TOKYO (AP).- A Japanese music foundation has sold a renowned Stradivarius violin for $16 million at a London auction to raise money for tsunami disaster relief. The nonprofit Nippon Foundation said Tuesday the proceeds from selling the nearly 300-year…
"Waves at Matsushima" at the Sackler Gallery Honor’s Japan’s Beloved Pine Islands
WASHINGTON.- Long revered as one of Japan’s most beautiful sites, Matsushima Bay endured the unleashing of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. Despite its proximity to the epicenter of the underwater earthquake, the site …
"Waves at Matsushima" at the Sackler Gallery in Washington DC
WASHINGTON, DC.- Long revered as one of Japan’s most beautiful sites, Matsushima Bay endured the unleashing of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. Despite its proximity to the epicenter of the underwa…
A Collaboration between VIWA & Tomoaki Tarutani at the Karin Weber Gallery in Hong Kong
Hong Kong.- In the wake of the Japan earthquake and tsunami the world was in awe of the of the Japanese. Many said it was the root values of politeness and service to the greater good of society in their culture and national identity that helped the…
Japan Nuclear Woes Prompt Visitors to New Mexico Museum
ALBUQUERQUE (AP).- The National Museum of Nuclear Science and History is seeing more visitors since a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused fears for the safety of a nuclear plant. KRQE television reports workers at the southeast Albuquerque …
Kodachrome Film Processing by Southeast Kansas Business to Stop Soon
PARSONS (AP).- A southeast Kansas business that is the last place in the world to process Kodachrome has been inundated with the elaborately crafted color-reversal film as it prepares to stop handling it. Grant Steinle primarily runs Dwayne’s Photo, t…
Kodachrome Film Processing by Southeast Kansas Business to Stop Soon
PARSONS (AP).- A southeast Kansas business that is the last place in the world to process Kodachrome has been inundated with the elaborately crafted color-reversal film as it prepares to stop handling it. Grant Steinle primarily runs Dwayne’s Photo, t…
Ancient City by the Sea, Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…
Ancient City by the Sea, Known as Leukaspis or Antiphrae, Rises Amid Egypt’s Resorts
MARINA, EGYPT (AP).- Today, it’s a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt’s wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on th…