NEW YORK, NY.- In conjunction with its centennial, The New York Public Library is exhibiting print and photographic works acquired within the last decade in Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs. On display in the Print and Stokes Galleries of th…
Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs Opens at The New York Public Library
NEW YORK, NY.- In conjunction with its centennial, The New York Public Library is exhibiting print and photographic works acquired within the last decade in Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Photographs. On display in the Print and Stokes Galleries of th…
Nefertiti’s Bust will Stay in German Capital Says Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit
BERLIN (REUTERS).- Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said Friday that Germany would not send the bust of an ancient Egyptian queen to modern-day Egypt because it was obtained nearly a century ago. Wowereit defended a German foundation’s possession of Neferti…
Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Refuses to Return Nefertiti Bust to Egypt
BERLIN (REUTERS).- A German foundation rejected Monday an Egyptian request to return the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, a sculpture which draws over one million viewers annually to a Berlin museum. Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)…
Museum Frieder Burda, Designed by Richard Meier, in Baden-Baden Proves to Be Crowd Puller
BADEN-BADEN.- The Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden, created by New York building designer Richard Meier, proves to be a true crowd puller. Since the opening in October 2004, more than one million art lovers have visited the museum. The snow-white bu…
Sir Norman Foster Designs Bodegas Portia: A New Winery for the Faustino Group
BURGOS.- Bodegas Portia is a new winery for the Faustino Group in the Ribera del Duero, one of Spain’s foremost wine-producing regions. The project is Foster + Partners first winery and was an opportunity to look afresh at the building type, using…
"Tome Raider" Antique Book Thief Jailed Again
LONDON (REUTERS).- A Cambridge University graduate nicknamed the “Tome Raider,” who has stolen more than one million pounds’ worth of rare books in his criminal career, has been jailed for 3-1/2 years for his latest theft. William Jacques, 41, stole an…