Yale accused of turning blind eye when acquiring famous Van Gogh painting ‘The Night Cafe’NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University’s acquisition of a Vincent Van Gogh painting that Russia once claimed as its own amounted to acceptance of stolen property and “art laundering,” a descendant of an earlier owner alleges. Travel briefsWashington tourism launches ‘Lost Symbol’ Web site for Dan Brown book Edward Gorey exhibition shows artist/author’s combination of satirical humor and macabre talesCHADDS FORD, Pa. — In Edward Gorey’s world, malevolent forces hover around Edwardian mansions, fashionable people cluster uneasily in drawing rooms and scores of tiny tots come to unspeakable ends — all narrated with dispassion and illustrated with macabre pen and ink drawings. Armed robbers steal Salvador Dali painting from Dutch museumTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — Masked gunmen stole two paintings from a Dutch museum Friday, including a work by surrealist Salvador Dali, officials said. Tony Bennett leaves his painting of friend, jazz great Duke Ellington with SmithsonianWASHINGTON — Tony Bennett donated a watercolor he made of longtime friend Duke Ellington to a Smithsonian museum on Wednesday, the 110th anniversary of the jazz great’s birth. First lady Michelle Obama helps honor abolitionist Sojourner Truth with bust at CapitolWASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday reflected on her own family’s rise from slavery to the White House as she helped to unveil a statue of abolitionist Sojourner Truth — the first black woman to be so honored at the Capitol. Smithsonian photography exhibit highlights President Obama’s inaugurationWASHINGTON — A grinning President Barack Obama leans in toward his wife as they stand in a freight elevator, a rare quiet moment captured with a camera as they hurry from one inaugural ball to the next. Artist who turned apartment into crystal cave among 4 finalists for Britain’s Turner PrizeLONDON — An artist who transformed a condemned apartment into a shimmering crystal cave is among the finalists for Britain’s best-known and most controversial art award, the Turner Prize. First lady Michelle Obama to help honor abolitionist Sojourner Truth with bust at CapitolWASHINGTON — Sojourner Truth, a former slave who met with Abraham Lincoln and was an early crusader for women’s right to vote and an end to slavery, is the first black woman to be honored with a bust at the Capitol. 1960s hotel known as ‘West Coast White House’ among sites at risk from neglect, developmentLOS ANGELES — The Century Plaza Hotel hosted President-elect Ronald Reagan’s victory celebration, a welcome home gala for the Apollo 11 astronauts and Bob Hope’s celebrity-studded Century Ball. Muslim calligrapher writes Gospel of Luke as a gift for the pope on upcoming Holy Land tourBETHLEHEM, West Bank — Muslim calligrapher Yasser Abu Saymeh has dedicated the past two months to Christian art, writing the Gospel of Luke in ornate Arabic script to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI when the Roman Catholic leader visits the Holy Land next month. Belatedly, White House aide at center of NYC probe pays architect for home renovation jobNEW YORK — A New York City politician now with the Obama administration is trying to defuse suggestions that he took favors from an architect who needed city approval for a development project. Portrait of the Fuehrer as young man? Watercolor signed “A. H.” shows pensive figure in brownLUDLOW, England — What a British auction house claims are a set of paintings and sketches by a young Adolf Hitler sold at auction Thursday for 97,672 pounds ($143,358). True value of art? $250K for Grand Rapids art competition winner to be chosen by publicGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Members of the public will use mobile devices and the Web to choose the winner of one of the largest art prizes ever offered at a new, annual event scheduled to be announced Thursday. Designer unveils plans for new, 4-story National Children’s Museum near WashingtonOXON HILL, Md. — The new National Children’s Museum near Washington, D.C., will be a four-story building with a rooftop garden and a wall of living plants. British art provocateur Damien Hirst opens his largest exhibit in UkraineKIEV, Ukraine — British art provocateur Damien Hirst will mount the largest exhibition ever of his trademark fish skeletons, skull paintings and dead animals in a major show in Ukraine’s capital. From lines and dots to Winston ads, new Met exhibit traces a decade of change in NY art worldNEW YORK — In the 1970s, the art world was enmeshed in a vast series of lines, dots and amorphous figures: The conceptual had taken over. The premier has no clothes: Berlusconi appears half-naked in work by Italian artistROME — The premier has no clothes. Former Khmer Rouge who worked at Cambodian torture to sell what he says are Pol Pot’s shoesPHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A former member of the Khmer Rouge member said Monday that he is auctioning off a pair of shoes he claims belonged to the group’s late leader Pol Pot to fund a museum about the brutal regime. |
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