CLEVELAND (AP) – Rock ‘n’ roll fans can get a taste of what it’s like to be a star inducted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame beginning this weekend.
Rock Hall of Fame to open ‘Power of Rock’ exhibit
Story of Burning Man event chronicled at Nevada Museum of Art
RENO, Nevada – The remarkable story of how a legendary Nevada gathering evolved through collaborative ritual from humble countercultural roots on San Francisco’s Baker Beach into the world-famous desert convergence it is today comes together in “City of Dust: The Evolution of Burning Man,” a major exhibition at the Nevada Museum of Art.
18th-century map of South Carolina sells for $38,000 at Leland Little Auctions
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Leland Little Auctions held a successful Summer Catalog Auction, June 14-17, selling over 1.2 million in fine art, jewelry, luxury vehicles, silver, prints and multiples, historical maps, and other objects of value. Absentee and Internet bidding was available through LiveAuctioneers on the final day of the auction when the most valuable items sold.
A sparkling salute to vintage fireworks, aka pyrobilia
Fireworks are transformative. There’s the obvious physical and chemical transformation of a colorful and tightly packaged explosive into an often radiant, loud and enchanting spectacle. However, for some people like Sal Giudice, the transformation is more profound.
LA City Council OKs plans for George Lucas museum
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Force was with George Lucas on Tuesday as the Los Angeles City Council moved with warp speed to clear the way for a $1.5 billion Museum of Narrative Art the “Star Wars” creator plans to build down the road from his alma mater.
Dutch sleuth hopes for breakthrough in biggest US art heist
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A Dutch art sleuth who says he’s following two possible leads in the largest art heist in U.S. history is hoping a $10 million reward will help track down the collection stolen from a Boston museum in 1990.
Met Breuer exhibit highlights Sottsass’ radical designs beyond Memphis
NEW YORK – A seminal figure in 20th-century design, Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass (1917–2007) created a vast body of work, the result of an exceptionally productive career that spanned more than six decades. The exhibition at The Met Breuer, “Ettore Sottsass: Design Radical,” opening July 21, will reevaluate Sottsass’s career in a presentation of his key works in a range of media—including architectural drawings, interiors, furniture, machines, ceramics, glass, jewelry, textiles and pattern, painting, and photography.
Tennessee man takes Elvis guitar fight to appeals court
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Tennessee man is asking an appeals court to overturn a decision awarding a guitar once owned by Elvis Presley to the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota.
Woody Auction to disperse rare RS Prussia collection July 22
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Collectors of R.S. Prussia need to mark their calendars for Saturday, July 22. That’s when Woody Auction will offer the outstanding lifetime collection of Marvin and Laura Heard, plus a few smaller private collections – more than 250 lots of rare and fine R.S. Prussia pieces in all – during this year’s R.S. Prussia Convention. Absentee and Internet bidding is available through LiveAuctioneers.
New York state announces artist for first LGBTQ monument
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City has selected an artist for the first official state monument to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.