LONDON.- Christie’s will offer the contents of one of the finest Regency villas in Bath, Crowe Hall, at the King Street salerooms on Thursday, 16 December 2010. Crowe Hall was the home of Sir Sydney Barratt (1898-1975), a chemist whose advice to S…
Roman Signer: Four Rooms, One Artist Opens at Swiss Institute
NEW YORK, NY.- Swiss Institute presents one of the rare solo exhibitions of Roman Signer in the United States. The renowned Swiss artist (*1938, lives in St. Gallen) will create a series of new works, installations and videos that typically include nea…
Roman Signer: Four Rooms, One Artist Opens at Swiss Institute
NEW YORK, NY.- Swiss Institute presents one of the rare solo exhibitions of Roman Signer in the United States. The renowned Swiss artist (*1938, lives in St. Gallen) will create a series of new works, installations and videos that typically include nea…
The Anatomy of Movement: Harold Edgerton- An Interview with the Curators
MADRID.- A Professor of Electrical Engineering, Harold Edgerton is considered more of a scientist than an artist. Combining the stroboscopic process with the camera’s flash, Edgerton was able to photograph an entire range of movement that could n…
Despite Scientists’ Warnings Spain’s Cultural Ministry to Reopen Caves of Altamira
MADRID (AP).- A cave complex boasting prized prehistoric
paintings will reopen after eight years of closure, despite scientist’s warnings
that heat and moisture from human visitors damage the site. The
caves, in Cantabria, Spain, were discov…