Orange County, CA.- The Orange County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) is pleased to present “Gothic”, on view at the center from February 2nd through March 24th. “Gothic” features works from artists evincing a peculiar, perverse, idiosyncratic …
Argentina Intercepts Mailed Pre-Inca Mummy, Skulls
BUENOS AIRES (AP).- The shipping label said the mailed package contained replicas of Peruvian ceramics. An X-ray machine used by customs agents discovered it really held three skulls and a mummy more than 2,000 years old. Authorities said Friday that t…
Denver Museum of Nature & Science Excavation Crews Unearth a Spectacular Bison Skull and Horns at the Snowmass Village
SNOWMASS VILLAGE.- On Saturday afternoon, Denver Museum of Nature & Science excavation crews uncovered one of the most spectacular discoveries yet at the Ice Age fossil dig site near Snowmass Village — the skull and horns of a gigantic Ice Age bison. …
Ancient Skulls Mailed to Brigham Young University
PROVO (AP).- The Utah state archaeologist has determined the age of three mystery skulls mailed to Brigham Young University. KSL-TV reports the skulls were determined to be from about 1100 to 1300 A.D. That fits with the early suspicions of investig…
Christian Lemmerz Creates Large Installation "Hypnosis" for First Solo Show in China
BEIJING.- For his first solo exhibition in China, the German-born sculptor Christian Lemmerz has created a large installation entitled Hypnosis, which seeks to confront us directly with our own life – and not least our own death. Christian Lemmer…
Cambodia to Restore ‘Killing Fields’ Skull-Filled Memorial
PHNOM PENH (AP).- Cambodia plans to renovate the skull-filled memorial on the site of the Khmer Rouge’s former “killing fields” for the first time since it was built two decades ago. Now a grim tourist attraction, Choeung Ek outside the capital Phnom P…