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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]