SAN JOSE, CA.- The San Jose Museum of Art presents the first-ever museum survey of the work of the prominent sculptor Leo Villareal, a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery. Leo Villareal, on view at SJMA from August 21, 2010, through …
Nevada Museum of Art Opens Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio
RENO.- Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio explores the unique attitudes and methods that Benton, a world-renowned kinetic and constructivist sculptor, applies to his work. This experiential and interactive exhibition looks at the inspirations, p…
Installations Highlight the Contemporary Art of the Dallas Museum of Art
DALLAS, TX.- Currently on view in the Hoffman Galleries at the Dallas Museum of Art are two installations of important contemporary work drawn from the Museum’s collections as well as a collection of six Luc Tuymans works from the Dallas community…
Auschwitz ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ (“Work Sets You Free”) Sign Stolen
WARSAW (AP).- The infamous iron sign bearing the Nazis’ cynical slogan “Arbeit Macht Frei” that spanned the main entrance to the former Auschwitz death camp was stolen before dawn Friday, Polish police said. The heavy 5-meter-long (16-foot-long), 40-kilogram (90-pound) iron sign at the former Nazi death camp in southern Poland where more than 1 million people died during World War II was unscrewed on one side and torn off on the other, police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo said.