VADUZ.- At this year’s annual congress in Luxembourg, the International Association of Curators (IKT) elected Friedemann Malsch, director of Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, as its new president. For the three-year duration of the presidency, Liechtenst…
Paolo Baratta and Bice Curiger Present Concept for This Year’s Biennale:"’ILLUMInazioni"
ZURICH.- The 54th International Art Exhibition, with the title of ILLUMInazioni – ILLUMInations, directed by Bice Curiger and organized by la Biennale di Venezia under the presidency of Paolo Baratta, will be opening on Friday, June 3rd, and will …
Dawn Barrett Selected as President of Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BOSTON, MA.- Dawn Barrett, Dean of the Architecture and Design Division at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, has been selected as president of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Richard Shea, Chairman of the MassArt board of trustees…
People Flock to See Lost Letter from Martha Washington at History Museum in Concordia
KANSAS CITY (REUTERS).- Nearly 209 years after her death Martha Washington, the wife of the first U.S. president, is all the talk in Concordia, Kansas. People are flocking to a history museum in Concordia to see an apparently authentic Washington-writt…
Center for Architecture Presents Exhibition Featuring Innovative Building Technologies and New Construction Techniques
NEW YORK, NY.- This fall, the Center for Architecture opened its first exhibition to focus on building technology. It explores new technology and techniques that are rapidly transforming the built environment in New York and around the globe. These inn…
Center for Architecture Presents Exhibition Featuring Innovative Building Technologies and New Construction Techniques
NEW YORK, NY.- This fall, the Center for Architecture opened its first exhibition to focus on building technology. It explores new technology and techniques that are rapidly transforming the built environment in New York and around the globe. These inn…
Internationally Acclaimed Architects and Artists at the Venice Architecture Biennale
VENICE.- The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca’ Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, pr…
Trial Date Set in Associated Press-Shepard Fairey Dispute in NYC
NEW YORK (AP).- A March trial date was set Monday to decide whether the artist who created the Barack Obama “HOPE” image violated The Associated Press’ copyright when he based the image on one of the news agency’s pictures. U.S. District Judge Alvin K….
Photographer and Associated Press Drop Claims Against Each Other
NEW YORK (AP).- A photographer who took a picture that the Barack Obama “HOPE” image was based on dropped his claim Friday that he owns the copyright to the photograph, instead of The Associated Press. The AP also dropped its claim against him. The sti…
White House Backdrop is Fine Art
WASHINGTON (AP).- When President Barack Obama addressed the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Americans knew in an instant the Gulf oil spill had become a full-blown crisis. His prime-time speech, in a setting that bespeaks the power of t…