MEXICO CITY.- When looking for archaeological elements of the first constructive stage of Tlatelolco, to confirm a foundation date, researchers of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) found at Templo Mayor (Main Temple) a staircase…
Akron Art Museum, One of Only Two Venues in the U.S., to Host M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities
AKRON, OH.- You’ve seen the posters, now see the originals. As the last of only two venues in the United States to show this once-in-a-lifetime loan from Athens, Greece, M.C. Escher: Impossible Realities, on view at the Akron Art Museum February 1…
Artist Sam Gilliam Creates Site-Specific Work for the Phillips Collection’s 90th Anniversary
WASHINGTON, D.C.- In conjunction with The Phillips Collection’s 90th anniversary celebration in 2011, Washington-based, internationally recognized artist Sam Gilliam creates a site-specific work for the museum’s signature, elliptical staircas…
Largest Commissioned Sol LeWitt Scribble Drawing is Completed
BUFFALO, NY.- An ambitious installation of the largest commissioned scribble drawing by American artist Sol LeWitt, a pioneer in the development of Minimalism and Conceptual art in the 1960s and 1970s, has been completed at the Albright-Knox Art Galler…
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Claims Painting is by Rembrandt Not His Pupil
ROTTERDAM.- We have just been informed that Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen has a new Rembrandt in the collection. According to the new standard work on the painter, the painting ‘Tobias and His Wife’ is not the work of a pupil of Rembrandt, bu…
Tony Cragg in 4D: From Flux to Stability at the International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice
VENICE.- A project conceived especially for Ca’ Pesaro by one of the protagonists of sculpture today, Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949). With an itinerary through the three floors of Ca’ Pesaro – from the entrance hall and small room on the ground…
Tony Cragg in 4D: From Flux to Stability at the International Gallery of Modern Art in Venice
VENICE.- A project conceived especially for Ca’ Pesaro by one of the protagonists of sculpture today, Tony Cragg (Liverpool, 1949). With an itinerary through the three floors of Ca’ Pesaro – from the entrance hall and small room on the ground…