By: David Sharp, Associated Press
Glenn Adams, Associated Press
AUGUSTA, ME (AP).- Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to remove a mural depicting the history of the labor movement in Maine struck a raw nerve as critics lashed out in correspondence that p…
Works by Artist Embedded with the British Army in Afghanistan Exhibited at Bonhams
LONDON.- In February 2010 the Suffolk-based artist, Jules George, was sponsored by the Ministry of Defence to visit Afghanistan as an officially sanctioned war artist embedded with 2 Yorks (Green Howards), part of the 11th Light Brigade. The results o…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Artists Paint Over One Thousand Stark Portraits of Chinese Corrupt and Disgraced Officials
SHENZHEN, CHINA (REUTERS).-In a dingy studio flat in southern China, a half-naked painter dabs his brush gently over a portrait of Fu Yunsheng, a land official in northern China sentenced to death for embezzling millions. Squatting while dragging silen…
Michael Hoppen Contemporary Presents the Diorama Map Series Featuring Sohei Nishino
LONDON.- Sohei Nishino is one of the rising gems of contemporary Japanese photography. Discovered in 2008 by Michael Hoppen, 28 year old Nishino’s extraordinary photographic dioramas, monumental in size, map out the artist’s personal impressi…
Michael Hoppen Contemporary Presents the Diorama Map Series Featuring Sohei Nishino
LONDON.- Sohei Nishino is one of the rising gems of contemporary Japanese photography. Discovered in 2008 by Michael Hoppen, 28 year old Nishino’s extraordinary photographic dioramas, monumental in size, map out the artist’s personal impressi…
Scale Model of the Warsaw Ghetto at the "From Holocaust to Revival" Museum
YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…
Scale Model of the Warsaw Ghetto at the "From Holocaust to Revival" Museum
YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…
In Warsaw Ghetto Model, Holocaust Horror Paced Out
YAD MORDECHAI (REUTERS).- Survivors of one the darkest episodes of the Nazi-era have turned to light-and-sound shows and walk-through mockups in the hope their memories will not fade away into the history books. At the “From Holocaust to Revival” museu…