FOLKESTONE.- Georgina Baker has been selected as Folkestone’s answer to Copenhagen’s famous “Little Mermaid” statue. Local resident Georgina will strike the distinctive “Mermaid” pose as the model for a life-size bronze st…
Archaeologists Use Total Station to Conduct 3D Scan of Prehispanic Shaft Tomb
MEXICO CITY.- Archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) conducted for the first time the three-dimensional registration of a shaft tomb, underground spaces used during Prehispanic time as funerary chambers in the wes…
The National Museum of Women in the Arts Presents P(art)ners: Gifts from the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Beginning this winter through March 6, 2011, the National Museum of Women in the Arts presents P(art)ners: Gifts from the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection, an exhibition of 28 contemporary photographs and sculptures drawn from the …
Suite Fine Art Gallery Presents Exhibition Concerned with the Meaning of Formal Disorder
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND.- {Suite} Fine Art Gallery present Spatial Disruptions by Jennifer Mason from 12 – 29 December 2010. Spatial Disruptions is concerned with the meaning of formal disorder. Familiar domestic spaces lacking in architectural c…
Mexican Archaeologists Say Tonina Ballgame Court may Be the One Described in Popol Vuh
MEXICO CITY.- The recent finding of 2 sculptures with the shape of a serpent’s head that 1,500 years ago were part of the Ballgame at the Maya city of Tonina, Chiapas today, were found by archaeologists of the National Institute of Anthropology an…
Museum of Contemporary Art Presents Its 100th Artist for December: Jessica Labatt
CHICAGO, IL.- Jessica Labatte, the 100th artist to participate in the UBS 12 x 12 series, explores the color and shape of everyday objects and materials to create an installation that combines the traditions of collage and still life with the illusi…
New Works by Grayson Perry to Go on Show in Manchester
LONDON.- Two major new works by Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry are to go on show in Manchester in the New Year. They have just been bought for Manchester Art Gallery’s permanent collection. The Art Fund gave £24,025 to help the Gallery…
Never-Before-Seen Works at the Art Gallery of Ontario Reveal a Darker Side to Henry Moore
TORONTO, ON.- An exhibition heralded by the Guardian as “the most important exhibition of [Henry] Moore’s work for a generation” is coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario this fall. The Shape of Anxiety: Henry Moore in the 1930s is a drama…
Never-Before-Seen Works at the AGO Reveal a Darker Side to Henry Moore
TORONTO, ON.- An exhibition heralded by the Guardian as “the most important exhibition of [Henry] Moore’s work for a generation” is coming to the Art Gallery of Ontario this fall. The Shape of Anxiety: Henry Moore in the 1930s is a dramatic recon…
Russian Claims to Uncover "Caucasian Stonehenge"
By: Mansur Mirovalev, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW (AP).- A Russian archaeologist claimed Tuesday to have found the well-preserved ruins of a “Caucasian Stonehenge” built by a previously unknown Bronze Age civilization in southern Russia. Andrey Beli…