LONDON (REUTERS).- Lowry’s lonely people, Tracey Emin’s scrawlings and a mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I are just a few of the gems from the British government’s art collection unveiled to the public for the first time this week. The exhibition, at…
Moments of Our Time: Photography that Define Modern History at Atlas Gallery
LONDON.- As a sequel to the gallery’s exhibition of May 2010, ‘Faces of our Times’, Atlas presents an exhibition of rare photographs capturing key historical events of the last one hundred years. Many of the photographs featured in this …
Nazi Warplane, Thought to Be World’s Last Known Example, Lying Off UK Coast is Intact
LONDON (REUTERS).- A rare World War Two German bomber, shot down over the English Channel in 1940 and hidden for years by shifting sands at the bottom of the sea, is so well preserved a British museum wants to raise it. The Dornier 17 — thought to be …
Rose Meditative at Laleh June Galerie, Basel
Rose Méditative 18 February–9 April 2011 Opening: Friday, February 18, 2011 6–8 p.m. Laleh June Galerie Picassoplatz 4 4052 Basel, Switzerland T +41.61. 228.77.7 info@lalehjune.com lalehjune.com Rose Meditative at Laleh June Galerie, Basel Anoush Abrar, Rob and Nick Carter, Crystel Ceresa, Bouke de Vries, Cris Faria, Aimée Hoving, Behrouz Rae, Marc Rembold and Christian Robert-Tissot. […]
Artist Mladen Miljanovic Draws Inspiration from Bosnia’s Turmoil
BANJA LUKA (REUTERS).- Ethnic tension and the haunting memory of war vex Bosnia 15 years after Europe’s worst fighting since World War Two, but artist Mladen Miljanovic draws inspiration from such turmoil. Working in a wide variety of media from painti…
Artist Mladen Miljanovic Draws Inspiration from Bosnia’s Turmoil
BANJA LUKA (REUTERS).- Ethnic tension and the haunting memory of war vex Bosnia 15 years after Europe’s worst fighting since World War Two, but artist Mladen Miljanovic draws inspiration from such turmoil. Working in a wide variety of media from painti…
Parched English Fields, Known as Crop Marks, Reveal Ancient Sites
LONDON (REUTERS).- The exceptionally dry early summer months in Britain have revealed the ghostly outlines of several hundred previously unknown ancient sites buried in fields across the English countryside. From Roman forts to Neolithic settlements an…
Parched English Fields, Known as Crop Marks, Reveal Ancient Sites
LONDON (REUTERS).- The exceptionally dry early summer months in Britain have revealed the ghostly outlines of several hundred previously unknown ancient sites buried in fields across the English countryside. From Roman forts to Neolithic settlements an…
Dramatic Painting Capturing World War Two Horrors Acquired for Ben Uri
LONDON.- London’s Ben Uri Gallery has announced that it has bought a dramatic watercolour by distinguished German artist George Grosz. The painting captures the horrors of the Second World War. George Grosz (1893 –1959) is renowned for challe…
Dramatic Painting Capturing World War Two Horrors Acquired for Ben Uri
LONDON.- London’s Ben Uri Gallery has announced that it has bought a dramatic watercolour by distinguished German artist George Grosz. The painting captures the horrors of the Second World War. George Grosz (1893 –1959) is renowned for challe…