OSLO (REUTERS).- A cold snap in Greenland in the 12th century may help explain why Viking settlers vanished from the island, scientists said. The report, reconstructing temperatures by examining lake sediment cores in west Greenland dating back 5,600 y…
Museu da Electricidade in Lisbon Opens Exhibition that Shows Works by Snøhetta
LISBON.- Lisbon welcomed the exhibition “Snøhetta – Architecture – Landscape – Interior”, that shows some of the major works of one of the most widely discussed architectural firms in the world today. The firm has achieved this position primarily by …
Victoria & Albert Museum in London Unveils Exhibition of Road Project Designs
LONDON.- On 2 March 2011 the V&A unveiled the design proposals by the seven architectural teams shortlisted for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Project with a display of the models in the Sackler Centre. The exhibition is on display from March 2 through…
Victoria & Albert Museum in London Unveils Exhibition Road Project Designs
LONDON.- On 2 March 2011 the V&A unveiled the design proposals by the seven architectural teams shortlisted for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Project with a display of the models in the Sackler Centre. The exhibition is on display from March 2 through…
China Stops Prominent Artist, Ai Weiwei, from Leaving the Country on a Flight to South Korea
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from traveling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist. Ai had be…
China Stops Prominent Artist, Ai Weiwei, from Leaving the Country on a Flight to South Korea
BEIJING (REUTERS).- Chinese police have prevented artist Ai Weiwei from traveling to South Korea, he said on Friday, linking it to a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the formal awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a prominent rights activist. Ai had be…
National Gallery in London Acquires First Work by Norwegian Artist Peder Balke
LONDON.- Peder Balke’s Tempest (about 1862) goes on display at the National Gallery, London, in Room 44. This is the first painting by a Norwegian artist to enter the Gallery’s collection. The work has been generously presented to the Nationa…
National Gallery in London Acquires First Work by Norwegian Artist Peder Balke
LONDON.- Peder Balke’s Tempest (about 1862) goes on display at the National Gallery, London, in Room 44. This is the first painting by a Norwegian artist to enter the Gallery’s collection. The work has been generously presented to the Nationa…
Exhibition Reveals How Gustave Courbet Realized the Vision of a Poetic Art of Modernity
FRANKFURT.- The French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877) ranks among the most fascinating nineteenth-century artists. He is regarded as the crucial pioneer of political realistic painting and as a revolutionary of the Paris Commune. But Courbet …
Astonishing 1,252,000 Pounds ($1.91 Million) for Munch Print at Bonhams
LONDON
– An impression of Edvard Munch’s controversial work
Madonna has
sold for an amazing £1,252,000 ($1.91) at Bonhams – twice its lower estimate of £500,000. This
makes it the most expensive print ever sold in the UK and the second
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