ATHENS (AP).- Archaeologists on the island of Crete have discovered what may be evidence of one of the world’s first sea voyages by human ancestors, the Greek Culture Ministry said Monday A ministry statement said experts from Greece and the U.S. have …
Grand Rapids Awaits ArtPrize Crowds, Back for a Second Year
GRAND RAPIDS (AP).- ArtPrize, the Grand Rapids art show and competition that surprised locals by drawing tens of thousands of visitors when it debuted in 2009, is back for a second year. And it’s expected to be even bigger this time. The southwestern …
Grand Rapids Awaits ArtPrize Crowds, Back for a Second Year
GRAND RAPIDS (AP).- ArtPrize, the Grand Rapids art show and competition that surprised locals by drawing tens of thousands of visitors when it debuted in 2009, is back for a second year. And it’s expected to be even bigger this time. The southwestern …
United States Decision to Attend Hiroshima Memorial Hailed
HIROSHIMA (AP).- The site of the world’s first atomic attack swarmed with tens of thousands of people Thursday as Hiroshima prepared for a memorial that will for the first time have representatives from the United States and other major nuclear powers….
Ice Age Baby Mammoth on Display at Museum in Southeast France
PARIS (AP).- After tens of thousands of years under the Siberian frost, a baby woolly mammoth is taking a summer vacation in southeast France. Baby Khroma, one of the oldest intact mammoths ever found, went on display in a French museum Friday – after …
Local Architect to Design Saint Louis Art Museum Education Center
ST. LOUIS, MO.- The Board of Commissioners of the Saint Louis Art Museum announces the selection of St. Louis-based TAO + Lee Associates, Inc. as architect for the Museum’s South Building Education Center. As part of the Art Museum’s expansion, cu…
Auction of the World’s Largest Collection of Original Vintage Glamour Photography
CALABASAS, CA.- George Hurrell’s iconic portrait
of Jean Harlow on a white bearskin rug created for Vanity Fair magazine now
spearheads the largest auction of Glamour Photography in art history. The
original camera negative, as well as a custo…
Initial Stages of New Egypt Museum Completed
CAIRO (AP).- Egypt’s massive new museum for its famous antiquities now has a power plant, a fire station and its own conservation center, and over the next two years it will become home to some 100,000 artifacts, officials said Monday. A partial openin…