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An interactive exhibit featuring life-size models of Leonardo da Vinci's 500-year-old inventions and machines is opening in New York City's Times Square.
A traveling museum exhibit about the life of Princess Diana will open in Philadelphia on Friday.
Leonardo da Vinci once spent nearly two decades creating a 26-foot sculpture of a horse to honor a royal Italian family, only to have the plaster masterpiece destroyed by French soldiers.
Britain's Tate Modern has temporarily closed an exhibition that includes a nude image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, following a visit from a London police unit that deals with obscene publications.
Actor Robert Culp can move ahead with a lawsuit to stop construction of an elephant exhibit at the Los Angeles Zoo.
A new exhibit on Diego Rivera looks at his portraits from the several years in Paris when he focused on cubism.
Norman Rockwell's first cover for The Saturday Evening Post was of a sour-faced adolescent strolling his infant sibling in a baby carriage as two boys in baseball uniforms make mocking gestures.
Imagine a forest of bamboo poles in your living room, hollowed out and drilled to allow for stereo speakers, lighting, even bottles of wine.
A common refrain from those who study the Holocaust is "never again." The words appear over and over in comments left by visitors at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
An exhibit of works by an artist from Northern Ireland explores his country's violent past and examines how those memories affect people today.
A new John Lennon exhibit is particularly emotional for his widow, Yoko Ono. Besides Lennon's guitars, letters and other personal effects, it also includes a paper bag containing the bloody clothes from the night he was shot to death.
Two human rights groups urged a judge Wednesday to shut down a Paris exhibition of preserved corpses, saying it violates laws that protect the dignity of the human body.
The spirit of Douglas Fairbanks is alive and well and living in Beverly Hills.
A provocative exhibit of plasticized human bodies that has traveled the world has been shut down in Venezuela, where the government says organizers misled customs inspectors by describing the bodies as plastic.
James Brown knew all along that he wanted to open a museum to inspire people — especially the poor — to pursue their dreams. So he carefully saved all his belongings, from glittering suits and glossy shoes to the comb he used to neatly sculpt his hair.
Wearing a black hat and a suit bearing the yellow Star of David, a man recoils from a large finger pointing at him from above.
George Scurlock Jr. remembers his grandfather — always clad in a suit and tie — meticulously posing subjects and setting lights to ensure his photographs of Washington's black community reflected its dignity and ambition.
Italy's ancient Etruscans were buried with a dazzling array of objects — everything from delicate gold jewelry to items one would need for a banquet — such as chalices, plates and a strainer for wine.
Billy the elephant is staying put, and Bob Barker isn't happy about it.
A woman's place has never been just in the home — not even in ancient Greece.
Kids can keep visiting Billy the elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo — for now.
A City Council committee has rejected a move to stop work on a $40 million elephant enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo.
Philadelphia is preparing for an exhibit of works by postimpressionist painter Paul Cezanne and the artists he influenced.
The red line starts low to the ground, showing how much carbon was in the atmosphere before the Industrial Revolution. As the timeline moves forward and the world becomes more industrialized, the line goes up, up and up to modern times, when it's above visitors' heads.
Remember that I seeded a NY Times story on the exhibit of the Magna Carta at the Fraunces Tavern museum a couple of months ago( )? Well, I went to the exhibit today and I f …
Artists, collectors, and art viewers were out in force last night at the Gallery 101 owned by Adam White. Over 600 people attended in the three hours of music, food, ART, and conversation. About 50 artists exhibited their paintings, sculptures, and mixed media pieces.
Harry Potter's World Renaissance Science, Magic, and MedicineExhibit about the science behind the Harry Potter series, which will be traveling to 12 libraries across the United States. The online exhibit is interesting to peruse too. (via American Libraries Direct)
In Davis, an exhibit's afoot {Could your next pair of shoes become art?}Sassy slingbacks in hot-pink satin, with ruffles. Japanese sandals cut from a round piece of wood. Rubber flip-flops that could be jigsaw puzzle pieces. Turkish goatskin shepherd's slippers that smell terrible.
