ArtSorolla: Spanish Master of Light @ The National...
18/03/2019The first UK exhibition of Spain's Impressionist, Sorolla, in over a century.
Known as the 'master of light' for his iridescent canvases, this is a rare opportunity to see the most complete exhibition of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida's (1863–1923) paintings...[Read More]0 Comments
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Art TheftIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Lost Paintings...
18/03/2019On March 18 1990, thieves broke into the Gardner Museum and stole 13 works of art yet to be recovered.
Forgotten in the hubub of the Gardner Heist, is what these paintings actallly look like. Decades later we appear no closer to the recovery of...[Read More]1 Comments
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ArtWilliam Bouguereau's $35 Million Masterpiece at...
15/03/2019Bouguereau at $35 million? Wow!!
It seems that just yesterday, actually 2006 that shady Albany appraiser slash art dealer slash conflict of interest Mark LaSalle offered a $65 thousand appraisal to a trusting convent of...[Read More]0 Comments
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AmericanA look back at the history of hits on NYC mob...
15/03/2019In the early 1930s, the notorious Charles “Lucky” Luciano established the modern American Mafia by creating “The Commission.”
It was a governing body through which the Five Families — the Luccheses, the Gambinos, the Genoveses, the Colombos and the...[Read More]0 Comments
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AmericanBank Robbery in Queens
15/03/2019There is a lot of hard work into planning a professional bank robbery.
The Bank Robbery In Queens
by Bobby Batsallota
The year was 1983 and a new dimension was about to be added to my criminal resume. I truly believe that every person who has walked...[Read More]0 Comments
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AmericanCarrington Event, 1859 and Its Effect on American...
15/03/2019
From August 29th until September 2, 1859 British astronomer Richard Carrington made scientific history as he documented the first observed sun spots, solar flares and an associated Aura Borealis that reached the Earth a day and a half later when that...[Read More]0 Comments
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ArtShoot out with the Brooklyn Guidos
15/03/2019
In celebration of throwback week when we see Britains acting difficult over Brexit, Trump issuing threats over his wall? we got a marvelous escape with an old school whacking of a Gambino boss in the outer borough of Staten Island.
In honor of that we...[Read More]0 Comments
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AmericanA Mob hit right out of the Sopranos
15/03/2019Staten Island Italian mobster Franky Cali likely got clipped by one of his zip pals.
In mob speak, Zips are imported wiseguys from Italy. They are called that either because they don't have zip codes where these guys come from, or they talk so...[Read More]0 Comments
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AmericanA Letter and a Lost Ship Found
13/03/2019On July 1, 1942, the U.S.S. Wasp, an aircraft carrier holding 71 planes, 2,247 sailors and a journalist, sailed from San Diego to the western Pacific to join the battle against the Japanese. On board was a naval officer named Lt. Cmdr. John Joseph Shea....[Read More]0 Comments
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ArtPlay It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll at the MET...
13/03/2019The first major exhibition in an art museum dedicated entirely to the iconic instruments of rock and roll will go on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art beginning April 8, 2019. Through more than 130 instruments dating from 1939 to 2017—played...[Read More]0 Comments
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