By Carolyn Turner Washington 25 September 2007 The Smithsonian Institution's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, in partnership with the National Museum of African Art, recently presented an exhibit of 300 objects produced by cultures touched by Portugal's ea...
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 September 2007 U.S. Military doctors have performed more than 100,000 eye surgeries on active duty personnel to eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses. Now, at the new Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Cente...
By Suzanne Chislett London 16 August 2007 Ten thousand people have already come to see an exhibition featuring Islamic masterpieces at the Ismaili Centre in London. And the exhibition just opened in the middle of July. The collection is a unique prev...
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By Phil Mercer Sydney 21 June 2007 The biggest exhibition of Islamic art seen in Australia has opened in Sydney. It features 350 rare works from the renowned Khalili Collection. The Arts Of Islam features Korans and prayer rugs as well as secular obj...
By Carolyn Weaver New York 02 May 2007 Some of the oldest and most striking Christian art in existence is now on view in New York at the Museum of Biblical Art. Visitors to Angels of Light: Ethiopian Art from the Walters Art Museum said they were fas...
By Odil Ruzaliev Washington 01 May 2007 For centuries, nomads wandered the steppes of Central Asia living in tents. One of the critical engineering elements of these flimsy structures was the tent band designed to brace the roof. Over time, these ban...
By Wang Yiru New York City 24 April 2007 Western culture is fascinated with celebrity and beauty, where being thin is often equated with being attractive. The mass media and fashion industry often perpetuate this myth. But a controversial ban on unde...
By Joseph Mok New York City 27 March 2007 watch Sleepwalkers report New York City is often described as the city that never sleeps. But as day turns to night New Yorkers and their city take on a different rhythm, a different energy and a different i...
By Matt Steinglass Hanoi 12 February 2007 In January, police in Hanoi ordered a Vietnamese artist to remove his installation - a giant diaper, with a lining composed of hundreds of police shirt pockets - from a German-sponsored exhibition. Although r...