Michelle Obama wax figure wows adoring fansFirst lady Michelle Obama was not in Washington on Tuesday, but one might have thought so from the commotion on F Street.A likeness of the first lady was unveiled at Madame Tussauds, the world-famous wax museum, with all of the fanfare that typically follows Obama in real life.
Wild otter crashes zoo exhibitA wild otter somehow found its way into the Jacksonville zoo exhibit and was found 'visiting' the captive otter in its display one morning.
Vietnamese artists' exhibit shut down by threat of protestsA Vietnamese artists' group announced today that it was closing a controversial exhibit after Little Saigon community activists threatened to launch a large-scale protest this weekend over a controversial image of Ho Chi Minh and Vietnam's flag.
Blair offers 'living history' presentationsJerry Blair of Augusta, has spent several years researching the military history of Kansas during the Civil War years. Blair is now making presentations wearing an authentic Union Calvary uniform and carries the weapons used by the Calvary regiments in the Civil War.
Parting images from Wayward Girls ProductionsArtist Mary Welch's Wayward Girls Productions stages its own wake with the exhibition "Ashes to Ashes," the final visual arts installation in The Chapel of the Good Shepherd Center.
Weird tales at 'Odd Wisconsin' exhibit in MadisonThere are the extraordinary items: the poster announcing the auction of serial killer Ed Gein's items, Orson Welles' 156-page typed script for "Citizen Kane" and an original speech Abraham Lincoln gave in Milwaukee.
Cartoon characters brutally killed in new Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck art exhibitionThe gruesome pictures include children's cartoon favourite Daffy Duck having his head blown off by a gun-wielding Bugs Bunny, as blood is sprayed everywhere.
Andy Warhol: Other Faces, Other RoomsThere will be an exhibition titled Andy Warhol: Other Faces, Other Rooms at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio September 17, 2008-February 15, 2009.
New York City Waterfalls - The New York Times > Arts > Slide Show > Slide 1 of 8"The New York City Waterfalls" is a public art project of four man-made waterfalls rising from New York Harbor, some as high as the Statue of Liberty.
The Assassination of Clinton and Obama: Art Exhibit Shut DownThis morning, a Boston-born performance artist, Yazmany Arboleda, tried to set up a provocative art exhibition in a vacant storefront on West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan with the title, "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton/The Assassination of Barack Obama," in neatly s …
Disney Exhibit Puts Visitors In Eye Of HurricaneHurricane Charley, one of the most destructive storms to strike the United States, is getting the Disney treatment.
UK Exhibit Shows "Human" Muslims LONDON — A London exhibition is showcasing the human faces of British Muslims through photography and storytelling challenging stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslims and their religion.
Yale student's art project draws shock, outrage - The Boston GlobeFrom Washington Post, reprinted in today's Boston Globe. Warning: This story has graphic content that some may find disturbing.
Design and the Elastic Mind @ MoMAA truly well-orchestrated exhibit : Design and the Elastic Mind @ MoMA.The online version is already a wonderful feast for interface buffs, visualization maniacs, designers, thinkers and tinkerers - but going to the actual exhibit is all the more inspiring and stimulating as it c …
Looted art seeks owners in JerusalemLooking for Owners, the new exhibition at Jerusalem's Israel Museum, is like peering through painted windows of the past.
Art con fake may go back on showA worthless fake statue which a museum paid £440,000 for, believing it to be 3,300 years-old, may go back on display to the public.
Cheetah Escape Baffles Mo. Zoo Officials ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis Zoo officials on Tuesday were trying to figure out how a year-old cheetah managed to get out of its exhibit a day earlier.
Exhibition - Lovers at LiverpoolIt has been revealed that Andy Warhol's Marilyn diptych, Degas's Little Dancer and Picasso's Weeping Woman will all be shown in the city for the first time alongside Rodin's Kiss.
Scouting exhibit at Ohio museumIn Fayette County, Ohio scouting was formally initiated locally on Oct. 11, 1911, when 98 boys over the age of 11 enrolled in scouting. Three troops were organized, one at the Grace M. E.
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