Prevent marine pollution, respect the sea
Viano do Castelo in Northern Portugal is a beautiful port city with an attractive historical centre and inviting beaches. But like all coastal places it [...]
documenta 14 – the planetary scope of contemporary art
Introduction Art critics wrote many reviews about the messy nature of this year's documenta 14. But say what you may, it surely illustrated the [...]
Art objects done by Prisoners of War during the Napoleonic Wars
Manfred Stein, Hamburg Fig. 1 Presentation of prisoners of war in a hulk building a model bone shipThe majority of bone ship models are located [...]
Il molo e i magazzini di Bryggen, un centro UNESCO patrimonio dell’umanità
Bryggen è uno storico quartiere portuale di Bergen, una delle più antiche città portuali del Nord Europa sulla costa occidentale della Norvegia, fondata come centro [...]
UBC Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery offers topical new exhibition
Melancholy Bay: Images of English Bay, Burrard Inlet and Howe Sound from the Collection June 19 to August 23, 2015 Opening reception: Thursday, June [...]
A Visit in the Musée Océanographique in Monaco
On 6500 sqm the Musée Océanographiqe, one of the world’s oldest aquariums, presents more than 6000 specimens in their reconstructed natural habitat. We [...]
Mediterraneum: dal mare alle stelle
Tutto nasce dal mare: questa è la constatazione che ha spinto Oreste Baldini, poliedrico artista italiano, a dedicare le sue energie al mare ed all'icona del [...]
World Day for Cultural Diversity 2013 celebrated in Louvain
What are the opportunities for nurturing cultural diversity and its many benefits in the future, using the augmented means at the disposal of humanity? Or [...]
Fishlove exhibition, Brussels
Vernissage upon the invitation of EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs, Maria Damanaki Brussels, Berlaymont Building, 21 October 2013. Fishlove is the brain child [...]
Blown glass models of marine organisms – Blaschka father and son
Leopold (1822-1895) and Rudolf (1857-1939) Blaschka, father and son, are descendents of a long line of Bohemian glassworkers. They created their thousands of glass models [...]