NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Bankrupt financial group Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is selling off part of its art collection, including works by Gerhard Richter and Maya Lin, in the hopes of returning millions to creditors. Despite a lukewarm modern art market…
Mystery Bidder Buys Berlin’s "Checkpoint Bravo"
BERLIN (REUTERS).- A mystery telephone bidder purchased a piece of history in the form of “Checkpoint Bravo” — once one of the busiest crossing points between East and West Berlin — in an auction Thursday. The sole bidder secured the site — which in…
Virtual Fire by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz to Rage in the Colosseum for Art
ROME (REUTERS).- Raging fire will appear to consume Rome’s ancient Colosseum in a dramatic art spectacle over the next few nights aimed at igniting debate on the fragility of Europe’s cultural heritage sites. For artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz, engu…
Virtual Fire by Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz to Rage in the Colosseum for Art
ROME (REUTERS).- Raging fire will appear to consume Rome’s ancient Colosseum in a dramatic art spectacle over the next few nights aimed at igniting debate on the fragility of Europe’s cultural heritage sites. For artists Thyra Hilden and Pio Diaz, engu…
Hitler’s Car Gift to Nepal King to Get a New Life
By: Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (REUTERS).- A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday. The 1939 Mercedes Benz w…
Hitler’s Car Gift to Nepal King to Get a New Life
By: Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU (REUTERS).- A car said to have been a gift from Adolf Hitler to a Nepali king will be repaired and used to drive visitors around the grounds of a palace museum, a government official said on Thursday. The 1939 Mercedes Benz w…
Global Positioning System? Mapquest? Not for Fans of Hand-Drawn Maps
BOSTON (REUTERS).- As high-tech mapping services such as Garmin, Google and MapQuest make finding directions easier than ever, a new movement has revived interest in maps made by hand, as a route toward personal expression. Ingrid Burrington plotted en…
Home of "Ice Giants" Thaws, Shows Pre-Viking Reindeer Hunts
JUVFONNA (REUTERS).- Climate change is exposing reindeer hunting gear used by the Vikings’ ancestors faster than archaeologists can collect it from ice thawing in northern Europe’s highest mountains. “It’s like a time machine…the ice has not been thi…
Global Positioning System? Mapquest? Not for Fans of Hand-Drawn Maps
BOSTON (REUTERS).- As high-tech mapping services such as Garmin, Google and MapQuest make finding directions easier than ever, a new movement has revived interest in maps made by hand, as a route toward personal expression. Ingrid Burrington plotted en…
"Notorious & Notable" Fashion Exhibit Pays Homage to New York Style Icons
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- Fashion may be for followers but style is original is the message of a new exhibit which gives a glimpse into the closets of 81 women who made their mark on Manhattan. “Notorious & Notable: 20th Century Women of Style,” which opens…