Innes & Nash
NEW YORK, NY.- Mitchell-Innes & Nash is presenting Arp/Brancusi, an exhibition of sculpture and painted relief works on view at 1018 Madison Avenue, New York, March 29 – May 6, 2011. The exhibition includes a focused selection of works by Arp alon…
Marvelous Menagerie: A Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel at the Legion of Honor
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- First unearthed in 1996 in a rescue excavation in Lod, ancient Diospolis, Israel, a large and extraordinarily detailed floor mosaic was recently lifted from its site and conserved. Found in a large villa believed to belong to a wea…
Artprize Opens Artist Registration for the Third Annual Public Art Competition
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH.- ArtPrize, the radically open public art experiment, today announced artist registration for the third annual competition. Open to any artist from around the world, organizers encourage participants to register any type of artwork …
Puerto Rican Painter Augusto Marin Dies at 89
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (AP).- Augusto Marin, one of Puerto Rico’s best-known painters and muralists, has died. He was 89. Marin, whose work is found throughout Puerto Rico, from museums to the wall of a suburban shopping center, died Thursday at a hospi…
Snap Galleries Presents Michael Putland’s Second Solo Exhibition with the Gallery
LONDON.- Snap Galleries hosted a solo show for Michael Putland in their Birmingham gallery in 2005 which was a great success, and now they are working with Michael again on this new exhibition of triptychs. In this new exhibition, Michael Putland prese…
Egypt to Form Special Force to Protect Antiquities
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s minister of antiquities says a special police force will be set up to protect archaeological sites and museums around the country, following a wave of vandalism and looting. Zahi Hawass told reporters Tuesday that authorities have …
Hyde’s Rembrandt on Loan to Louvre, Detroit Institute of Arts Loans Painting by Rubens
GLEN FALLS, N.Y.- The Hyde Collection announced today that its prized Christ with Folded Arms by Rembrandt van Rijn will be on display in the Louvre in Paris beginning April 18, 2011 as part of a landmark exhibition titled Rembrandt and the Face of Je…
Comprehensive Retrospective of the Acknowledged Japanese Master of Porcelain, Fukami Sueharu
HANFORD, CA.- Active for over 40 years, Fukami’s early and rare stoneware sculptures are testimony of the young potter’s experiments, but today he is internationally known for his celebrated pale-blue glazed porcelains. Collected by at least 47 mu…