TORONTO (AP).- A dress worn by Princess Diana when she danced with John Travolta brought in the top bid at a Toronto auction that featured some of late princess’ well-known designer gowns. The midnight-blue silk velvet dress designed by Victor Edelste…
Atlanta Artist Radcliffe Bailey Makes Headline Debut at The High Museum of Art
ATLANTA (AP).- On a recent Thursday night, a black employee of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art summed up the magnitude of the new exhibition by artist Radcliffe Bailey. “He’s on the second floor,” the man said, smiling and nodding. “That’s where they put …
Galileo Honored by Vatican and American Academy in Rome, on Anniversary
LONDON.-Four hundred years after Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop, the astronomer condemned by the Catholic Church was celebrated on the same spot with a multimedia art exhibit that, oddly enough, included…
Galileo Honored by Vatican and American Academy in Rome, on Anniversary
LONDON.-Four hundred years after Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop, the astronomer condemned by the Catholic Church was celebrated on the same spot with a multimedia art exhibit that, oddly enough, included…
Weekly Internet Rare Books Auction to Start March 3 at Heritage Auctions
DALLAS, TX.- Heritage Auctions has announced the start of Weekly Internet Rare Books Auctions, with the first auction starting Thursday, March 3, at 10 p.m. CST. The auctions will then operate in a rolling format, with an auction ending every Thursday …
In Front of Thousands of Collectors, Haiti’s Earthquake Spurs Miami Art Fair Projects
MIAMI (AP).- A young boy reaching toward a glimmer of light took shape as Haitian graffiti artist Jerry Rosembert Moise sprayed paint on the wall of an impoverished neighborhood’s youth center. It’s the kind of clearly hopeful image Moise developed aft…
After 23,358 Submissions, Mediums Collide at YouTube’s Guggenheim Exhibit
NEW YORK (AP).- After 23,358 submissions and countless double-clicks, the results are in for YouTube’s “biennial of creative video.” On Thursday night, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Google Inc.-owned video website presented “YouTube Play,” a…
Ray Charles Memorial Library Officially Opens in Los Angeles
B>LOS ANGELES (AP)- On what would have been his 80th birthday, Ray Charles has joined the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in Southern California. The Ray Charles Memorial Library officially opened…
Ray Charles Memorial Library Officially Opens in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP)- On what would have been his 80th birthday, Ray Charles has joined the likes of past presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan with his own namesake library in Southern California. The Ray Charles Memorial Library officially opened i…
Art Detroit Now Presents Detroit Gallery Week
DETROIT, MI.- Detroit Gallery Week, Art Detroit Now’s third annual event, will run from Monday, Sept. 27 to Sunday, Oct. 3 in 16 metro Detroit cities. Thousands are expected to attend contemporary art openings, exhibitions and demonstrations at lo…