GAZA CITY (AP).- The Hamas militant group has turned the modest home of its founder into a museum — seven years after the wheelchair-bound Palestinian cleric was killed in an Israeli airstrike as he was wheeled out of a mosque. The Sheik Ahmed Ya…
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Photos of Beatles’ First United States Concert to Be Auctioned at Christie’s in New York
NEW YORK, NY (AP).- It was 1964. Beatlemania ruled. Two days after their momentous debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” the Fab Four boarded a train from New York for Washington, D.C., for their first U.S. concert. An enterprising 18-year-old Mike Mitchel…
Art Institute of Chicago’s James Cuno Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust
LOS ANGELES (REUTERS).- The Getty Trust on Monday named James Cuno to head up its renowned art museums and collections, the second time it has tapped a leader of the Art Institute of Chicago to run its wide-ranging arts programs. Cuno, who oversaw the…
West Dean Tapestry and Tracey Emin Collaborate on Tapestry to Be Unveiled at Saatchi Gallery
LONDON.- Tracey Emin has commissioned the West Dean Tapestry Studio to translate one of her paintings, Black Cat, into tapestry. This is Tracey’s first venture into this medium. The tapestry will be unveiled at COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery on the…
West Dean Tapestry Studio and Tracey Emin Collaborate on Tapestry to Be Unveiled at Saatchi Gallery
LONDON.- Tracey Emin has commissioned the West Dean Tapestry Studio to translate one of her paintings, Black Cat, into tapestry. This is Tracey’s first venture into this medium. The tapestry will be unveiled at COLLECT 2011, Saatchi Gallery on the…
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard Present PUBLICSFEAR, their Frst Major Exhibition in London
LONDON.- For their first major exhibition in London, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard present PUBLICSFEAR, bringing together film, video and sound works made over the past seven years. The artists are primarily known for their ongoing interest in music and …
Clearing Work Completed by Israel Antiquities Authority on a Second Temple Period Water Channel
JERUSALEM.- Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run…
Clearing Work Completed by Israel Antiquities Authority on a Second Temple Period Water Channel
JERUSALEM.- Clearing work has been completed on a Second Temple Period water channel in excavations being conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in the City of David located within the Jerusalem Walls National Park. The excavations are being run…
Dorit Margreiter: Description Opens at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia
MADRID.- For Dorit Margreiter questions pertaining to the preservation or, conversely, the destruction of late Modernist architecture provide the occasion for probing larger issues shaping our contemporary socio-cultural context. Comprised of a careful…