Tokyo.- The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo presents an exhibition of works by Taro Okamoto on the 100th anniversary of his birth until May 8th 2011. Taro Okamoto (1911-1996) is probably one of the most well-known artists in Japan during the…
Dogancay, Ceylan and Orhon Headline Sotheby’s Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art
LONDON.- Sotheby’s London will be staging its annual London Sale of Contemporary Turkish Art on Thursday, April 7th, 2011. The auction will present 102 works by among the leading Modern and Contemporary Turkish artists, including Mubin Orhon, Burhan Do…
$24 Million Donation Secures Zurbaran Works for the United Kingdom
LONDON (REUTERS).- A series of portraits by 17th century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbaran hanging in Auckland Castle, northeast England, have been saved from the auction block by a 15 million pound ($24 million) donation. Investment manager Jonat…
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…
US Airways’ ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ Jet Destined for North Carolina Museum
HARRISON, NJ (AP).- To stand inside the cabin of the US Airways jet that crash landed on the Hudson River is to imagine, even briefly, some of the terror that must have overtaken the 155 people aboard as the plane descended onto the icy water. The plan…
Canvases and Letters Show how Pink Floyd Founder Syd Barrett Put Painting Before Pop Music
LONDON (REUTERS).- He helped create one of rock’s greatest bands, but the late Syd Barrett always considered himself a painter before a Pink Floyd founder. Speaking at an exhibition of the troubled musician’s canvases and letters, his sister Rosemary B…
Canvases and Letters Show how Pink Floyd Founder Syd Barrett Put Painting Before Pop Music
LONDON (REUTERS).- He helped create one of rock’s greatest bands, but the late Syd Barrett always considered himself a painter before a Pink Floyd founder. Speaking at an exhibition of the troubled musician’s canvases and letters, his sister Rosemary B…
Why the Switch from Foraging to Farming?
By: Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP).- Thousands of years ago, our ancestors gave up foraging for food and took up farming, one of the most important and debated decisions in history. Was farming more efficient than foraging? Did …
Exhibition of Photographs by Robert Weingarten at Marlborough Gallery in Chelsea
NEW YORK.- Marlborough Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by Robert Weingarten entitled Portraits Without People. The exhibition opened at Marlborough Chelsea and will continue through April 2. In his recent Portraits Without People series,…
Historians from Canadian Archivists’ Association Want Communist Files Protected
BUDAPEST (AP).- People spied on by Hungary’s communist-era secret police could decide the future of the surveillance reports under a government proposal historians say would damage the country’s ability to know about its past. The regime’s network of i…