-----Original Message----- From: H-Museum (Marra) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:44 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 June 16 - June 22, 2003 -- June 16 ++ American newspapers / magazines Heat Upstages Art at the Venice Biennale They hang from the windows of opulent palaces along the Grand Canal and from clotheslines on tiny side streets here, and they are plastered in restaurant windows and for sale in the kiosks that dot St. Mark's Square: rainbow-striped banners with "pace," or peace, in capital letters (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/arts/design/16VENI.html Diarist's unfinished story Anne Frank left a treasure trove of essays and fairy tales. Her work is the focus of an exhibit in Washington (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?N1A112505 ++ British newspapers / magazines Tolstoy to watch over visit by Putin Author joins kings and tsar in show from Russian archive (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,978343,00.html Suitcases bursting with history A unique museum evoking the UK's rich history of immigration is facing a struggle for survival. BBC Arts Correspondent Lawrence Pollard reports from Spitalfields in London's east end (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2990378.stm Britain's 'earliest' prehistoric cave art Archaeologists have discovered the earliest known example of prehistoric cave art in Britain (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2994130.stm -- June 17 ++ American newspapers / magazines J.M.W. Turner, online at Tate (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?M4B114505 Is it truth in advertising? Works in public areas at the Hammer Museum seem to call out enticingly, but on closer inspection they leave something wanting. They're free, at a price (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2C112505 ++ British newspapers / magazines Staff revolt at Baghdad museum Iraq's national museum, home to many priceless artefacts which were thought to have been looted after the fall of Baghdad, has been plunged into a new crisis because of a revolt by staff (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,979182,00.html Armani retrospective kicks off Royal Academy's new space The Museum of Mankind used to house much of the British Museum's textile collection. It is fitting that its new owner, the Royal Academy, has announced today that the building's inaugural exhibition is to be a textile show (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,979389,00.html -- June 18 ++ American newspapers / magazines Visions along the canals While including many mediocre works, the 50th Venice Biennale contains gems worth crossing the ocean to see (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?B2D123505 Suit over Picasso may leave L.A. (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?A1F132505 Functional dysfunction The disquieting themes of decay and abandonment are at home in the photo collages of Masumi Hayashi (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?B30211505 -- June 19 ++ American newspapers / magazines Security Chief Held in Theft Of Antiquities The security chief at eight Buddhist temples north of Beijing has been arrested for his involvement in China's biggest case of trafficking in cultural relics, state-run media reported today (Washington Post) http://makeashorterlink.com/?D51211505 Budget shortfall closes museum Massive state funding cutbacks and low revenues will force the California Center for the Arts, Escondido to temporarily close its museum on July 20, center arts representatives and city officials have announced. No re-opening date has been set (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?B12225505 Security official arrested in China's biggest reported antiquities theft of communist era A security official has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 150 cultural relics, including some considered national treasures, in China's biggest antiquities theft since the start of communist rule in 1949, Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday (San Francisco Chronicle) http://makeashorterlink.com/?T53212505 ++ British newspapers / magazines Battle to save Afghanistan's shattered heritage The international community's indifference is hampering efforts to undo the vandalism of the Taliban regime (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,980373,00.html Hayward exhibition to feature Art Fund treasures The five-tonne bulk of Rodin's sculpture The Burghers of Calais is to be hoisted by crane out of its home in the riverside public gardens beside the Palace of Westminster, and taken across the Thames to join a spectacular exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Art Fund charity (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,980216,00.html Awards recognise museum The National Maritime Museum in Falmouth has won an award for its architecture (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/england/cornwall/3002236.stm -- June 20 ++ American newspapers / magazines Friend of the Czar, Aide of the Czarina "It took three years of frustration to find him," said Wolfram Koeppe, the associate curator of European sculpture and decorative arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was recalling his efforts to identify the subject of an impressive life-size wooden bust the Met acquired in 1996. Over the years, he compared the bust to faces on cameos, etchings, drawings, oil paintings and bronze busts. He read period descriptions of the physiognomies of princes. He studied the iconography of the decorations (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/arts/design/20ANTI.html A Landscapist Who Made Impressionism American No one considers the landscape painter Willard Metcalf (1858-1925) a breakthrough artist. Yet as one of the first Americans to pick up on French Impressionism, he became a significant and highly successful translator of it to the American scene (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/20/arts/design/20GLUE.html Museum cuts 7% of staff Faced with a budget deficit, the natural history institution abruptly lays off 23 full- and part-time workers (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?F34225505 U.S. acquires $10-million map The Library of Congress has purchased the Waldseemuller world map of 1507, the first known document to call a land mass "America." The chart is also the first to depict two oceans instead of one (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?R56212505 ++ British newspapers / magazines Village draws lines at solstice party crowd The tiny Wiltshire village of Avebury, the only one in the country built within a prehistoric stone circle, has drawn the line on summer solstice revellers (The Guardian) http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,981304,00.html -- June 21 ++ American newspapers / magazines Nefertiti's Bust Gets a Body, Offending Egyptians To its creators, "The Body of Nefertiti" is simply an attempt to pay homage to a famous Pharaonic bust at the Egyptian Museum here. But to Egyptian cultural officials, the artwork debases one of the great symbols of their country's history (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/21/arts/design/21BUST.html Obituary: Doug Michels, Radical Artist and Architect, Dies at 59 Doug Michels, an architect and artist and a founding member of Ant Farm, a radical art and design collective of the late 1960's and 70's, died on June 12 at Eden Bay near Sydney, Australia. He was 59 and lived in Houston (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/21/obituaries/21MICH.html Obituary: Israeli Artist Moshe Kupferman Dies at 77 Moshe Kupferman, a leading Israeli abstract artist who was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust, has died. He was 77 (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Obit-Kupferman.html Looters Stole 6,000 Artifacts Number Expected to Rise as Officials Take Inventory in Iraq (Washington Post) http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z27213505 -- June 22 ++ American newspapers / magazines Advertisements for the Vatican, Art Included (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/arts/design/22GOLD.html Venus on Red Satin: Salvador Dalí's House in Queens (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/arts/design/22KINO.html Eminent but Broke: Max Beckmann's New York Years (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/arts/design/22LOOS.html Board Decides to Close American Art Museum (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?I29212505 Museum insurance rates jump 37% (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?K1A252505 Look him in the face Amedeo Modigliani is known for his stylized portraits and for his bohemian life. But new exhibitions, including one visiting L.A., dig deeper (Los Angeles Times) http://makeashorterlink.com/?R2C213505 Oasis of inspiration for Georgia O'Keefe's desert abode opens door to her world (San Francisco Chroncile) http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z5D224505 Dutch government yields Nazi-looted art Works in a secret art collection are gradually being restituted (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11175 Warka Vase returned to Baghdad museum - while Nimrud gold is unpacked in bank vault The greatest loss from the National Museum in Baghdad, has been recovered (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11155 -- 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]