Traditional Arts
Not much good news comes out of war-torn Afghanistan these days. However, last week did offer a small coup of cultural diplomacy for the UK: With help from the British Museum, England returned 843 looted art objects to the National Museum of Afghanistan in...
London 2012 is upon us! Athletes, officials, journalists, and visitors of all stripes are landing in the British capital in their hundreds of thousands, ahead of Friday's opening ceremony masterminded by Danny Boyle. To get into the spirit, ARTINFO UK has...
Two New York-based jewelry dealers have pleaded guilty for offering and selling illegal elephant ivory, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced this week. In a public statement, Vance placed the retail value of the small...
On show at the National Gallery of Australia until the 22nd of July, unDisclosed: the 2nd National Indigenous Art Triennial is an invite-only exhibition featuring the work of 20 Aboriginal artists from regional, remote and urban communities across Australia...
A developing international interest in tribal artefacts has sparked a global hunt for rare Australian Aboriginal objects in auctions all over the world. Rare and early shields, spears and boomerangs have proven particularly popular with collectors and...
Although it was brought to Germany to be part of an art project on the theme of global peace, a 35-ton sandstone boulder is now at the center of a growing international controversy. The Venezuelan government and the Pemon Indian tribe are claiming that the...
When I ask Ou Ning how he would answer that perennial dinner party question, "What do you do?," he laughs. It’s not easy for one of China’s true polymaths, but he gives it a try. “I’m a cultural worker,” he offers modestly, before teasing out the twists...
WHAT: “Caribbean: Crossroads of the World”WHEN: El Museo del Barrio, June 12-January 6, 2013; Queens Museum of Art, June 17-January 6, 2013; The Studio Museum in Harlem, June 14-October 21WHERE: El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street, New York...
Adelaide based auction house Theodore Bruce Auctions took another step into the big league last week when their 12th June Australian Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale produced results that rival those of the bigger Australian auction houses.Carefully curated by...
The sport of baseball is America’s favorite pastime in part because, in its relatively short 155-year history, it has managed to leave its mark in all areas of the nation’s culture, from fashion and advertising to media and art. Los Angeles's Craft and Folk...
