The Columbia Museum of Art celebrates 10 years in its new home this year, but for the next five months, the museum will look more like it's 4,000 years old. The museum is turning the clock back - way back - to host "Excavating Egypt," an exhibition of ancient artifacts from the University College of London. The exhibition, organized by the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, consists of materials excavated by W.M. Flinders Petrie, one of the fathers of modern archaeology. Petrie made his first journey to Egypt in 1880, returning again and again until shortly before his...
Egypt: The surreal painting Egypt today is scarred by inequality and corruption, degraded by poverty ...
ISN
ISN
By Tarek Osman for openDemocracy (15/05/08) Egypt's current state resembles a surrealist painting. It is difficult to decipher its components, challenging to comprehend its meaning. At the centre of the painting there...
Artist Installs Sculptures in Long Branch
Asbury Park Press
Asbury Park Press
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art is getting ready for the second annual outdoor sculpture exhibit in Long Branch. There are over 60 sites where...
Ancient Egypt civilisation comes to Athens
Middle East Online
Middle East Online
ATHENS - Greece's most visited museum opened a section on another great ancient civilisation on...
'Who Owns Antiquity?: Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage'
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal
Consciously or subconsciously, archaeological interpretation and the public presentation of archaeological monuments are used to support the prestige or power of modern nation-states. —Neil Asher Silberman...
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ZUIDERZEE MUSEUM A NEW MUSEUM AT THE INTERFACE OF LAND AND ...
TravelVideo
TravelVideo
> The Zuiderzee Museum, located in the small town of Enkhuizen, the Netherlands, will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a comprehensive transformation of its exhibits, artwork, design and overall direction. Forging...
Doctor: Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Was Natural Transsexual
Fox News
Fox News
BALTIMORE - Akhenaten wasn't the most manly pharaoh, even though he fathered at least a half-dozen children. In fact, his form was quite feminine. And he was a bit of an egghead. So concludes a Yale University physician...
Painting happy faces
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Daily News
Young visitors do good work at a retirement center. By Megan Kelsey Inquirer Staff Writer Mimi Rivera, a sophomore at George Washington High School, finished painting the door decoration and showed off the back that...
Religious symbols, historical scenes cause some to call for painting's removal.
Austin American Statesman
Austin American Statesman
BASTROP — A mural meant to bring people together is causing a rift in the Bastrop community. The painting in question, a student project completed in 2003, adorns a wall in the corridor leading to the Bastrop High...
Sculpture show carves creative niche
Ohio
Ohio
Unless you've been avoiding art shows for the past 20 years or so, you know that contemporary art is no longer about just painting, or printmaking, drawing, photography or sculpture. The old separations between 2-D and...

