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WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST (USA, UK)
November 24 - November 30
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-- November 24
++ American newspapers / magazines
A Building's Bold Spirit, Clad in Marble and Controversy
Let us now celebrate the aristocratic satisfaction of not pleasing.
Huntington Hartford gave himself that pleasure when he commissioned Edward
Durell Stone to design the Gallery of Modern Art (1964), the legendarily
exotic building at 2 Columbus Circle
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/arts/design/24MUSC.html
Obituary: Clare Le Corbeiller, Curator at the Met, Dies at 71
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/arts/24CORB.html
Museums smarter in art -- at least in how they buy it
As prices for contemporary art continue to rise, museums are becoming
cleverer at persuading others to help pay for acquisitions. Sometimes
several institutions buy works jointly, as the Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Tate Modern in
London did last year with "Five Angels for the Millennium," a video
installation by Bill Viola. Sometimes patrons buy an artwork and give it to
a museum, or pay for part and give the rest over time
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/24
/DDG5B38SHN1.DTL
Preserve or develop?: Paving over a battlefield
Belgians wrestle with history
(International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=118774&owner=(NYT)&date=20031127135054
-- November 25
++ American newspapers / magazines
The Men Who Saved the Relics of 9/11
Three old friends gathered in the days before Thanksgiving amid a roomful of
scattered artifacts, once-mundane objects that have been transformed by
trauma. These are relics of the World Trade Center attack; they will be
displayed in a new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society that opens
today
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/25/nyregion/25ARTI.html
Vow to Rebuild Burned Holocaust Museum
An Auschwitz survivor has vowed to rebuild a Holocaust museum here that was
destroyed by a suspicious fire early last Tuesday
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/25/national/25MUSE.html
A Paper Trail Follows Iraqi Merchants of Tyranny
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/international/middleeast/24BAAT.html
Uncovering Korea's mystery
In San Francisco a virtually unprecedented show of Korean art is modest in
size, but huge in impact
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-knight25nov25,2,281264
9.story?coll=cl-art
More Van Goghs - or maybe not
Forty artworks that may - or may not - have been made by Dutch artist
Vincent van Gogh are on view at the Breda Museum in Holland. The exhibition
is the result of a research project conducted by the museum's curator, Ron
Dirven, to track down hundreds of the artist's works said to have been
dispersed at Breda's flea market in 1902
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick25.1nov25,2,17043
9.story?coll=cl-art
++ British newspapers / magazines
V&A restores lustre to its paintings
After decades of temporary homes among the miles of corridors at the
Victoria and Albert Museum, the painting collection is back where it
started, in the handsome top-lit galleries originally built to house one of
the museum's least-known treasures
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1092505,00.html
-- November 26
++ American newspapers / magazines
Gothic Treasures From an England of Chaos, Catholicism and Visual Splendor
To study late-medieval England through Shakespeare's history plays is to
discover a land constantly at war with France or with itself, a chaotic
period of squabbling nobles, pernicious prelates and usurping kings. Yet it
was also an era of prosperity, with wealth enough to build fine churches and
to fill them with stained-glass windows, paintings, elaborate tombs and
other works of religious art
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/26/arts/design/26GOTH.html
Founder of Holocaust museum destroyed by fire vows to rebuild
Inside the burned-out shell of the Holocaust museum she spent years
creating, Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor digs through a pile of scorched
insulation, charred books and glass shards, searching for the collection's
most sobering artifacts
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/11/26/nati
onal1441EST0594.DTL
Gay community reflects on 25th anniversary of San Francisco official's
murder
Harvey Milk was assassinated a quarter century ago, yet his legacy of public
service as an openly gay man remains very much alive for a community still
hungry for heroes. The anniversary of Nov. 27, 1978 -- the day Milk, one of
the nation's first openly gay elected officials, and Mayor George Moscone
were gunned down -- has inspired panel discussions, a museum exhibit and a
memorial march
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/11/26/nati
onal0214EST0426.DTL
Obituary: Artist, illustrator Eugene Karlin dies at 84
Eugene Karlin, an illustrator for such magazines as Fortune and Esquire, has
died. He was 84. Karlin created artwork in tempera and oil, pastels and
ceramic. His works have been shown at the San Francisco Museum, New York's
Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Laguna Art Museum and the Art Institute of
Chicago
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/11/26/obit
uary0402EST0020.DTL
Preserving our heavy- duty history
We Americans think we're pretty hip for converting the occasional warehouse
or factory into housing, but we can't hold a candle to Europe's clever new
uses for old industrial structures. Whether ore bunkers or blast furnaces,
the Europeans honor them as relics of an era that's passed into history,
rather than blowing them up as we do. The city of Duisburg in the Ruhr
Valley -- the German equivalent to America's Rust Belt -- is a case in point
(San Francisco Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/26
/HOL37AMG1.DTL
++ British newspapers / magazines
Battle royale in the aristocracy as art collector sues Lord Great
Chamberlain over £1.75m 'Louis XV' urns
One of Britain's most famous aristocratic families is being sued by the
daughter of a former owner of The Times over an alleged misrepresentation of
the provenance of two bronze urns worth £1.75m
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=467285
V&A museum opens five galleries
The Victoria and Albert Museum is displaying more than 200 pieces of art in
five newly refurbished galleries that open on Wednesday
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3237804.stm
English Heritage attacks planners
England's historic character and distinctiveness is being eroded through bad
planning decisions, according to a report
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3239246.stm
-- November 27
++ American newspapers / magazines
Activists Call for a Reptile Museum to Close
Animal activists said on Wednesday that they were outraged by a history of
problems at the Long Island Reptile Museum and called for the gallery of
snakes, lizards and turtles to be shut down
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/27/nyregion/27REPT.html
Damien Hirst Makes a Strategic Purchase: His Own Work
Charles Saatchi, the advertising magnate who is one of Britain's largest
contemporary-art collectors, has sold the bulk of his collection of works by
the British artist Damien Hirst back to the artist and to his dealer, Jay
Jopling. Mr. Saatchi, one of the earliest supporters of Mr. Hirst, has
bought many of his most important pieces over the years. Word of the
negotiations has been circulating in the art world for months
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/27/arts/design/27HIRS.html
Obituary: Audrey B. Love, 100, a Patron of the Arts, Dies
Audrey B. Love, a philanthropist and patron of the arts, died on Saturday at
her home in Key Biscayne, Fla. She was 100
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/27/nyregion/27LOVE.html
Obituary: Donald Gratz, Metal Craftsman, Dies at 68
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/27/arts/design/27GRAT.html
African American Art, Forward & Backward
At the Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture,
meanwhile, "New Visions: Emerging Trends in African American Art" promises
much but doesn't deliver. Most of its eight artists have their eyes glued to
the rearview mirror
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16688-2003Nov26.html
Building our history
Ninety years after black Civil War veterans first proposed the idea,
Congress has finally approved funds for a museum that will explore the
history and culture of African Americans. The new museum, which will be
called the National Museum of African- American History and Culture, will be
part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington
(San Franciso Chronicle)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/11/27
/EDGTH39PRM1.DTL
From good to awful and back again
John Currin, whose reputation has boiled over into the larger public world,
can put you off and turn you on at the same time. You see the arc of his
progress in the much-anticipated mid-career show now at the Whitney Museum.
