Egypt
SFGate (Steven Winn)
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- Nefertiti. Again.
Al Masry Al Youm (Andrew Bossone) Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls for its return: the famous bust of Nefertiti. The bust has become such a contentious symbol that...
- Berlin Museums & Legacy Of James Simon Exhibit
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) The famous Bust of Queen Tiye is in this exhibition. Some 150 works from nine different German collections are on view in six galleries from October 18, 2008 to January 18, 2009. The exhibition's appearance at the California...
- Berlin Museum Entrance Plans Unveiled
EarthTimes.org British architect David Chipperfield unveiled Wednesday his controversial design for a grand modern entrance to the treasure houses on Berlin's Island of Museums.From 2012, his James Simon Gallery will be the main gateway to the Pergamon...
- Minister Rules Out Lending Nefertiti Bust
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a3TFUp1cnxqM"Queen Nefertiti's bust, a symbol of female power and beauty that has survived more than three millennia, is too fragile to leave Berlin for a trip to Egypt, German Culture Minister...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...
Egypt
Berlin museum treasures at Legion of Honor
SFGate (Steven Winn)
When Tim Simon was growing up in Elyria, Ohio, in the 1950s, his stepfather kept a copy of the famous bust of Nefertiti on a coffee table in the living room. Simon didn't think much about the thing at the time. Nor did the exotic Egyptian queen, wife of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Akhenaton, occupy his thoughts for decades to come.
But Nefertiti was destined to play an unlikely role in the life of the San Francisco electronics entrepreneur - and that of his adoptive city as well. With the opening of "The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon" at the Legion of Honor this week, an original likeness of the celebrated Egyptian beauty will enjoy pride of place along with about 150 other objects in a wide-ranging show that wouldn't have happened without Simon's drive, determination and avidly pursued family connections.
In addition to an abundant selection of Egyptian and Babylonian antiquities, the show includes a sublimely becalmed "The Virgin With the Sleeping Child" by the 15th century Italian master Andrea Mantegna; a pair of Andrea della Robbia terra cottas; paintings by Courbet, Renoir and Caspar David Friedrich; Japanese woodblock prints; and European folk art in various media.
The State Museums of Berlin and the Legacy of James Simon: Sat.-Jan. 18. $16-$20. Hours: 9:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Tues.-Sun. Legion of Honor, 34th Avenue and Clement Street, San Francisco. (415) 750-3600, www.famsf.org/legion.
See the above for more.
- Nefertiti. Again.
Al Masry Al Youm (Andrew Bossone) Thousands of artifacts are now returning to Egypt from abroad, but one piece continues to elude decades of government calls for its return: the famous bust of Nefertiti. The bust has become such a contentious symbol that...
- Berlin Museums & Legacy Of James Simon Exhibit
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) The famous Bust of Queen Tiye is in this exhibition. Some 150 works from nine different German collections are on view in six galleries from October 18, 2008 to January 18, 2009. The exhibition's appearance at the California...
- Berlin Museum Entrance Plans Unveiled
EarthTimes.org British architect David Chipperfield unveiled Wednesday his controversial design for a grand modern entrance to the treasure houses on Berlin's Island of Museums.From 2012, his James Simon Gallery will be the main gateway to the Pergamon...
- Minister Rules Out Lending Nefertiti Bust
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=a3TFUp1cnxqM"Queen Nefertiti's bust, a symbol of female power and beauty that has survived more than three millennia, is too fragile to leave Berlin for a trip to Egypt, German Culture Minister...
- Nefertiti Going Nowhere
Germany's Minister of Culture Bern Nuemann said today that the bust of Nefertiti in the Neues museum in Berlin will stay in Berlin. The minister was responding to the Egyptian Minister of culture Dr. Zahi Hawass who keeps threatening to make an official...