PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (AP).- A South African photographer is being honored for helping expose apartheid’s brutality to the world with a picture that ended his career. On Wednesday, celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa because it is the anniversar…
South Africa Photographer Sam Nzima Honored for Soweto Photo by President Jacob Zuma
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA (AP).- A South African photographer is being honored for helping expose apartheid’s brutality to the world with a picture that ended his career. On Wednesday, celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa because it is the anniversar…
Frieze Writer’s Prize: Call for Entries
LONDON.- Frieze, the leading magazine for contemporary art and culture, is inviting entries for the Frieze Writer’s Prize 2011. Frieze Writer’s Prize was established in 2006 and is presented annually. The aim of the prize is to promote and encourage n…
Bonhams Offers Ring Belonging to Vita Sackville-West, Member of the Bohemian Bloomsbury Group
LONDON.- A ruby and diamond ring, circa 1910, that belonged to the poet, novelist and gardener, Vita Sackville-West will be offered in Bonhams Fine Jewellery sale on 13th April in New Bond Street. The step-cut ruby within an oval pierced surround of ma…
Neighbors Bid to Save ‘Oliver Twist’ Workhouse that Inspired Charles Dickens
LONDON (AP).- It’s a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition. Look closer, and it’s linked to one of Britain’s greatest authors as well as to a shameful period in the nation’s social his…
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
Extremely Rare First Edition of Jane Austen’s Emma to be Offered at Sotheby’s London
LONDON.- Sotheby’s will include two offerings intimately connected with Britain’s most beloved authoress, Jane Austen, in its sale of English Literature, History and Children’s Books & Illustrations in London, on 16th December: a first e…
Frieze Magazine Announces Winner of 2010 Writer’s Prize
LONDON.- frieze magazine has announced Erica Cooke as the winner of this year’s Writer’s Prize. Cooke has been commissioned to write her first review for frieze magazine, to be published in the January/February issue. She will receive a prize…
Frieze Magazine Announces Winner of 2010 Writer’s Prize
LONDON.- frieze magazine has announced Erica Cooke as the winner of this year’s Writer’s Prize. Cooke has been commissioned to write her first review for frieze magazine, to be published in the January/February issue. She will receive a prize…
Landmark New Sculpture by Acclaimed Artist Peter Randall-Page for Dulwich
LONDON.- On 14 September the Dulwich Picture Gallery will unveil a new, permanent sculpture in its grounds. Walking the Dog by acclaimed artist Peter Randall-Page is being presented to the Gallery by the Art Fund to mark its 2011 bicentenary. It is the…