Chief of American Academy in Rome Is to Step Down
ROME — The president and chief executive of the American Academy in Rome, Adele Chatfield-Taylor, announced on Thursday that she would step down at the end of next year after nearly 25 years as leader...
View ArticleAdelaide connection in trove of World War I pictures from France
A TROVE of photographs of unnamed World War I soldiers discovered last year in three large chests in France has found a powerful Adelaide connection. Ever since journalist Ross Coulthart discovered...
View ArticleUS writer Julie Otsuka wins Femina foreign novel prize
American writer Julie Otsuka (left) won France’s Femina foreign novel prize on Monday for her second novel, The Buddha in the Attic. The Prix Femina went to French writer Patrick Deville (right) for...
View ArticleRaphaëlle de Groot of Montreal wins $50K Sobey Art Award
Raphaëlle de Groot of Montreal has been named winner of the $50,000 Sobey Art Award, a prize for emerging contemporary artists. (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia ) Raphaëlle de Groot of Montreal has been...
View ArticleMFAH has a new Kuwait connection
Houston Chronicle | November 2, 2012 | Updated: November 3, 2012 1:26pm Comments (0) E-mail Print Tweet Page 1 of 1 It wasn't quite as simple as rubbing Aladdin's lamp, but the Museum of Fine Arts,...
View Article"Marie Antoinette" reigns in modern compassionate take on misunderstood queen
Related topics Yale Repertory TheatreYale RepMarie Antoinettetheater in Connecticut Rating for "Marie Antoinette" at Yale Rep 5 Advertisement David Adjmi's new play "Marie Antoinette," now enjoying a...
View ArticleChina's Leading Contemporary Artist Gets First UK Show
LONDON, November 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The first solo British exhibition by leading Chinese artist, Zeng Fanzhi, will open at Gagosian in London on 20 November 2012. (Photo:...
View ArticleNothing but raves for the new 'Karenina'
Related topics film reviewTolstoyTom StoppardJoe WrightKeira Knightley Rating for "Anna Karenina" 5 Advertisement The iconic opening of Tolstoy's 1877 "Anna Karenina" - "Happy families are all alike;...
View Article‘Signals’ shows there’s plenty going on in Washington’s art scene
About 50 years ago, our town was home to an art movement of significance, the Washington Color School. (How much significance? That’s still a matter of debate.) No subsequent group of local artists...
View ArticleFAVORITE TREASURES OF SHOSO-IN / Dazzling twirl depicts ancient people's...
This is the second in a series of interviews in which prominent figures discuss their affection for one of the artifacts displayed at the 64th Annual Exhibition of...
View Article'Wozzeck': not to be missed in L.A. and N.Y.
Related topics WozzeckEsa-Pekka SalonenCal Performances Rating for Philharmonia concert performance of Berg's "Wozzeck" 5 Advertisement A white-heat intensive, glorious concert performance of Alban...
View ArticleFirst World War medal goes home to Kahnawake
A Victory medal awarded to First World War soldier Pte. James Beauvais is shown by his great-niece, Lynn Beauvais Wednesday, November 7, 2012 in Khanawake, Que. The lost medal has been returned,...
View ArticleAncient Americas events this weekend, Nov. 3-4, 2012
Related topics Ancient CivilizationsNative AmericanMayanHistoryarchaeologyarcheology Advertisement November is Native American History month. Check out some of these great lectures and symposiums that...
View ArticleGae Aulenti obituary
Italian architect and designer who created the Musée d'Orsay from a railway station The Musée d'Orsay in Paris was created out of the Beaux Arts-style Gare d'Orsay to create a new art space. It...
View ArticleStolen Rembrandts, other masterpieces, net thieves little more than heat,...
The largest art heist in history, a brazen theft of masterpieces by such painters as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Manet valued at $580 million, likely left the thieves with nothing but heat. In the early...
View Article5 free things to do in Paris includes Sacre Coeur, romance
The 400-year-old Tuileries gardens sit tranquilly in the heart of the capital between the Louvre Museum and the Place de la Concorde. (Remy de la Mauviniere, The Associated Press) PARIS — Paris is one...
View ArticleFort Myers metal sculptor Byron Wood exhibiting at Museum of the Everglades
Related topics Arts & Exhibits Advertisement Local metal sculptor Byron M. Wood is exhibiting his work at the Museum of the Everglades in Everglades City during the month of November. The exhibit...
View ArticleMade in St. Louis: Local designer makes hand-crafted jewelry
MICHELLE CARYN EVANS:BC feature 1st graph--> Home • Olivette Age • 43 Family • Married with an 18-year-old daughter. What she makes”•”She is the owner of Michelle Caryn Design, and she makes...
View ArticleAn Oil-Rich Revolution
By JONATHAN LOPEZ The Road to Van Eyck Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Through Feb. 10 Rotterdam, Netherlands Early in the 15th century, the Van Eyck family of Netherlandish painters—principally...
View ArticleMichaan, Auction House in the Bay Area, Presents Our National Treasures by...
Bay Area auction house, Michaan, announces that the Louis Comfort Tiffany collection, from Japan, will be up for auction on November 17th. Alameda, CA (PRWEB) November 14, 2012 Many of the finest...
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