NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience. The free app includes images of local public art along with a brief desc…
New and Free App "Take it Artside!" to Bring Kentucky’s Art Scene to Wider Audience
NEW YORK, NY (REUTERS).- A new iPhone app is opening up Kentucky’s art scene to the public by bringing thousands of works of art in small American communities to a wider audience. The free app includes images of local public art along with a brief desc…
Anti-Government Protesters in Cairo Smash Treasures and Mummies in Egyptian Museum
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Looters broke into the Cairo museum housing the world’s greatest collection of Pharaonic treasures, smashing several statues and damaging two mummies, while police battled anti-government protesters on the streets. Arabiya television …
Nefertiti’s Bust will Stay in German Capital Says Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit
BERLIN (REUTERS).- Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit said Friday that Germany would not send the bust of an ancient Egyptian queen to modern-day Egypt because it was obtained nearly a century ago. Wowereit defended a German foundation’s possession of Neferti…
Christie’s Two-Part Sale of Old Master & 19th Century Art Totals a Combined $36,671,625
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- An iconic 19th-Century painting depicting an Ottoman Empire reserve soldier and his hunting dogs sold for $1.65 million on Wednesday at Christie’s Old Master and 19th-Century paintings auction. “Master of the Hounds,” by Jean Leon …
Rare Andy Warhol Self Portrait to Go Under Hammer a Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A rare Andy Warhol self portrait in stark white and red, which had been in private hands for over 30 years, will go on sale at Christie’s in London next month, anchoring the auctioneer’s post-war and contemporary art offering. The …
After 222 Years, First Draft of a Poem by Robert Burns, is Found in Castle in Scotland
EDINBURGH (REUTERS).- Staff at a castle in Scotland have discovered a rare letter including the first draft of a poem by Robert Burns 222 years after he posted it. The letter — which includes a draft of “On Seeing a Wounded Hare” — surfaced at Floors…
New iPad Application Tells John F. Kennedy’s Story Fifty Years After Inauguration
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Fifty years after John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, a new iPad application dedicated to the late president’s life aims to be a multimedia museum for history buffs. The app, by New York City-based historian and publisher Marc Schulman…
Germany’s Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Refuses to Return Nefertiti Bust to Egypt
BERLIN (REUTERS).- A German foundation rejected Monday an Egyptian request to return the 3,400-year-old bust of Queen Nefertiti, a sculpture which draws over one million viewers annually to a Berlin museum. Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)…
Art Lovers Queue through Night for Glimpse of Monet at the Grand Palais in Paris
PARIS (REUTERS).- Thousands of art lovers queued in freezing temperatures on Saturday night for a final glimpse of a major retrospective on French Impressionist Claude Monet, after Paris’ Grand Palais opened round the clock to cope with demand. Wrapped…