NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
It’s a jam-packed weekend in New York and some great weather as well. Highlights include OpenHouse New York, the New Yorker Festival and Sunday’s Atlantic Antic street fair. For ongoing events and shows, click to NewYorkology’s Now in NYC list....
Parks Associates (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
It's raining cats and dogs here in NYC and the presence of all the presidents from around the world makes the traffic even worse. I'm staying dry inside in the Jewish Museum of Heritage, attending the NY Games Conference. BTW, the President of Iran is staying at the Ritz, which is next door to the museum, how ironic. I just finished my panel on Online Games and MMORPGs, which followed John Smedley's...
Women's Lens (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
NEW YORK.- The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of the archaeological sensations of the 20th century. Treasured objects of ancient religious observance and intense modern scholarly debate, these parchment texts were found, starting in 1947, in caves in the Judean Desert, east of Jerusalem and near the Dead Sea. Created over 2,000 years ago, the scrolls turned out to contain previously unknown...
Timothy Birdnow (Free subscription) | 21/09/2008
More on the Palin Snub/Democrat “offer they don`t refuse“: Dems threated loss of IRS status to anti-Iran rally organizers This is about what I expected. Below is a Newsbusters story, followed by the story written by WCBS TV’s Marcia Kramer, the reporter I immediately guessed had broken the WCBS story. The politician Dov Hikind mentioned in both [...]
NewYorkology: A New York Travel Gui (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Wow, this weekend will see the final games ever at Yankee Stadium and the opening of a number of big exhibition exhibitions, including Van Gogh at MoMA and the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Jewish Museum. The Brooklyn Childrens Museum...
Classic Ground (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
New York Times : " Nocturnal van Gogh , Illuminating the Darkness." Roberta Smith reviews the Van Gogh exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. Spiegel Online International: " Art and War : Berlin's Jewish Museum Displays Looted Paintings." Bloomberg.com: " Hirst Art Lures Russians ; Crisis Saps U.S. Demand, Dealers Say." More on Hirst from the New York Times [ here ]. Indianapolis Star : " Ground broken...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
Jewish-owned art seized by the Nazis from 1933 onwards is featured at a new exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Meanwhile, Germany's culture minister has called for the "fair" return of Jewish art.
Artdaily (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
BERLIN.- Sixty years after the end of the war, looting and restitution of Jewish cultural artifacts is still a topic of burning interest. Numerous open questions and unsolved cases remain and opinions arouse controversy. The exhibition "Looting and Restitution. Jewish-Owned Cultural Artifacts from 1933 to the Present" narrates the historical events, context, and consequences of the
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
The word of the day is mobile. GigaOM's Mobilize conference is bringing telecom movers and shakers to the Mission Bay Conference Center to explore the communications frontier. Down in the South Bay,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
NEW YORK, NY – The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of the archaeological sensations of the 20 th century. Treasured objects of ancient religious observance and intense modern scholarly debate, these parchment texts were found, starting in 1947, in caves in the Judean Desert, east of Jerusalem and near the Dead Sea. Created over 2,000 years ago, the scrolls turned out to contain previously...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
CROWN PRINCE Hans-Adam of Liechtenstein has caused uproar in Germany by referring to his northern neighbour as the "Fourth Reich".
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Prince Hans-Adam II, Liechtenstein's head of state, angered by Germany's investigation of tax cheating, made the comments in a letter to the Jewish Museum in Berlin explaining why he would not make a painting available to an exhibition of artworks stolen by the Nazis.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Vaduz - After prompting anger from Germany's Jewish community, Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein Thursday withdrew remarks made earlier in which he had called Germany the Fourth Reich in line with the Third Reich Nazi era of the 1930s and 40s....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Vaduz - Angering the German Jewish community, Prince Hans- Adam II of Liechtenstein attacked Germany in a letter revealed Thursday, calling it a Fourth Reich that succeeded the Third Reich Nazi regime of the 1930s and 40s. Liechtenstein already s...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is the only West Coast venue for From The New Yorker to Shrek: The Art of William Steig, a monumental tribute to William Steig (hailed as the "King of cartoons") organized by the Jewish Museum, New York. The exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view an extensive collection of original drawings by William Steig, many of which are on display...
