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A piece of Coventry history is bought by the Herbert
A UNIQUE part of Coventry's past has been purchased by the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum and will be on display in its History Gallery.
The Herbert purchased the 'Great Exhibition Prize Medal' which was awarded to the Coventry Ribbon…
“Too Often You’re Bored”: How Roger Federer Was Different from Bjorn Borg and…
Renowned sports journalist Christopher Clarey, who is the New York Times tennis writer, recently published a book on Roger Federer titled “The Master: Roger Federer's Glittering Career”. The biography chronicles Federer's life taking help…
The government spent € 28,500 on four busts of John Hume “to promote the political interests…
THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS has spent over € 80,000 on artwork for its embassies, consulates and offices over the past two years, including four busts of the late SDLP leader John Hume and an oil…
Joseon’s first photographer: The DONG-A ILBO
“I saw my reflection on a little piece. My real self was engraved on rasaji, ”wrote Lee Hang-eok, a junior official who was in the entourage accompanying the Joseon delegation to the Qing dynasty. Lee laid eyes on photographs, a new…
Return to the home of Kinmen’s first national antiquity
Taipei, December 23 (CNA) The first nationally recognized Kinmen antiquity and the oldest privately held ancestral portrait were unboxed on Sunday ahead of an exhibition in January at the Kinmen History and Folklore Museum.The portrait of…
Arts Council for 2022
Despite nearly two years of disruption and intermittent COVID-19 restrictions, the Sunshine Coast Arts Council (SCAC) enters 2022 in good financial health and with an interesting lineup of exhibitions and with plans to expand and…
The New Museum will present Faith Ringgold’s first comprehensive retrospective in New York.
Faith Ringgold, Woman on a Bridge # 1 of 5: Tar Beach, 1988. Acrylic paint, canvas, printed fabric, ink and thread, 74 5/8 x 68 ½ in. (189.5 x 174 cm). Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Gift Mr. and Mrs. Gus and Judith Leiber,…
Around town: the “Skate with HBPD” event is scheduled for Wednesday
Huntington Beach Police Department officers and other officials will be on hand Wednesday for a "Skate with HBPD" event at the city's Winter Wonderland at Pier Plaza.HBPD officers will be at the rink between 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on…
Greek goddess in the spotlight at the opening of the exhibition
Head of a statue of Apollo, sports hero in the background
NIKE, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, was in the foreground when the exhibit “Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes” was unveiled to the media this morning…
Maggi Hambling opens her first solo exhibition in New York.
Marlborough will present Maggi Hambling in her long-awaited first exhibition in New York City. Hambling has been a prominent and controversial figure in the UK for over fifty years and here will present a significant body of work from the…