SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century, is perhaps most famous as a modern writer and the creator of such oft-repeated phrases as “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” But …
The Contemporary Jewish Museum Presents Seeing Gertrude Stein: Five Stories
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), one of the most influential Americans of the 20th century, is perhaps most famous as a modern writer and the creator of such oft-repeated phrases as “A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.” But …
Unpublished Churchill Speech on Hard Work and the Benefits of Science for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- An unpublished speech by Sir Winston Churchill is coming up for sale as part of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £5,000-6,000. The typed, six-page, speech printed o…
Unpublished Churchill Speech on Hard Work and the Benefits of Science for Sale at Bonhams
LONDON.- An unpublished speech by Sir Winston Churchill is coming up for sale as part of the Roy Davids Collection of Papers and Portraits at Bonhams in London on 29 March. It is estimated at between £5,000-6,000. The typed, six-page, speech printed o…
Scottish Artist Douglas Gordon’s New Film k.364 at Gagosian on Britannia Street
LONDON.- Gagosian Gallery presents “k.364,” an exhibition by Douglas Gordon. Gordon is a conjurer of collective memory and perceptual surprise whose tools include the everyday commodities of popular culture: Hollywood films, found scientific …
Whitney Site-Specific Installation Designed by Barbara Kruger Now On View
NEW YORK, NY.- Barbara Kruger designed the third Whitney site-specific installation at 820 Washington Street on the corner of Washington and Gansevoort Streets. Kruger is producing a dramatic intervention that addresses the viewer with powerful and eni…
Stories of War At Sea at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester
MANCHESTER.- Jump aboard and test your sea legs at this major new exhibition for families at Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. Get hands on with activities for all the family in the Imperial War Museum’s first ever large-scale exhibition to…
Destroy this Memory: Photographs by Richard Misrach
NEW YORK, NY.- The photographs in Richard Misrach’s Destroy This Memory (Aperture, August, 2010) are an affecting reminder of the physical and psychological impact of Hurricane Katrina as told by those on the ground, and seen through the lens of a…