A Long Parade of Cultures Leaves a Rich Trail in the Art of Sumatra - New York Times

A Long Parade of Cultures Leaves a Rich Trail in the Art of Sumatra - New York Times
SINGAPORE — The Buraq is said to have transported the Prophet Muhammad on his over-night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and back. It is described as having a white body half-mule and half-donkey, the wings

The Promise Land? Will Portugal Arte 10 Become a Fixture on the Art World Calendar? - Huffingtonpost.com
Last week marked the opening of yet another major "bi-annual" exhibition. While its organizers are reluctant to call it a biennial, Portugal Arte 10 is Lisbon's attempt to snag a place in the art world's summer calendar

Seasoned Collector: Vaquero Heritage Days; Sale in Saratoga; Arts and Crafts Weekend - San Jose Mercury News

Seasoned Collector: Vaquero Heritage Days; Sale in Saratoga; Arts and Crafts Weekend - San Jose Mercury News
The early history of our glorious state will be reborn when the first Vaquero Heritage Days occur Friday and next Saturday on the grounds of historic Mission San Juan Bautista. This is a noteworthy event

HBO Archives to Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Documentary Series - Art Daily
Walter Winchell, Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art, New York. Film Stills Archive. NEW YORK, NY.- HBO Archives®, the National Gallery of Art, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are joining

Holocaust Documentary Will Retain R Rating - New York Times
The R rating for the Holocaust documentary “A Film Unfinished” will stand, an appeals board ruled on Thursday, despite arguments by the picture’s director and distributor that young people would

Chevron Says Documentary Footage Shows ‘Corruption and Fraud’ in Case Against It - New York Times Blogs
Juan Diego Pérez/Entendre Films A scene from the documentary “Crude” directed by Joe Berlinger. In July, a U.S. appeals court ruled that Mr. Berlinger would have to provide the oil company with some of

Art Directors Club Announces 2010 ADC Hall of Fame Laureates - SHOOT Online

Art Directors Club Announces 2010 ADC Hall of Fame Laureates - SHOOT Online
NEW YORK , August 03, 2010 | SHOOT Publicity Wire | --- The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org) , the premier organization for creatives in integrated media and the first global creative collective of its

ZMGD.PK, EMN, CRWEWallstreet.com Stock Report on Zamage Digital Art Imaging, Eastman Chemical July - TMCnet
Zamage Digital Art Imaging, Inc.'s (Pinksheets:ZMGD), subsidiary EverdowCRM Inc., recently announced that the company has published the company financials. EverdowCRM Inc. announced that the company has

Atlantic editor: liberal-arts "research" = toddler artwork - Boston Globe
In a much-linked-to piece about the merits of academic tenure--she's against--Megan McArdle, the business and economics editor of the Atlantic, recently expressed something less than high regard for the scholarship

Hungarian art restitution case puts focus on disputed policies across former Soviet - Washington Examiner
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY — A tug-of-war in the United States over who owns a huge art trove seized by Hungary's Nazi henchmen is the most prominent example of disputed restitution policies in formerly communist eastern Europe