JOHANNESBURG (AP.- The central Johannesburg building where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo had a historic law office was on the verge of collapse. Now, city officials hope it will anchor a renaissance. Amos Masondo, the mayor of South Africa’s largest …
Johannesburg Saves Nelson Mandela’s Old Law Offices, Turns Them into Museum
JOHANNESBURG (AP.- The central Johannesburg building where Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo had a historic law office was on the verge of collapse. Now, city officials hope it will anchor a renaissance. Amos Masondo, the mayor of South Africa’s largest …
Snap Galleries Presents Michael Putland’s Second Solo Exhibition with the Gallery
LONDON.- Snap Galleries hosted a solo show for Michael Putland in their Birmingham gallery in 2005 which was a great success, and now they are working with Michael again on this new exhibition of triptychs. In this new exhibition, Michael Putland prese…
Seventy-Two Years After the Nazis Arrived, Restored Renaissance Synagogue to Reopen in Poland
ZAMOSC (AP).- Seventy-two years after the Nazis arrived, the Polish town of Zamosc is getting its synagogue back. One of the most important surviving synagogues in Poland, a Renaissance gem looted by the Nazis and suffering from decades of neglect, is …
First Dinosaur Fossil, a Long-Necked, Plant-Eating Sauropod, Discovered in Angola
JOHANNESBURG (AP).- Scientists say they have discovered the first fossil of a dinosaur in Angola, and that it’s a new creature, heralding a research renaissance in a country slowly emerging from decades of war. A paper published Wednesday in the Annals…
Shane Guffogg’s At the Still Point Series on View at Leslie Sacks Fine Art in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Shane Guffogg’s At the Still Point series began with a late 2009 drawing, Xingu I (Private collection, Santa Monica, California). So, for more than a year now, Guffogg has been drilling straight down with a single minded focus an…
Exhibit at Franklin Institute in Philadelphia Offers fresh Look at Leonardo da Vinci
PHILADELPHIA (REUTERS).- If it’s hard to grasp the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, it may be because he left no working models of the drawings that showed his intimate grasp of fields ranging from engineering to botany and anatomy. But Philadelphia’s Fran…
Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS, MN.- An important international exhibition, “Beauty and Power: Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes from the Peter Marino Collection” opens at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA) February 6 and runs through May 15. Additionally, t…
Exhibition of French Drawings from Poussin to Seurat at the National Galleries in Scotland
EDINBURGH.- An outstanding collection of French master drawings will be the focus of a new display at the National Gallery Complex in Edinburgh next spring. Over the last thirty years the Gallery has carefully and deliberately strengthened its holding…
Israel Museum Explores the Seasons with Works by Pissarro, Rodin, Sisley, and Others
JERUSALEM.- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, opened a new exhibition exploring the visual depiction of the four seasons in European art from the 16th century onward. The Four Seasons, on view through December 2011, examines the connection among art, mytho…