The official project ended in 2010 when the Athens-Oconee Women’s Junior Women’s Club auctioned off the statues in order to raise funds for AIDS Athens, generating $25,000. Fredriksen views ...
A granite megalith auctioned in London as a Bronze Age Corsican statue has been called a “fake” by French heritage cultural authorities. On 13 March, the 63cm-high statue was sold by a Spanish ...
Despite troubling jurisdictional issues, the Urumqi Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau in Xinjiang has imposed a fine of 75,000 yuan (US$10,300) on Yunnan-based artist and independent filmmaker ...
Bulldogs from the “We Let the Dawgs Out" art project are seen throughout Athens, Georgia. There are over 50 statues that dot the Athens-Clarke County area. The project was started in 2003 by ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York ...