29th Annual Gathering of Nations to Take Place in Albuquerque between April 26 and 28 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The world’s largest gathering of Native American and indigenous people will take place in Albuquerque, N.M. between April 26 and 28, 2012. The 29th Annual Gathering of Nations, considered the most prominent Native [...]
The Creative Finder is a site from the creators of popular daily creativity and innovation news site, designtaxi.com. Around since 2009, the site dubs itself as a global search engine for creatives, aiming to connect people for business, networking or just collaboration. Creator Alex Goh just launched a new edition of the site, which not [...]
Donations to dance organisations went up by £1.1m to £22m in 2010/11 Investment by businesses in the arts has dropped to its lowest level for seven years, despite a government drive to encourage philanthropy. Companies gave £134m in the financial year 2010/11, according to Arts and Business, which compiled the figures. That is £10m down [...]
Demonstrate Today in Front of Museum NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sotheby’s art handlers, other Teamsters and their supporters today demanded the Museum of Modern Art cut its ties with Sotheby’s because of its unjust treatment of its employees. The workers who rallied today outside of MoMA are not on strike; Sotheby’s kicked [...]
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI) and BOMBAY SAPPHIRE announce Tampa’s Andy Nguyen as the winner of the Playboy Shorts Series: BOMBAY SAPPHIRE Imaginative Filmmakers Spotlight, a nationwide contest which asked filmmakers (21+) from all backgrounds to create inventive, thought-provoking short films that ignite imagination and inspire self-expression among viewers. [...]
Sculpture made from 100,000 of the 2 million cranes folded during “Paper Cranes for Japan” campaign SEATTLE, Jan. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, a massive sculpture will be unveiled in Japan’s Sendai Train Station created from 100,000 paper cranes folded by children worldwide after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami—a sampling of the over [...]
A Picasso painting, given to the Athens National Gallery by the artist himself, was stolen on Monday along with two other valuable works of art. Picasso’s Woman’s Head was given to Greece in 1949 in recognition of the country’s resistance to Nazi Germany. In a statement, police said a Mondrian painting and a sketch by [...]
For the first time, Abu Dhabi Art is taking place in the UAE Pavilion designed by Norman Foster and widely acknowledged as a highlight of the World Expo in Shanghai.
New York painter Chuck Close, L.A. artist Laddie John Dill and the estate of L.A. sculptor Robert Graham are plaintiffs in a pair of class-action lawsuits filed on Tuesday against the New York operations of Sotheby’s and Christie’s, alleging that the auction houses violated the California Resale Royalty Act. The 1977 California statute, a rare attempt [...]
Sculptors from all over the country are here these these day to make statues of Lord Ganesha in more than 300 different forms and poses. They consider it as a holy mission which bring them closer to the Lord. More than 90 artisans are making the statues for Ganesh Charturthi. They are happy with the [...]