WINTERTHUR.- Ai Weiwei – Interlacing is the first major exhibition of photographs and videos by Ai Weiwei. It foregrounds Ai Weiwei the communicator – the documenting, analyzing, interweaving artist who communicates via many channels. Ai Weiw…
Newseum Website Crashes On News Of Osama bin Laden "Dead"
WASHINGTON (AP) — When big news breaks, newspapers are in demand despite the immediacy of online news. Newspaper across the country including The New York Times, The Washington Post and The News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., printed extra …
The Getty Museum’s Rebecca Taylor Appointed Communications Director at MoMA PS1
NEW YORK, NY.- Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1 and Chief Curator at Large at MoMA, announced that Rebecca Taylor has been appointed Communications Director at MoMA PS1. In this role, Ms. Taylor will manage all communications functions for MoMA P…
China Blocks Well-Known Artist Ai Weiwei from Boarding Plane to Hong Kong
BEIJING (AP).- China blocked one of its most famous contemporary artists from taking a flight to Hong Kong on Sunday and police later raided his Beijing studio, the man’s assistant said. The artist, Ai Weiwei, is an outspoken government critic and has …
A New iPhone App, Which Recognizes Art, Set to Transform the Art Fair Experience
NEW YORK, NY.- From Thursday, March 3, to Sunday, March 6, 2011, iPhone-toting visitors to Pulse, SCOPE, VOLTA NY, Fountain, and Moving Image will experience the New York art fairs in a new way thanks to a “next-gen” mobile technology that recognizes …
Fans Rally to Raise Money for RoboCop Statue in Detroit
DETROIT, MI (REUTERS).- Like RoboCop himself in the cult classic movie, plans for a statue of the mechanized crime fighter in Detroit may not be dead after all. On Monday, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing touched off a debate on the internet when his office rej…
Dallas Museum of Art Filming Video Series that will Premiere on YouTube in February
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art is expanding its successful social media presence with a series of six online videos. The videos will be used to give visitors an online welcome and introduction and offer a better look into the Museum and its prog…
Dallas Museum of Art Filming Video Series that will Premiere on YouTube in February
DALLAS, TX.- The Dallas Museum of Art is expanding its successful social media presence with a series of six online videos. The videos will be used to give visitors an online welcome and introduction and offer a better look into the Museum and its prog…
At DC Comics, Readers’ Letters to Make a Return to the Pages of its Comic Books
PHILADELPHIA, PA. (AP) .- Posting comments via Facebook or Twitter seems faster than a speeding bullet, but DC Comics is going back to its Silver and Bronze Age ways, returning readers’ letters to the pages of its comic books. The New York-based publis…
Get It Louder: China’s Most Influential and Closely-Watched Exhibition of Emerging, Young Talent
BEIJING.- Launched in 2005, Get It Louder is China’s most influential and closely-watched exhibition of emerging, young talent across creative disciplines. Following the 2005 and 2007 editions, this year’s multi-venue event will bring together more tha…