Don't miss it, if possible. It's riveting
(International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=119183&owner=(NYT)&date=20031128130616
-- November 28
++ American newspapers / magazines
Museum Says No on Pollock
The hottest rumor in the art world - that one of Jackson Pollock's greatest
drip paintings was sold for a staggering $105 million - just won't go away
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/arts/design/28INSI.html
Alumni Return, Juxtaposing Past and Present
One of the best places in New York to discover the players of tomorrow's art
world is White Columns, a nonprofit gallery that for two decades has been
assembling consistently interesting group shows by emerging artists. The
gallery has also given 284 artists their first solo shows under the aegis of
its White Rooms program, which offers these exhibitions to artists who have
not previously shown alone in New York and have no official commercial
gallery affiliation
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/arts/design/28JOHN.html
A Cornucopia of Cultural Exchange
Looking at "Black Belt" at the Studio Museum in Harlem is like watching
whiplash in slow motion. The head is moving all over the place, but the body
is left behind.
The show, which has been organized by Christine Y. Kim, the museum's
assistant curator, puts the museum on a new course
(New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/28/arts/design/28SMIT.html
'Gay' Art: Dolled Up and Still Dressed Down
John Trobaugh's photographs of Ken dolls and G.I. Joe figures hugging and
staring lovingly at one another are as far from obscenity as the risque is
removed from the romantic. They're completely clothed, and doing nothing
that would earn even the most puritanical parent's disapproval. And they
are, after all, just dolls and action figures. But even that much
homoeroticism has been banned in Alabama
(Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19338-2003Nov28.html
++ British newspapers / magazines
Three galleries in Madrid's 'Paseo del Arte' undergo extensive rebuilding
They have dubbed it the Paseo del Arte, the Art Walk, a rejuvenated route
joining Madrid's three largest art galleries, the Prado, the Reina Sofía and
the Thyssen-Bornemisza, as each one prepares to unveil new wings over the
next year
(The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1094974,00.html
Spain unveils new 'Art Walk' linking capital's three major galleries
The Prado, the Thyssen Bornemisza and the Reina Sofia museums, a few
moments' walk from each other along the Paseo de Prado boulevard, are to
expand into spectacular buildings set to open next year. The government this
week hailed the New Art Walk as one of the world's most important cultural
projects
(The Independent)
http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=467926
Aboriginal art under fraud threat
Australian aboriginal art is under threat after a series of high profile
fraud scandals
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3246474.stm
Art snapped up at Secret sale
The Royal College of Art's Secret postcard sale has sold more postcards in
the first six hours than during the whole of last year's sale
(BBC News)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3247448.stm
-- November 29
++ American newspapers / magazines
A Boston art museum comes of age
City's showcase for modern works plans to triple its viewing space with a
snazzy new waterfront building
(Los Angeles Times)
http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-blanc29nov29,2,1821517
.story?coll=cl-art
Closing the book on rare Japanese prints
As rarity increases, so does unpredictability. The new law of the art market
was verified as never before this week in the course of a fascinating sale
of Japanese art at Sotheby's
(International Herald Tribune)
http://www.iht.com/articles/119532.html
-- November 30
++ American newspapers / magazines
Stedelijk director is not a fraudster
Major renovation work begins this month at two top Amsterdam museums
The investigation into alleged fraud by Rudi Fuchs, the recently departed
director of the Stedeljk Museum in Amsterdam, and the artist Karel Appel has
been concluded, and there is no evidence of criminal activity by them
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11424
Museums must attract the disadvantaged or lose money
UK museums are told their future government subsidy depends on their ability
to bring in the poor and minority groups
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11417
Renzo Piano chosen for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Italian architect will design the institution's new $50 million wing
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11416
Sculptor wins injunction against developer
A federal court has ruled that an installation of sculptures is protected by
Massachusetts, but not federal, law
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11414
Where did all the Britart go?
C.I. Kim is a businessman, collector, and artist whose department store
museum includes work by Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Anthony Gormley
(The Art Newspaper)
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/museums/museums.asp
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