Jack Robertson.  [log in to unmask]
 

-----Original Message-----
From: H-Museum (Marra) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 11:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: NEWS: Weekly News Digest (USA, UK)


[Editor's note: The following articles are published in American and British
newspapers and magazines. The WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST service is made
available by the editorial staff of H-Museum <[log in to unmask]>.]

WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST
June 2 - June 8, 2003

-- June 2
++ American newspapers / magazines
Dreaming of a city museum
An exhibit of S.F. history may find a home in the Old Mint
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q3E6420E4

Berkeley plans to revive looted museum on Web
Scholars hope to create a virtual Iraqi art collection from records
(Los Angeles Times)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H5F6520E4

++ British newspapers / magazines
Archbishop may block entry fee for York Minster
The Archbishop of York is considering invoking medieval powers unused for
centuries to counter cost-cutting measures proposed for York Minster which
include imposing admission charges and closing part of its historic library
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,968724,00.html


-- June 3
++ American newspapers / magazines
In Frankfurt, an Exhibition for the Exhibitionists
It was a lively conversation between a visitor and an artist about his work.
Except that the visitor was lying flat on his back, staring up at the
artist, who stood ramrod straight above him, poking out from the wall like a
fluorescent orange street light
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/arts/design/03FRAN.html

++ British newspapers / magazines
Hirst, Blur and Ferrari on rocket to Mars
A Russian rocket last night lifted a Damien Hirst painting, a Blur tape and
a blob of Team Ferrari's unique red into space and sent them on a 250
million mile journey to Mars
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,969245,00.html

Raiders of the lost Iraq
Under the noses of the Anglo-American occupying forces, the priceless
heritage of ancient Sumeria is being pillaged to order for Western
collectors
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/story.jsp?story=411845

Obituary: J. M. Roberts
Influential historian with a taste for academic leadership
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=411969

-- June 4
++ British newspapers / magazines
Obituary: Pierre Restany
Oracular artist-critic and champion of Nouveau Réalisme
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=412259

Virtual future for ancient relics
A 3D scanning technique being tested at the British Museum could pave the
way for virtual museum displays
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2960494.stm

-- June 5
++ American newspapers / magazines
The Einstein of Sex
The Legacy of Magnus Hirschfeld
(Aufbau -
http://www.aufbauonline.com/2003/issue11/6.html

++ British newspapers / magazines
Effort to save heritage puts lives at risk
First there were whispered threats, then last week shots fired at his house
and his car. Mazin Hassan Redha wants to get back to work as an engineer
with Iraq's ministry of culture, but that makes him a target of Ba'athists
still loyal to Saddam Hussein
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,970902,00.html

New York gallery to reopen on time
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has beaten delays to its
reconstruction caused by the 11 September attacks and is on target to open
in 2005
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2965002.stm

-- June 6
++ American newspapers / magazines
Finding Magic at the Met
Basilisks and unicorns, enchanted mirrors and sorcerers' stones: most of the
animals and objects in the Harry Potter books exist only in the imaginations
of J. K. Rowling and her legions of young fans. But they do have real
counterparts, and not just the ones created by Hollywood. Tomorrow and June
14, aspiring wizards (and even Muggles) can look for treasures symbolizing
the Rowling creations in the chambers of secrets on Fifth Avenue: the
galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/06/arts/06FAMI.html

City Museum Is Halfway There
The City Museum of Washington, D.C., a project of the Historical Society of
Washington D.C., that, with great fanfare, opened its doors last month in
the restored Carnegie Library building in Mount Vernon Square, bills itself
as an institution dedicated to an unofficial Washington all too often
forgotten or overlooked in the glare of the national political spotlight
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9439-2003Jun3.html

'Venus of Urbino' leaves Italy for first time as Prado starts major exhibit
on Titian
Titian's "Venus of Urbino" has left Italy for the first time to become the
jewel in an exhibit at the Prado Museum
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D117260E4

Bittersweet birthday as British Museum celebrates 250th anniversary
The British Museum turns 250 on Saturday -- an 18th-century institution
determined to shine a light on the 21st
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?R137150E4

A history of black photography lands in Oakland
'Reflections' shows pioneering works in innovative, three-part exhibition
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?B247350E4

