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…
"Nueva York" Turns Lens South to New York Hispanic Roots
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A new exhibit at El Museo del Barrio turns an historic lens on New York’s north-south relations, highlighting its long and deep roots with the Spanish-speaking world. “Nueva York: 1613-1945,” which opens on September 17 and runs un…
"Nueva York" Turns Lens South to New York Hispanic Roots
NEW YORK (REUTERS).- A new exhibit at El Museo del Barrio turns an historic lens on New York’s north-south relations, highlighting its long and deep roots with the Spanish-speaking world. “Nueva York: 1613-1945,” which opens on September 17 and runs un…
War Photographer Paolo Pellegrin Takes a Shot at Fashion
PARIS(REUTERS).- Award winning photographer Paolo Pellegrin has documented many of the world’s danger zones from Lebanon to Kosovo and Rwanda to Haiti. In 1995, his stunning reportage on AIDS in Uganda received the World Press and the Kodak Young Photo…
War Photographer Pellegrin Takes a Shot at Fashion
PARIS(REUTERS).- Award winning photographer Paolo Pellegrin has documented many of the world’s danger zones from Lebanon to Kosovo and Rwanda to Haiti. In 1995, his stunning reportage on AIDS in Uganda received the World Press and the Kodak Young Photo…
Dutch Painter and Cobra Movement Co-Founder Corneille Dies
AMSTERDAM (REUTERS).- The Dutch painter Corneille, co-founder of the avant-garde Cobra movement, died on Sunday at the age of 88, the Dutch Cobra museum said on Sunday. The Dutch news agency NOS said he had died in France, where he lived and worked. Bo…
Artist Mladen Miljanovic Draws Inspiration from Bosnia’s Turmoil
BANJA LUKA (REUTERS).- Ethnic tension and the haunting memory of war vex Bosnia 15 years after Europe’s worst fighting since World War Two, but artist Mladen Miljanovic draws inspiration from such turmoil. Working in a wide variety of media from painti…
Artist Mladen Miljanovic Draws Inspiration from Bosnia’s Turmoil
BANJA LUKA (REUTERS).- Ethnic tension and the haunting memory of war vex Bosnia 15 years after Europe’s worst fighting since World War Two, but artist Mladen Miljanovic draws inspiration from such turmoil. Working in a wide variety of media from painti…
Walking in a Cloud at Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
VENICE (REUTERS).- If you thought that the world’s biggest architecture show would be about buildings, this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale has a few surprises in store. Highlights include a steel ramp sneaking into a cloud, a pitch-black room wher…
Walking in a Cloud at Venice Architecture Biennale 2010
VENICE (REUTERS).- If you thought that the world’s biggest architecture show would be about buildings, this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale has a few surprises in store. Highlights include a steel ramp sneaking into a cloud, a pitch-black room wher…