-----Original Message----- From: H-Museum (Marra) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:19 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. The WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST service is made available by the editorial staff of H-Museum <[log in to unmask]>.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEEKLY NEWS DIGEST (USA, UK) December 29, 2003 - January 4, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- December 29, 2003 ++ British newspapers Conservationists in £25m project to save crumbling Wollaton Hall, a rare jewel of the Elizabethan age For more than 400 years, Wollaton Hall has been a beautiful example of Elizabethan heritage, an imposing stone building rising from more than 500 acres of the Nottinghamshire landscape (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=476694 Charles Stucke: Great art is global property Second Luce Annual Lecture by the Professor at the Art Institute of Chicago (The Independent) http://argument.independent.co.uk/podium/story.jsp?story=476626 Obituary: Marjorie Reeves Historian and educationist at St Anne's College, Oxford (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=476640 -- December 30, 2003 ++ American newspapers Art Exhibits Help Make Time Fly Between Flights Too busy with business meetings to visit the local art museums while on the road? Not to worry. There is an ever-increasing likelihood you can make up for your cultural negligence at the airport (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/30/business/30art.html Obituary: Ralph Du Casse - celebrated artist, teacher Ralph S. Du Casse, a celebrated Bay Area teacher and abstract artist, has died of the infirmities of old age. He was 87. He was on the fine arts faculty for many years at the San Francisco Art Institute, the California College of Arts and Crafts, UC Berkeley and Mills College, where he served for a time as chairman of the arts department. Mr. Du Casse was a noted abstract artist as well, and his work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Brazil, the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. His work is also in the private collections of Vincent Price, Phyllis Wattis and in the Haas family collection in San Francisco (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/12/30 /BAG3H409N21.DTL -- December 31, 2003 ++ American newspapers A team spirit at Museum of Modern Art Joachim Pissarro's response to the prospect of becoming a top curator at the Museum of Modern Art? "I asked for a double whiskey," he said. Pissarro's need for reinforcement is understandable (International Herald Tribune) http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=123253&owner=(NYT)&date=20040102141543 -- January 1, 2004 ++ American newspapers 10 Years Later, Italy Assesses Change in How Its Museums Are Run Ten years ago, getting into a government-run museum after 1 p.m. to see a Raphael in Milan, a Titian in Venice, a Michelangelo in Florence or a Caravaggio in Rome was tantamount to finding a post office open at that hour. Close to impossible (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/01/arts/design/01MILA.html LeWitt the Collector, Filling Up a Warehouse Sol LeWitt's artworks are minimal and precise, but his art collection is vast and unruly. He says he does not even know how many works he has, or what they are worth (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/01/arts/design/01LEWI.html Bringing the Historical Confucius to Life Confucius' teachings remain enormously influential in China and beyond, yet little is known in the West about the man himself beyond his famous sayings, or analects. Now the Musée Guimet in Paris, renowned for its fine collection of Asian art, has set out to bridge this gap between East and West by devoting an exhibition to this central pillar of Asian thought (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/01/arts/design/01CONF.html Historic House Needs Repairs -- and Money Mansion Was Home to Lee's Family (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44873-2003Dec31.html Obituary: Joanne Sonnichsen -- bookbinder Joanne Sonnichsen of Menlo Park, a noted bookbinder whose work has been displayed worldwide, died of congestive heart failure at her home on Christmas Day after a nine-year battle with cancer. She was 70. Her bindings have been displayed in museums, universities and private collections in numerous countries, including France, Australia and England (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/01 /BAGAQ41VI41.DTL -- January 2, 2004 ++ American newspapers Before Film, a Family Record on Canvas American folk art portraits can be primitive or accomplished, but style mattered little to the 18th- and 19th-century families who inherited these prized possessions (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/02/arts/design/02ANTI.html When Steuben Glass Went Clear, Clean and Modern Steuben Glass, now celebrating its 100th year in business, was a token of high-end New York modernity from about 1930 to 1960. Its elegantly contemporary and flawlessly executed products - cocktail shakers, drinking glasses, bowls, cigarette urns, olive dishes and the like - made the perfect gift for the upscale bride and groom. And the company, an offshoot of Corning Glass Works in Corning, N.Y., promoted its wares, even during the Depression, to an unabashed luxury market (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/02/arts/design/02GLUE.html The Rush-Hour Revelations of an Underground Museum New York Citie's great subway system has many benefits. While