COMPTON.- Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt gave a special preview of Watts Gallery in Compton, Surrey on Friday 13 May 2011 prior to its public launch next month. The gallery, dedicated to the art of the celebrated Victorian artist, George Frederic Watts,…
Former British Soldier: I Broke into Auschwitz
By: Meera Selva, Associated Press
LONDON (AP).- A British prisoner of war described Friday how he struck up a forbidden friendship with a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp and then swapped places with him briefly to see first hand how Jewis…
Neighbors Bid to Save ‘Oliver Twist’ Workhouse that Inspired Charles Dickens
LONDON (AP).- It’s a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition. Look closer, and it’s linked to one of Britain’s greatest authors as well as to a shameful period in the nation’s social his…
British Campaign to Restore Acclaimed Playwright Anton Chekhov House by End-Year
MOSCOW (REUTERS).- The house where Russia’s universally acclaimed playwright Anton Chekhov penned some of his greatest work will be restored by the end of this year after decades of neglect, said the British charity behind its repair. Chekhov moved to …
The Biography and Complete Catalog Raisonné on William Bouguereau Out this Week
PORT READING, NJ.- This Herculean effort starting in 1978 by Ross and Mark Walker and 15 years later with the addition of Damien Bartoli, has lead to commencing a complete rewriting of 19th Century art history as academic artists lead by Bouguereau are…
Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917-1924 Opens Next Week
NEW YORK, NY.- This remarkable exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World…
Anne Morgan’s War: Rebuilding Devastated France, 1917-1924 Opens Next Week
NEW YORK, NY.- This remarkable exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World…