MOUNTAINVILLE, NY.- Storm King Art Center today announced the acquisition of The Pietrarubbia Group: il fondamento, l’uso, il rapporto (1975–76), a major large-scale work by Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro. The sculpture is a gift of longtime…
Exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York Delves into Life and Legend of Houdini
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Handcuffs, shackles, a torture chamber and straitjacket used by renowned escape artist Harry Houdini will be part of a major exhibit that delves into the life and legend of the world famous magician. “Houdini: Art and Magic,” which…
Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre to Show Matthew Barney’s Complete Cremaster Cycle
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Film Theatre (DFT) at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) will host a rare showing of Matthew Barney’s The Cremaster Cycle in the sequence in which the films were made. They will be shown Wednesdays, Sept. 15, 22 and 29 at 7 p…
Co-Owner of Painting Missing in New York ID’d as a Thief
NEW YORK (AP).- First it was a curious tale of a $1.3 million painting a middleman said he drunkenly lost while trying to help a friend sell it. Now the story has gotten stranger still: A part owner of the canvas identified its co-owner as an admitted …