++ British newspapers / magazines
British Museum parties for 250th celebration
There are seven million objects in its collection. Two and half miles of
galleries. Last year 4.6 million people paid it a visit. And tomorrow, the
British Museum celebrates its 250th birthday
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,972189,00.html

Saint goes marching on
If he can't bring more people into the British Museum, director Neil
MacGregor is determined to take it to the people
(The Times)
http://search.thetimes.co.uk/cgi-bin/ezk2srch?-aSTART#

Museum celebrates landmark year
Staff at London's British Museum will celebrate its 250th anniversary on
Saturday - while keeping focused on the plight of its Iraqi counterpart
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2969256.stm

Big year for the British Museum
The British Museum is celebrating its 250th anniversary, but it is also
hitting headlines for aiding post-war Iraq as well as enjoying an unexpected
upturn in its finances
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2960734.stm

-- June 7
++ American newspapers / magazines
Letter perfect
Rare manuscript works at the Legion illuminate a lost art
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?X667250E4

++ British newspapers / magazines
A happy 250th birthday for British Museum
marks the 250th anniversary of one of the world's oldest and greatest
museums
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,972475,00.html

Obituary: Hans Schwarz
Painter and sculptor extraordinarily prolific in a wide variety of media
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=413144

Baghdad treasures 'mostly intact'
American officials in Iraq have announced that nearly all the Baghdad
Museum's priceless antiquities are intact, despite initial fears that they
had been lost to looters during the war
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2971882.stm

-- June 8
++ American newspapers / magazines
Obituary: Turkish Diplomat Who Rescued Jews Dies
Selahattin Ulkumen, a Turkish diplomat who saved Jews on the Nazi-occupied
island of Rhodes from being sent to concentration camps during World War II,
has died. He was 89
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Obit-Ulkumen.html

Lost Iraqi Treasures Found
The ancient treasures of Nimrud, unaccounted for since Baghdad fell two
months ago, have been located in good condition in the country's Central
Bank - in a secret vault-inside-a-vault submerged in sewage water, American
officials said today
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/international/worldspecial/08TREA.html

Art That Really Leaps Out at Viewers
At the Corcoran, J. Seward Johnson Finds a New Dimension in Paintings
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15853-2003Jun5.html

Museum May Move Log Cabin
Expansion Option Opposed at Hearing
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26584-2003Jun6.html

U.S. museum displays works by Anne Frank
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., marking its 10th
anniversary by emphasizing individual acts of resistance, will display the
writings of Anne Frank beginning Thursday
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Q577120E4

Hoard of archaeological treasures recovered in Iraq
Reports describing the looting of the archaeological treasures from the
Iraqi National Museum were exaggerated, and most of the precious inscribed
tablets, gold jewelry and artwork dating back to the birth of civilization
have been recovered, a team of U.S. investigators said Saturd
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K697250E4

At home with history in London
Noteworthy museums are housed in centuries-old structures. Some have been
renovated; others retain that haunted feeling
(Los Angeles Times)
http://makeashorterlink.com/?W4A7260E4

++ British newspapers / magazines
What did culture ever do for us?
Glasgow was Britain's first City of Culture. Thirteen years on, while the
city still has troubles, its artistic reputation has gone global
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,973069,00.html

Priceless treasures saved from looters of Baghdad museum
A different picture is emerging of the looting of the National Museum in
Baghdad
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,973714,00.html

'Looted' treasures found in Baghdad
Almost all the items feared looted from the Iraqi National Museum in April
have been found safe in a secret vault, the US announced yesterday
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=413495

Revealed: the secret legacy of John Paul Getty, patron of arts and oddities
The billionaire went on a spending spree late in life, donating £400,000 to
'The Oldie' magazine (he liked it) and a possible £12.5m to save Reynolds's
portrait of Omai for the nation (more a case of hating America's Getty
Museum)
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=413473

--
H-MUSEUM
H-Net Network for Museum Professionals
E -Mail: [log in to unmask]
WWW: http://www.h-museum.net

__________________________________________________________________
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]
For information about joining ARLIS/NA see:
        http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html
Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc)
        to [log in to unmask]
ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance:
       http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html
Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]