ACRE, ISRAEL (AP).- Off the track beaten by most Holy Land tourists lies one of the richest archaeological sites in a country full of them: the walled port of Acre, where the busy alleys of an Ottoman-era town cover a uniquely intact Crusader city now …
A Crusader Town Emerges Under an Old Israeli Port, Workers Prepare to Open It to the Public
ACRE, ISRAEL (AP).- Off the track beaten by most Holy Land tourists lies one of the richest archaeological sites in a country full of them: the walled port of Acre, where the busy alleys of an Ottoman-era town cover a uniquely intact Crusader city now …
The Museum of Modern Art Presents Recently Aquired Works by Cy Twombly
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art presents Cy Twombly: Sculpture, an exhibition of seven sculptures recently acquired from the artist’s collection, ranging in date from 1954 to 2005. These sculptures, the first by Twombly to enter the Museum…
Smithsonian’s National Numismatic Collection Receives Sacagawea Dollar
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has recently acquired 17 items from sculptor Glenna Goodacre from her successful commission to design the Sacagawea dollar coin released in 2000. This donation preserves the c…
Installation of Skylar Fein Mixed Media Portrait with Related Works on View at the Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, N.Y.- A recent work by Skylar Fein titled Black Lincoln for Dooky Chase is on view at the Brooklyn Museum from March 23 through August 2011 as the centerpiece of an installation including related works from the permanent collection. In Fein’s…
Installation of Skylar Fein Mixed Media Portrait with Related Works on View at the Brooklyn Museum
BROOKLYN, N.Y.- A recent work by Skylar Fein titled Black Lincoln for Dooky Chase is on view at the Brooklyn Museum from March 23 through August 2011 as the centerpiece of an installation including related works from the permanent collection. In Fein’s…
See Nero and Seneca by Eduardo Barrón "Converse" at the Prado Museum
MADRID.- Visitors of the The Prado are able to contemplate the sculptural group Nero and Seneca (Eduardo Barrón, 1904) in room 74 and admire the result of the study and restoration process undertaken on the piece by the restoration department in coord…
Valencian Institute of Modern Art Shows the Sculptural Work of Edgar Degas
VALENCIA.- The exhibition presented by the IVAM comprises a new edition of 74 bronze sculptures, which were cast thanks to the recent discovery (in 2004) of the plaster figures made by Degas’s close friend, the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartolomé, taken fr…
Valencian Institute of Modern Art Shows the Sculptural Work of Edgar Degas
VALENCIA.- The exhibition presented by the IVAM comprises a new edition of 74 bronze sculptures, which were cast thanks to the recent discovery (in 2004) of the plaster figures made by Degas’s close friend, the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartolomé, taken fr…
New-York Historical Society Organizes the First Full Retrospective of the Sculpture of John Rogers
NEW YORK, NY.- By far the most popular American sculptor of his eventful era, John Rogers (1829-1904) was unprecedented in the United States as an astute and tireless maker and marketer of artworks for a broad audience. From the beginning of the Civil …