SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- A partial copy of a 500-year-old book considered one of the earliest and most lavishly illustrated works of the 15th century is now on sale for $35,000 at a rare book shop in Utah. Book dealer Ken Sanders was shocked back in April…
Utah Tour Guide David Lund Accused by Government of Israel of Smuggling Artifacts
SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- Tour guide David Lund on Friday denied accusations by Israeli authorities that he was trying to smuggle antiquities from that country. Israeli authorities arrested Lund earlier this week on suspicion of trafficking antiquities, bu…
Partial Copy of the 500-Year-Old Nuremberg Chronicle by Anton Koberger Surfaces in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (AP).- Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising “rare” finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets. Sanders, who occasionally appraises items for PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, often…
Partial Copy of the 500-Year-Old Nuremberg Chronicle by Anton Koberger Surfaces in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (AP).- Book dealer Ken Sanders has seen a lot of nothing in his decades appraising “rare” finds pulled from attics and basements, storage sheds and closets. Sanders, who occasionally appraises items for PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, often…
Exhibition Examines the Pervasive Presence of Artist Robert Smithson in Contemporary Art
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts opened The Smithson Effect, an exhibition highlighting the pervasive presence of artist Robert Smithson (1938-1973) in contemporary art since the 1990s. The most ambitious contemporary art exhibition ev…
Colorado Couple Enters Guilty Pleas in Artifacts Case
By: Jennifer Dobner, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP).- A Colorado antiquities dealer indicted as part of sweeping federal investigation into the looting of southwestern American Indian artifacts on Wednesday pleaded guilty to reduced charges in S…
Utah Museum Presents One of the Most Important Photographers of the 20th Century
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- In the words of author Robert Coles, “Helen Levitt has had the uncanny ability to offer us those brief, revealing moments in everyday life that give our time here meaning.” The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents Hel…
Raptor-like Dinosaur Discovered in Eastern Utah
By: Josh Loftin, Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (AP).- A small, feathered raptor-like dinosaur thought to be 125 million years old has been discovered in eastern Utah, scientists announced Thursday. The Geminiraptor suarezarum was bipedal and, lik…
Commemorative Exhibition by Don Olsen Now on View at The Utah Museum of Fine Arts
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents Don Olsen: Abstracts from Nature, an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of the most influential abstract artists to have worked in Utah. Featuring ten abs…
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts Presents salt 2: Sophie Whettnall
SALT LAKE CITY, UT.- The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) presents salt 2: Sophie Whettnall, the second in the museum’s new series of exhibitions showcasing innovative art from around the world. salt aims to reflect the international impact of cont…