NEW YORK, NY.- MoMA PS1 presents the New York debut of Feng Mengbo’s installation Long March: Restart (2008), a large-scale, interactive video game installation. Recently acquired by MoMA and presented for the first time since entering the Museum’s…
"El Nacimiento": Selected Nativities from the Boeckman Collection on View at the Tyler Museum of Art
TYLER, TX.- A focus exhibition of traditional Mexican nativities or nacimientos is on view at the Tyler Museum of Art. The works were selected from The Laura and Dan Boeckman Collection of Mexican Folk Art in the Museum’s Permanent Collection as w…
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange "Man of the Year" in Naples Nativity Creches
NAPLES (REUTERS).- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be alone in jail in London, but in the traditional Neapolitan Christmas creches he is in good company — with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Assange, who is depicted holding his trusty lap top, was creat…
Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange "Man of the Year" in Naples Nativity Creches
NAPLES (REUTERS).- Wikileaks founder Julian Assange may be alone in jail in London, but in the traditional Neapolitan Christmas creches he is in good company — with Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Assange, who is depicted holding his trusty lap top, was creat…
Audubon’s "Birds of America" Fetches $10 Million Establishing a New World Record
LONDON (AP).- It’s quite a nest egg. John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” a rare blend of art, natural history and craftsmanship, fetched more than $10 million at auction on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive published book. With its 43…
"Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt" Headed to Cincinnati Museum Center
CINCINNATI, OH.- The world of Cleopatra VII, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in Cincinnati on February 18, 2011 when “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt” opens its doors. Cincinnati …
The Herakleidon Museum Presents Exhibition "Edvard Munch, Beyond the Scream"
ATHENS.- The Herakleidon Museum opened the exhibition “Edvard Munch, Beyond the Scream” which will be on display from November 26th, 2010 until February 27th, 2011 and includes 80 graphic works of Edvard Munch from the Collection of the Tel Aviv Museum…
MacDougall’s Have the Top Lot of London’s "Russian Week", Early Masterpiece by Ivan Shishkin
LONDON.- MacDougall’s have the star lot of London’s “Russian Week”. Ivan Shishkin’s early masterpiece, View of Valaam Island, Kukko (est. £900,000–1,200,000) will be on sale at MacDougall’s Russian Art Auction on 2 D…
MacDougall’s Have the Top Lot of London’s "Russian Week", Early Masterpiece by Ivan Shishkin
LONDON.- MacDougall’s have the star lot of London’s “Russian Week”. Ivan Shishkin’s early masterpiece, View of Valaam Island, Kukko (est. £900,000–1,200,000) will be on sale at MacDougall’s Russian Art Auction on 2 D…
Mexico City’s "El Caracol" Gallery of History Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
MEXICO CITY.- With a photographic exhibition from the architect Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, a round table discussion and the publication of a commemorative leaflet, “El Caracol” Gallery of History will celebrate on November 26th 2010 its first 50…