LONDON (AP).- It’s a battered brick building behind a high wall in London — austere, overlooked and slated for demolition. Look closer, and it’s linked to one of Britain’s greatest authors as well as to a shameful period in the nation’s social his…
Egypt Army Secures Egyptian Museum with Pharaonic Treasures: Report from Cairo
CAIRO (REUTERS).- Army units secured the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo against possible looting on Friday, protecting a building with spectacular pharaonic treasures such as the death mask of the boy king Tutankhamun, state TV said. The news follows…
Berlin-Based Artist Andy Hope 1930 Opens "On Time" at Metro Pictures
NEW YORK, NY.- For his season opening exhibition at Metro Pictures, the Berlin-based artist Andy Hope 1930 presents ON TIME, an exhibition of painting and three-dimensional forms that channel the evidence of art as a ghostly manifestation in a paranorm…
NYC to Plunk Down Pianos at Ferry, Brooklyn Bridge
NEW YORK (AP).- Consider them keys to the city: Anyone who gets a sudden itch to tickle the ivories will be able to play free public pianos in 50 places throughout New York City, from the Coney Island boardwalk to the Metropolitan Museum. An art instal…