MANITOWOC — On the second floor of the mansion at the Rahr-West Art Museum is a small room originally used as a servant’s room for Joseph Vilas in the 1890s. It has unique gold leaf wallpaper created ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - The owner of a La Jolla art gallery and an employee were charged over the illegal sale of ivory, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. The City Attorney’s Office ...

A years-in-the-making ivory ban went into effect in the U.K. today, making the selling of items carved from elephant tusks punishable by hefty fines and jail sentences. But that didn’t stop dealers ...

The owner of a La Jolla gallery and a salesman charged with illegally selling ivory art works valued at more than $1.3 million entered not guilty pleas through an attorney in San Diego Superior Court ...

LONDON — In his award-winning biography, “The Hare With Amber Eyes,” British ceramic artist Edmund de Waal tells the story of his family through its collection of Japanese netsuke carvings. Netsuke ...

They may appear morbid by today’s standards, but at the turn of the 16th century, they were the height of fashion: palm-sized ivory carvings of skulls, mirrored by human faces, that represent status, ...