TURIN, Italy – The Italian artist Salvatore Mangione, known as Salvo, was born in Sicily in 1947, but moved with his family to Turin in 1956. There he remained – apart from several trips – until his death in September 2015. In the Piedmont capital he showed an early interest in art, and in the late 1960s he attended Turin’s artistic scene in the most stimulating years for the art in the city.
PHILADELPHIA – Material Culture’s next auction, “Ancient and Traditional Arts,” possesses such breadth of outstanding art and artifacts that it has been divided into a two-part event on Oct. 31. LiveAuctioneers.com will provide absentee and Internet live bidding.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Federal investigators have found that an East Coast school which had planned to sell Native objects in its possession is subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) and is not in compliance with the law.
CAIRO (AP) – Restorers put their work on the famed golden burial mask of King Tutankhamun on display in Cairo on Tuesday, over a year after the beard was accidentally knocked off and hastily glued back on with epoxy.
BALTIMORE (AP) – Two long-time supporters of the Baltimore Museum of Art have promised to donate $3 million to pay some costs of the museum’s new center for education and creativity.
SHANGHAI, China – In 2013, the Army of Terracotta Daughters was born in Xi’an, China, from Prune Nourry’s collaboration with local craftsmen. In 2014, the 108 lifesize sculptures toured the world, from Shanghai to Paris, Zurich, New York and Mexico City.
BIRMINGHAM, UK – Following the closure of Birmingham’s Nautical Club earlier this year, Fellows auctioned unclaimed club memorabilia, novelty items and medals on Oct. 6. LiveAuctioneers.com provided absentee and Internet bidding.