getting millions of people where they need to go each day with a minimum of logistical fuss and environmental muss, it also serves as a great humanizing, socializing force. After all, spending time in the company of strangers is one of the earth's oldest, most direct and stimulating forms of education. Travel is broadening, as they say, and New Yorkers can learn a good bit about the world simply by exercising their right to a $2 ride. The experience, formative to natives, transformative to later arrivals, encourages tolerance, curiosity and creativity, basic ingredients of cosmopolitanism (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/02/arts/design/02XSMIT.html Obituary: Ibram Lassaw, 90, a Sculptor Devoted to Abstract Forms, Dies Ibram Lassaw, an artist known mainly for his colorful, open-form metal sculptures and one of the last links to the original generation of the New York School artists, died on Tuesday at his home in the Springs section of East Hampton, N.Y, his family said. He was 90. (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/02/arts/design/02LASS.html Society is on a mission to balance scales on justice The new owner of the Taney House hopes to reinterpret the museum dedicated to the former Supreme Court chief (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-dishneau2jan02,0,12259 95.story?coll=cl-art Reality and irony collide UnNaturally" begins with the idea that it's getting harder to tell what's real and what's artificial. The 15-artist exhibition at USC's Fisher Gallery reopens Tuesday (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-pagel2jan02,2,6050302. story?coll=cl-art WWII Veterans Lend Their Images to Posterity An exhibit at a Brentwood campus features recent clay sculptures and vintage photos of 100 men and women who took part (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-me-vets2jan02,2,902843.st ory?coll=cl-art Italy lets cafes and shops into museums Ten years ago, getting into a government-run museum after 1 p.m. to see a Raphael in Milan, a Titian in Venice, a Michelangelo in Florence or a Caravaggio in Rome was tantamount to finding a post office open at that hour. Close to impossible (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/02 /DDGO54224F1.DTL Museum looks at Confucius Musee Guimet hires calligrapher to interpret life of ancient teacher Confucius' teachings remain enormously influential in China and beyond, yet little is known in the West about the man himself beyond his famous sayings, or analects (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/01/02 /DDGO5422FC1.DTL ++ British newspapers Obituary: Betty Haines Expert in the chemistry and conservation of leather (The Independent) http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=477400 World-class art on display From next month, art-lovers in Wales will be able to see the work of the ten artists shortlisted for one of the world's largest prizes of its kind (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3361507.stm -- January 3, 2004 ++ American newspapers Smithsonian Collects Industrial Drawings Doodles and drawings done by engineers to guide the manufacture of everyday things sometime qualify as art, the Smithsonian Institution thinks. As evidence, it has framed 74 of them to send around the country for display in museums (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/arts/AP-Engineering-Art.html Obituary: Vincent Smith, Painter Who Portrayed Black Life, Dies at 74 (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/03/arts/design/03SMIT.html -- January 4, 2004 ++ American newspapers Eli Wilner's Job: Putting the Frame in the Picture You know that dour Victorian portrait your Aunt Tillie left you? Get it down from the attic. Even if the painting's not worth anything, the frame might fetch up to $200,000. And if it does, Eli Wilner will be the man to thank. In 1982, when he was 26 and working as a painting restorer and framer, he began collecting antique frames that art dealers put out on the street as trash. It was cheaper for them to buy reproductions than to restore the old ones. Very old frames were valued, but those from the 19th and early 20th centuries, he recalls, "were considered junk (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/arts/design/04STRA.html Masks in Place, but Headed for the Mainstream Striding through Chelsea on a chilly day in early December, two members of the Guerrilla Girls - fierce, furry masks topping off de rigueur black - drew admiring whistles from construction workers. "Hey, beautiful, I know somebody in Jersey related to you - my wife!" (Proof, perhaps, of the continuing need for feminist masked avengers.) And were greeted with solidarity by assorted gallerygoers, if not by all gallerists (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/arts/design/04HOBA.html Edifice complex Historian Robert Winter's "Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles," first co-written in 1965 with David Gebhard, has just been released in a fifth, updated edition (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-tm-crwinter01jan04,2,3020 796.story?coll=cl-art A life gone South Seas A blockbuster exhibition focusing on Gauguin's turbulent - and productive - final years digs at the sources of his inspiration (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-hohenadel4jan04,2,4682 185.story?coll=cl-art ++ British newspapers In search of... Picasso in Malaga This city is back on the map, thanks to a new museum dedicated to its most famous son. So what's it like inside? 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