Dear All, I am subscribed to the H-Museum list and it is quite active. based in Germany, there are quite a few posting regarding European events and topics. every week there are "Weekly News Digest" postings, one for US and UK and another for Europe. If I hear positive response, then I'll be happy to post the US, UK news to arlis-l. Cheers, -- jack * * * * * * * * * * * * Jack Robertson. Foundation Librarian. Jefferson Library Thomas Jefferson Foundation P.O. Box 316. Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-984-7545 || 434-984-7546 fax [log in to unmask] || www.monticello.org/library -----Original Message----- From: H-Museum [Marra] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:19 PM 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 April 22 - April 26, 2003 -- April 22 ++ American newspapers / magazines Anxiety and Hope in a Mystical Fusion After their deaths even prominent artists are often neglected for a time before they are again appreciated. This has been the case with Marc Chagall. This Russian-born painter lived to such a ripe old age that he was already out of fashion when he died in southern France in 1985 at the age of 98. Many critics considered that his best work was done a half-century earlier (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/arts/design/22CHAG.html Armenians protest at museum Hunger-strikers want increased displays at the Museum of Tolerance of what many historians say was genocide. (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?C50C25264 More dinosaur bones to be excavated in British Columbia (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?W31C65264 SOMA home for science museum San Francisco's Exploratorium is on the verge of announcing a more than $27 million deal to leave the Palace of Fine Arts for a spacious new home in the South of Market area (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?A42C21264 ++ British newspapers / magazines Obituary: Basil Greenhill Single-minded director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=399311 Memories recall town's history A Conwy museum is searching for people to share their memories so that their recordings can be used to build up a picture of the town's history (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/north_west/2966947.stm 'Proof' of Roman fort found Archaeologists in west Cumbria claim they have found remains of a Roman fortress (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/cumbria/2965811.stm -- April 23 ++ American newspapers / magazines A Heritage Rediscovered, Then Remade Inside many a thin building is a fat one straining to get out. Frank Gehry lets it out. Like many of his other projects, Mr. Gehry's new concert hall for Bard College is a Balanchine dancer with the build of a Victorian banker (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/arts/design/23BARD.html Simon Wiesenthal Bows Out The Nazi hunter says his hunting days are over. Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust survivor who devoted his life to tracking down fugitives responsible for the mass slaughter of Jews in World War II, told an Austrian magazine, Format, last week that he was closing his files (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/23/opinion/23WED4.html Walls that speak of Russia's history The land's tumultuous past is spelled out in the galleries of the Hermitage -- what's in them and what is not (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?G13C21264 Questions, few answers Santa Barbara Art Museum's 'Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism' is light on social commentary. (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?W14C42264 Customs officials say media members attempted to ship paintings, other goods out of Iraq (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?F65C53264 Media, military investigated for taking art, artifacts from Iraq (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I26C51264 Obituary: John Strejan -- 'grand master' of pop-up books (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?C17C62264 -- April 24 ++ American newspapers / magazines Boston museums ready to grow Museums in Los Angeles and New York have had to shelve expansion plans because of the struggling economy, but two major projects in Boston are moving forward, the Boston Globe reported Wednesday (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?B29C41264 U.S. Customs shows off Iraq contraband Gold-plated weapon, kitschy paintings among articles seized (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?P48C22264 ++ British newspapers / magazines Royal visitor opens Museums Quarter The Museums Quarter in Hull has been opened by the Duke of Gloucester (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/humber/2974225.stm Roman fort buried below park Archaeologists have found a previously unknown Roman fort underground at a park in west Wales (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/wales/south_west/2970729.stm Minster loses long fight against entry charges long and stubborn fight against admission charges at York Minster, one of the most-visited buildings in Britain, has been defeated by debts which have soared up to £600,000 (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,942242,00.html Sweeping reforms urged for National Trust The National Trust is run by an old boy network leaving its 6,000 staff and 3 million members with no real idea how decisions are made and who makes them, an independent report says today (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,942370,00.html Obituary: Jim Mathieson Unworldly sculptor who came late to his art from insurance (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=399880 -- April 25 ++ American newspapers / magazines Officials to Open WTC Memorial Contest Come Monday, any adult, anywhere in the world will be able to submit a design for the memorial that will be built at the World Trade Center site (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Attacks-Memorial.html Arts Groups Fight Upstarts to Keep Their Buildings There is a scramble on for buildings in postwar Baghdad, and it is as much a struggle over ideas and power as real estate (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/25/international/worldspecial/25BUIL.html Medium and Message Unite in African Objects One of the most persistent debates swirling around art today concerns whether art objects speak for themselves or whether, like ventriloquists' dummies, they simply say whatever we decide. I suspect it is a little of both, with the ratio affected by your penchant for art theory and your willingness to examine carefully both an art object's visible characteristics and your own inner, often unpredictable responses (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/25/arts/design/25SMIT.html Aborigines' art comes out of the cave, into galleries Collectors jostle for paintings with 30,000-year lineage (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?M2AC12264 Natural high Randall Museum, city's secret treasure, shows off its face-lift this weekend (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?L5BC21264 Ukrainian monks seize part of 1,000-year old monastery in latest dispute over Soviet-seized property (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?P5CC42264 ++ British newspapers / magazines A watery tale of two cities The Museum of London will tomorrow host a conference - sponsored by Venice in Peril - comparing the archaeology of Venice and London as "cities on water". Surprisingly perhaps, London has far greater experience of "riverside archaeology" than Venice has of "lagoonside archaeology" (The Times) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-46-658113,00.html Art connoisseur's body may be exhumed in Italy to settle row over £300m estate Five claiming to be multimillionaire's illegitimate relatives want DNA tests in challenge to New York University (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,943221,00.html Judge to rule on primacy of art over religion A row that crystallises the old argument about religious art - does its sacredness trump its value as art, or can it have different meanings for different people? - is to be settled by an Italian judge (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=400098 Obituary: Joanna Drew Arts Council exhibition organiser (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=400157 -- April 26 ++ American newspapers / magazines Obituary: Cole Weston, Preserved Legacy of Edward Weston, Dies at 84 (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/26/obituaries/26WEST.html A 100-proof auction slate Spring sales include dispersal of the Seagram collection, ending a chapter of N.Y. history. (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I5DC25264 ++ British newspapers / magazines Officials convinced museum was looted to order From Stephen Farrell in Baghdad (The Times) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-6047-659352,00.html Rogers to transform Barcelona bullring Catalan capital embraces British architect as it turns its back on the gory past (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,943927,00.html Tate Modern celebrates 'violence and ritual movement' (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,943916,00.html A coalition of the willing If it had been up to the Metropolitan Museum, Iraq and Syria would have been honoured lenders to a major exhibition opening this month on the culture of the first cities-and of the lands now embroiled in hostilities with the US (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=10998 "We want to dismantle the prejudice against Arabs" International artists flock to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates as Sheikh al Qasimi encourages its biennial to open up to the world (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=10991 New twist in the affaire Vasarely Ex-president Debbasch is under investigation for money laundering (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=10994 Massive success for Breton sale A final beau geste by the artist's daughter (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=10992 -- 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]