VIDEO: New Whitney design by Renzo Piano a game changerNEW YORK (AP) – Street banners for weeks have teased: “Whitney, Unpacking in the Meatpacking, May 2015.” Finally, after four years of construction, the Whitney Museum of American Art is unpacked and ready to greet fans old and new in its new home – a gleaming asymmetrical steel-and-glass architectural sculpture with sweeping views of the […]
Bruce, the last ‘Jaws’ shark, docks at movie museumLOS ANGELES – Bruce, the fiberglass shark made from the Jaws mold, is ready for his close-up. The 1,208-pound, 25-foot-long, 45-year-old shark, famous for being difficult to work with on the set of Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, on Friday was hoisted up in the air above the main escalator of the new Academy Museum of […]
Justin Trudeau Is Marvel’s New Action Hero, View the Earliest Known Travel Photos, and More Fresh News News and updates from around the arts and auction community: The special guest star on the cover of Marvel Comics’ newly released Civil War II is Canada’s rock-star Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. [Read more from The New York Times] America’s most expensive home is move-in ready, for only $195 million. Where is it located? […]
Greenpeace activists scale London’s Shard skyscraperLONDON (AFP) – Six Greenpeace activists attempted on Thursday to scale the Shard skyscraper in London, western Europe’s tallest building, in a protest over Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group and police said. The protesters evaded security guards just before dawn to begin the unauthorized bid to climb the 72-story glass-fronted building, which towers 1,017 […]