HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Over one thousand protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei on Saturday, scuffling briefly with police. The rally — the largest in a string of…
China’s Foreign Ministry Transcript Omits Mentions of Detained Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP).- China’s Foreign Ministry removed all references to a detained artist from its official transcript of a news conference given by its spokesman, in an apparent sign it wants to stifle discussion of the case. Ten of the 18 questions asked a…
China’s Foreign Ministry Transcript Omits Mentions of Detained Artist Ai Weiwei
BEIJING (AP).- China’s Foreign Ministry removed all references to a detained artist from its official transcript of a news conference given by its spokesman, in an apparent sign it wants to stifle discussion of the case. Ten of the 18 questions asked a…
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
Power to the Imagination: Artists, Posters and Politics at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
HAMBURG.- The exhibition presents in excess of 180 works by approximately 90 internationally renowned artists and thus offers a fresh and comprehensive overview over protest and opposition movements in the course of the past 60 years. At the same time …
Hundreds of Egyptian College Students Rally at Iconic Pyramids for Return of Tourists
CAIRO (AP).- As hundreds of Egyptian college students rallied at the iconic pyramids of Giza Friday to promote tourism, camel guide Salah Shabani stood to the side and looked on with sadness. It’s been two weeks since a popular uprising forced Preside…
Egyptian Antiquities Authorities Say They Found Fourth Stolen Pharaonic Treasure
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian antiquities authorities have recovered a statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten that was stolen along with eight other items during protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak. Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi …
Egyptian Antiquities Authorities Say They Found Fourth Stolen Pharaonic Treasure
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Egyptian antiquities authorities have recovered a statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten that was stolen along with eight other items during protests that brought down President Hosni Mubarak. Minister of State for Antiquities Zahi …
Archaeologist Zahi Hawass Says Egypt’s Damaged Artifacts to Be Restored in Days
CAIRO (AP).- The artifacts from the Egyptian Museum damaged by looters will be restored over the next five days, the country’s antiquities head said Monday. Zahi Hawass also said that steps were being taken to reopen Egypt’s famed archaeological sites,…
Egypt: Military Detain 50 Men Trying to Break into at Egyptian National Museum
CAIRO (AP).- Soldiers detained about 50 men trying to break into the Egyptian National Museum in a fresh attempt to loot some of the country’s archaeological treasures, the military said Monday. Snipers were stationed on the roof of the building, and d…