Brussels, Belgium – Now in its 29th year, the Art Brussels art fair, which will run from Thursday 28 April to Sunday 1 May 2011 is already being heralded as a must-see event for all lovers of contemporary art. Art Brussels, the fair for established a…
LACMA And The Getty Museum Acquire Robert Mapplethorpe Art And Archive
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and the J. Paul Getty Trust announced their joint acquisition of art and archival materials by or associated with Robert Mapplethorpe, one of the great photographers of the second half of t…
Polish Court Sentences Swede to Nearly Three Years in Prison Over Auschwitz Theft
KRAKOW (REUTERS).- A Polish court sentenced a Swedish man on Thursday to nearly three years in prison for masterminding the theft of the infamous “Arbeit macht frei” sign from the entry gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. The sign — an en…
Dora Carrington Drawing Scooped for Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum
LONDON.- Cecil Higgins Art Gallery & Bedford Museum has acquired an important topographical drawing by celebrated artist Dora Carrington (1893 – 1932), who attended Bedford High School as a child. Bedford Market (1911) was acquired at auction for …