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H-MUSEUM NEWS DIGEST (USA, UK)
April 26 - May 2, 2004

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-- April 26
++ American newspapers
New Museum Revives Painful Memories for Internees
Japanese Americans Visit Site of Their Relocation in WWII
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41897-2004Apr25.html

It's socially apt, but show tied to cooperative's soft drink is flat
In the Gallery at REDCAT, a Danish artists' collective has installed a show
called "Superflex/Self-Organizes/Guaraná Power." The conservative work
offers little to look at, less to experience and virtually nothing to think
about. It's just about as bad as art gets these days
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-knight26apr26,2,648725
2.story?coll=cl-art

++ British newspapers
Europe prepares for cultural boost
Ten new member states join the European Union on 1 May, each bringing with
them a rich musical, artistic and literary heritage
(BBC)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3659245.stm

-- April 27
++ American newspapers
'Mona Lisa' aging causes concern
The "Mona Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece of a mysterious woman with
a slight smile, is deteriorating quickly, the Louvre Museum in Paris said
Monday, announcing that an in-depth technical study was being conducted to
determine why
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick27.2apr27,2,49591
57.story?coll=cl-art

-- April 28
++ American newspapers
Daniel Boorstin, Who Lived By the Books, Is Remembered
What started out as a memorial service for Daniel J. Boorstin yesterday at
the Library of Congress also turned into a lovefest for books, reading and
the power of the written word
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48099-2004Apr27.html

Institute chief leaving LACMA
Paul Holdengräber, director and founder of the Institute for Art & Cultures
at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, resigned after five years in the
job. In a short e-mail, Holdengräber thanked his "colleagues at LACMA, the
Board of Trustees and the wonderful public for their enthusiastic and loyal
support." His resignation will take effect May 3
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick28.5apr28,2,67286
34.story?coll=cl-art

Italy, the classroom
A show featuring Jean-Honoré Fragonard's drawings tells the story of the
painter's education. But it says very little about him personally
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-myers28apr28,2,3970432
.story?coll=cl-art

Mussolini villa to house Holocaust museum
Italy plans to build a museum dedicated to victims of the Holocaust in the
former Rome residence of the World War II Fascist dictator Mussolini, city
officials said Tuesday
(International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=517340&owner=(AFP)&date=20040429141505

-- April 29
++ American newspapers
Maritime Museum's Recovery
Among the many organizations that approached the Annapolis City Council for
money Monday was the Annapolis Maritime Museum, still recovering from a
devastating blow from Hurricane Isabel last September
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49984-2004Apr28.html

A Chance to See Northern Lights
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, which usually features paintings,
sculpture and multimedia, has mounted its first show dedicated to design:
"Nordic Cool: Hot Women Designers."
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49343-2004Apr28.html

San Diego's new museum leader
Derrick Cartwright has been named director of the San Diego Museum of Art.
He replaces Don Bacigalupi, who left after four years to become director of
the Toledo Museum of Art
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-quick29.5apr29,2,19353
15.story?coll=cl-art

Last chance: 'It Was Forty Years Ago Today ... The Beatles in America'
Although for some rock 'n' roll fans, the magic innocence of the Beatles'
1964 invasion had long worn off by 1968, many relished their post-Sgt.
Pepper musical maturity. If that's your definition of the band, then you
have one final weekend to see "The Mad Day: Summer of '68," a collection of
rare photographs taken in London by Tom Murray. But if you prefer "The Fab
Four," then march over to the museum's listening rooms for equally rare
radio recordings by Larry Kane. The journalist traveled with the Beatles
during their 1964 and 1965 tours
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-last29apr29,2,5591550.
story?coll=cl-art

Drifting amid memories, images of postwar Japan
For Daido Moriyama, photography is a lonely, gritty search for truth
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-gallery29apr29,2,73473
09.story?coll=cl-art

++ British newspapers
Museums month focuses on travel
Museums and art galleries around the UK are displaying hundreds of travel
exhibits in a May publicity drive
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3670351.stm

Museums count cost of going free
Museums and galleries have attracted nearly 11 million extra visitors since
scrapping their entrance fees. So why do they need to embark on a month-long
promotional campaign?
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3667641.stm

-- April 30
++ American newspapers
De Kooning From Z to A: Meetings and Convergences
There are two ways to traverse the thrilling survey of Willem de Kooning's
paintings at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea: forward and backward. Both are
rewarding, but backward is encouraged. Several examples of the artist's late
work, visible from the front door, make the case. Painted between 1984 and
1988, just before de Kooning descended into the oblivion of Alzheimer's
disease, they fill the gallery's majestic central space and will in all
likelihood draw you like a magnet
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30SMIT.html

Let Them Wear Silk: Decadence Before the Fall
"Dangerous Liaisons,"a sumptuous display of 18th-century fashion and
furniture on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, recasts the museum
exhibition as a double-entendre. The show is more than a presentation of
fancy dress and décor. It is a shock. A scandal. A deluge!
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30MUSC.html

Illustrating the Immigration From Taiwan to a New Land
An influential trend in the exhibiting of international contemporary art is
what might be called the illustrational imperative. As opposed to the old
Modernist idea of art for art's sake or art that draws attention mainly to
its own formal and material properties, the illustrational imperative
requires art to represent some important topic other than art
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30JOHN.html

A Brancusi Trio Becomes a Quartet
When "Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things" opens at the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum on June 11, the exhibition will include several works not
seen at the Tate Modern in London, where the exhibition is on view through
May 23. One in particular will stand out, especially to art historians and
scholars well versed in this Romanian-born artist's work. Curators at the
Guggenheim call the sculpture a discovery and say it has never been publicly
exhibited before
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30INSI.html

Taking the Nation's Coin Collection Out of Circulation
The Hall of Money and Medals, which for 40 years has been a rich and august
presence on the monumental Mall, will close forever in August, the
Smithsonian Institution has announced
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55044-2004Apr29.html

Ancient tablets head back to Iran
Three hundred ancient clay tablets that help provide information on
languages and daily life in the Persian empire are headed back to Iran in
what University of Chicago officials have described as the first U.S. return
of loaned Iranian artifacts since the Islamic Revolution
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick30.2apr30,2,15512
73.story?coll=cl-art

-- May 1
++ American newspapers
Stolen Peru Artifacts Returned
41 Pre-Columbian Objects Recovered by U.S. Agents
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58202-2004Apr30.html

Science museum's temporary home still a work in progress
It has a gift shop, a cafe and all the usual trappings of a natural history
museum. But the new temporary home of the California Academy of Sciences,
which opens today in downtown San Francisco, also serves as a working
experiment in human-animal interactions
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/01
/BAG826D9VB20.DTL

Is MoMA buying the Hirsts on show at Tate?
Nine Modern paintings from the museum collection go on sale at Christie's
this month
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11642

Iraq: the legacy of neglect and conflict
John Russell, the acting senior advisor for culture to the Coalition
Provisional Authority, assesses the situation on the ground
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11640

Letter from Baghdad: the death of culture under Saddam's rule
"I faced two difficulties: one as an Iraqi citizen, the other as an artist"
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11641

-- May 2
++ American newspapers
A new design with a spine
Rem Koolhaas wanted to raze it and start over. Now LACMA has approved a more
tolerant scheme by Renzo Piano, one that unites past and future
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-ouroussoff2may02,2,675
0685.story?coll=cl-art

Banking on big names
More than $500 million worth of art is up for auction in New York. Quality
is important, but illustrious ownership can add real value to the sale price
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-muchnic2may02,2,781040
.story?coll=cl-art

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