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…
Egypt Army Secures Egyptian Museum with Pharaonic Treasures: Report from Cairo
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Army units secured the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo against possible looting on Friday, protecting a building with spectacular pharaonic treasures such as the death mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, state TV said. The news follows…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger with His 11-Meter High Installation?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger in Milan?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Is Maurizio Cattelan Giving Business the Finger in Milan?
MILAN (REUTERS).- A marble sculpture of a cut-off hand with the middle finger stuck up has gone on display in front of the Milan Stock Exchange, provoking a lively debate in Italy’s financial capital. The 11-meter high installation, called “L.O.V.E.” a…
Turner Prize-Winning Artist Mark Wallinger Protests Arts Cuts with New Work
LONDON.- A new work by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is released today as part of a campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts. Mark Wallinger’s work shows a …
Turner Prize-Winning Artist Mark Wallinger Protests Arts Cuts with New Work
LONDON.- A new work by Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is released today as part of a campaign supported by over 100 leading British artists against the government’s proposed funding cuts of the arts. Mark Wallinger’s work shows a …
Year-Long International Video Exhibition on View at the Galleries at Moore
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Project 35 is a year-long international video exhibition of historic and contemporary works selected by 35 curators from around the globe. Curators were invited to select one artist’s video that they think vital for contemporary…