PARIS (AP).- “Parlez-moi d’amour.” Speak to me of love. This is Paris and the language is love — crazy love — amid the creative folly of a city whose ethereal beauty and bawdy underside spell magic. Spend a day, and a de rigueur night, here a…
Chinese Government Says It is "Unhappy" with Foreign Support for Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (REUTERS).- The Chinese government said on Tuesday it was “unhappy” with foreign support for detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei, after Ai’s detention last week sparked an outcry from Washington and other Western governments.”The Chinese peo…
China "Unhappy" with Foreign Support for Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (REUTERS).- The Chinese government said on Tuesday it was “unhappy” with foreign support for detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei, after Ai’s detention last week sparked an outcry from Washington and other Western governments.”The Chinese peo…
China’s Foreign Ministry Transcript Omits Mentions of Detained Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP).- China’s Foreign Ministry removed all references to a detained artist from its official transcript of a news conference given by its spokesman, in an apparent sign it wants to stifle discussion of the case. Ten of the 18 questions asked a…
China’s Foreign Ministry Transcript Omits Mentions of Detained Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP).- China’s Foreign Ministry removed all references to a detained artist from its official transcript of a news conference given by its spokesman, in an apparent sign it wants to stifle discussion of the case. Ten of the 18 questions asked a…
Italian Governor Gian Mario Spacca Wants Shared Custody of Statue with the Getty Museum
LOS ANGELES (AP).- An Italian lawmaker offered a cultural exchange proposal Monday that sounded a little like an ultimatum, saying officials at the J. Paul Getty Museum should behave ethically and return knowingly looted art. Gov. Gian Mario Spacca of…
Art and Archives Make Up Caravaggio Show at Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza Church in Rome
ROME (AP).- Art lovers will get rare glimpses of Caravaggio’s often violent life in an exhibit in Rome and combining centuries-old documents from archives as well as paintings, including a portrait last seen in public 100 years ago. Sant’Ivo alla Sap…
‘Sesame Street’ to Help Create New National Children’s Museum Near Washington
WASHINGTON (AP).- Elmo has no statue in Washington but he’s poised to strike his best museum pose: “Sesame Street” is teaming up to create exhibits that incorporate the popular TV characters into the future home of National Children’s Museum near the n…
Unmarked Graves Found at Veteran Cemetery in Mississippi
By: Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press
VICKSBURG, MISS (AP).- Authorities said Thursday they fear dozens of veterans could lie in unmarked graves at a Mississippi military cemetery after they found two unidentified coffins and used radar to detect other …
Smithsonian Chief Wayne Clough Says Banned Video by David Wojnarowicz a Work of Art
LOS ANGELES (AP).- After complaints prompted him to cut a 4-minute video from an exhibition about gay contributions to art, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution became the target in a national censorship debate. Wayne Clough didn’t publicly def…