SHARJAH.- The Sharjah Art Foundation announces the fifth annual March Meeting, a three-day symposium featuring presentations by artists, art professionals and institutions on the production and dissemination of art in the MENASA (Middle East, North Afr…
Sotheby’s Sale of 19th Century European Paintings to Feature Strong Selection of Works
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of 19th Century European Paintings on Wednesday, 18 May, 2011 will bring together some 163 works by artists from no fewer than 15 countries: among them Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Italy, France, Switzer…
Sotheby’s Sale of 19th Century European Paintings to Feature Strong Selection of Works
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London Sale of 19th Century European Paintings on Wednesday, 18 May, 2011 will bring together some 163 works by artists from no fewer than 15 countries: among them Spain, Germany, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Italy, France, Switzer…
Patti and Everett B. Birch Foundation Funds Two New Galleries and Education Programs at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Two new galleries at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and related education programs-all focusing on the art and culture of Morocco, Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediterranean during the eighth through 19th century-have been funded…
Deutsche Guggenheim Honors the "Artist of the Year" 2011 ~ Yto Barrada
BERLIN.- “Riffs” is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco. With Yto Barrada…
Deutsche Guggenheim Presents the "Artist of the Year" 2011 Yto Barrada: Riffs
BERLIN.- Riffs is the first large-scale exhibition in Germany of the work of Yto Barrada, whose photographs, films, publications, installations and sculptures engage with the peculiar situation of her hometown of Tangier, Morocco. With Yto Barrada, Deu…
Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox’s Artistic Marriage Celebrated at the Queensland Art Gallery
BRISBANE.- The story of one of Australian art’s most significant marriages is told for the first time in a new exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. The personal artistic union of Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox, two of Australia’s most si…
Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox’s Artistic Marriage Celebrated at the Queensland Art Gallery
BRISBANE.- The story of one of Australian art’s most significant marriages is told for the first time in a new exhibition at the Queensland Art Gallery. The personal artistic union of Ethel Carrick & E Phillips Fox, two of Australia’s most si…
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
Former British Soldier: I Broke into Auschwitz
By: Meera Selva, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- A British prisoner of war described Friday how he struck up a forbidden friendship with a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp and then swapped places with him briefly to see first hand how Jewis…