By: Dave Warner
GARDNERS, PA.- Halfway along a hiking trail that stretches along the east coast of the United States from Georgia to Maine, a museum celebrates the joys and wonders of the great outdoors. The Appalachian Trail Museum, in the tiny villag…
100 Years of Archaeological Research at Xochicalco Commemorated in Exhibition
MEXICO CITY.- Three life-sized Prehispanic sculptures found in fragments almost 20 years ago at Xochicalco Archaeological Zone, Morelos, are exhibited in public for the first time at Cuauhnahuac Regional Museum, after having been reassembled and restor…
Russia’s Venerable Bolshoi Theater to Reopen in October After Years of Reconstruction
MOSCOW (AP).- Russia’s venerable Bolshoi Theater — which survived fires, a Nazi bombing and Lenin’s request to have it blown up — is almost ready to reopen after years of reconstruction and will look just as it did during the czarist era. Th…
Neues Museum in Berlin by David Chipperfield Wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
BRUSSELS.- The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstru…
Neues Museum in Berlin by David Chipperfield Wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2011
BRUSSELS.- The Neues Museum in Berlin is the winner of the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation announced today. The building is a reconstru…
United States Government Returns Stolen Trove of Historic Archive Documents to Russia
MOSCOW (AP).- A trove of historic archive documents dating back to Catherine the Great that were stolen after the Soviet breakup were returned to Russia by the U.S. on Friday. The 21 documents include decrees issued by historical figures such as Czar …
Green Art Gallery Presents "Lucid Dreaming", First Solo Exhibition of Works by Ebru Uygun
DUBAI.- Green Art Gallery presents “Lucid Dreaming”, the first solo exhibition of works by rising Turkish painter Ebru Uygun in Dubai. Uygunʼs show inaugurates the new 3,000 s.q.f space at Al Serkal Avenue in Al Quoz, the up-and-coming a…
Cheim & Read Presents Exhibition of New Works by Collaborative Artists McDermott & McGough
NEW YORK, NY.- Cheim & Read presents an exhibition of new work by the collaborative artists McDermott & McGough. Their previous show with Cheim & Read was in 2008. David McDermott and Peter McGough (born 1952 and 1958), are known for their creative ap…
Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World at the British Museum Highlights Discoveries
LONDON.- Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World highlights some of the most important archaeological discoveries from ancient Afghanistan and displays precious and unique pieces on loan from the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul currently …
Metropolitan Museum to Undertake Major Redesign and Reconstruction of its Fifth Avenue Outdoor Plaza and Fountains
NEW YORK, NY.- The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that it would undertake a comprehensive, multi-year effort to redesign and rebuild the four-block-long outdoor plaza that fronts its landmark Fifth Avenue façade. The project will feature as one …