Brad Walls’ latest aerial photo series is anything but ‘Vacant’

Brad Walls, aerial drone photograph from the new series ‘Vacant.’ Copyright Brad Walls, https://www.bradscanvas.com/, Instagram @bradscanvas

 

Brad Walls, aerial drone photograph from the new series ‘Vacant.’ Copyright Brad Walls, https://www.bradscanvas.com/, Instagram @bradscanvas
Brad Walls, aerial drone photograph from the new series ‘Vacant.’ Copyright Brad Walls, https://www.bradscanvas.com, Instagram @bradscanvas

NEW YORK – Award-winning Australian photographer Brad Walls, who now resides in New York, has released a new series titled Vacant. Drawing inspiration from his fascination with surrealism and geometric art, audiences are invited to experience his second conceptual art series from above.

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Sam Francis works bring color and verve to Roland NY, July 16

Untitled Sam Francis abstract acrylic painting, est. $15,000-$20,000
Untitled Sam Francis abstract acrylic painting, est. $15,000-$20,000
Untitled Sam Francis abstract acrylic on paper, est. $15,000-$20,000

GLEN COVE, N.Y. – Roland Auctions NY will present its July Auction on Saturday, July 16 beginning at 10 am Eastern time. Its lineup will focus on fine and contemporary art, decorative arts, furniture, silver and Asian items. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Jasper52 offers antique maps, books and more, July 13

1652 map of Italy signed by Nicolai Ioannis Visscher, est. $1,500-$2,000
1652 map of Italy signed by Nicolai Ioannis Visscher, est. $1,500-$2,000
1652 map of Italy signed by Nicolai Ioannis Visscher, est. $1,500-$2,000

NEW YORK – On Wednesday, July 13, starting at 7 pm Eastern time, Jasper52 will hold a sale titled 15th-19th Century Antique Books Collection, which delivers exactly that – books published between the 15th and 19th centuries, with a few maps and posters mixed in. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Harvard returns Standing Bear’s tomahawk to Nebraska tribe

Standing Bear’s pipe-tomahawk, photographed in May 2017 on display in the Native American Collection at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. The museum returned the object to the Ponca tribe in a ceremony held on June 3. Standing Bear, a Native American civil rights pioneer, originally gave the pipe-tomahawk to one of his lawyers, John Lee Webster, in 1879. It passed through several hands before the university acquired it in 1982. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Daderot. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication
Standing Bear’s pipe-tomahawk, photographed in May 2017 on display in the Native American collection at the Peabody Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard officials returned the object to the Ponca tribe in a ceremony held on June 3. Standing Bear, a Native American civil rights pioneer, originally gave the pipe-tomahawk to one of his lawyers, John Lee Webster, in 1879. It passed through several hands before the university acquired it in 1982. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, photo credit Daderot. Shared under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication

BOSTON (AP) – A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, has been returned to his tribe after being housed for decades in a museum at Harvard University.

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