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-----Original Message----- From: H-Museum (Marra) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 5:03 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: NEWS: H-Museum News Digest (USA, UK) [Editor's note: The following articles are published in American and British newspapers and magazines. The H-MUSEUM NEWS DIGEST service is made available by the editorial staff of H-Museum <[log in to unmask]>.] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- H-MUSEUM NEWS DIGEST (USA, UK) April 26 - May 2, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- April 26 ++ American newspapers New Museum Revives Painful Memories for Internees Japanese Americans Visit Site of Their Relocation in WWII (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41897-2004Apr25.html It's socially apt, but show tied to cooperative's soft drink is flat In the Gallery at REDCAT, a Danish artists' collective has installed a show called "Superflex/Self-Organizes/Guaraná Power." The conservative work offers little to look at, less to experience and virtually nothing to think about. It's just about as bad as art gets these days (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-knight26apr26,2,648725 2.story?coll=cl-art ++ British newspapers Europe prepares for cultural boost Ten new member states join the European Union on 1 May, each bringing with them a rich musical, artistic and literary heritage (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3659245.stm -- April 27 ++ American newspapers 'Mona Lisa' aging causes concern The "Mona Lisa," Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece of a mysterious woman with a slight smile, is deteriorating quickly, the Louvre Museum in Paris said Monday, announcing that an in-depth technical study was being conducted to determine why (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick27.2apr27,2,49591 57.story?coll=cl-art -- April 28 ++ American newspapers Daniel Boorstin, Who Lived By the Books, Is Remembered What started out as a memorial service for Daniel J. Boorstin yesterday at the Library of Congress also turned into a lovefest for books, reading and the power of the written word (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48099-2004Apr27.html Institute chief leaving LACMA Paul Holdengräber, director and founder of the Institute for Art & Cultures at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, resigned after five years in the job. In a short e-mail, Holdengräber thanked his "colleagues at LACMA, the Board of Trustees and the wonderful public for their enthusiastic and loyal support." His resignation will take effect May 3 (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick28.5apr28,2,67286 34.story?coll=cl-art Italy, the classroom A show featuring Jean-Honoré Fragonard's drawings tells the story of the painter's education. But it says very little about him personally (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-myers28apr28,2,3970432 .story?coll=cl-art Mussolini villa to house Holocaust museum Italy plans to build a museum dedicated to victims of the Holocaust in the former Rome residence of the World War II Fascist dictator Mussolini, city officials said Tuesday (International Herald Tribune) http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=517340&owner=(AFP)&date=20040429141505 -- April 29 ++ American newspapers Maritime Museum's Recovery Among the many organizations that approached the Annapolis City Council for money Monday was the Annapolis Maritime Museum, still recovering from a devastating blow from Hurricane Isabel last September (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49984-2004Apr28.html A Chance to See Northern Lights The National Museum of Women in the Arts, which usually features paintings, sculpture and multimedia, has mounted its first show dedicated to design: "Nordic Cool: Hot Women Designers." (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49343-2004Apr28.html San Diego's new museum leader Derrick Cartwright has been named director of the San Diego Museum of Art. He replaces Don Bacigalupi, who left after four years to become director of the Toledo Museum of Art (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-quick29.5apr29,2,19353 15.story?coll=cl-art Last chance: 'It Was Forty Years Ago Today ... The Beatles in America' Although for some rock 'n' roll fans, the magic innocence of the Beatles' 1964 invasion had long worn off by 1968, many relished their post-Sgt. Pepper musical maturity. If that's your definition of the band, then you have one final weekend to see "The Mad Day: Summer of '68," a collection of rare photographs taken in London by Tom Murray. But if you prefer "The Fab Four," then march over to the museum's listening rooms for equally rare radio recordings by Larry Kane. The journalist traveled with the Beatles during their 1964 and 1965 tours (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-last29apr29,2,5591550. story?coll=cl-art Drifting amid memories, images of postwar Japan For Daido Moriyama, photography is a lonely, gritty search for truth (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-wk-gallery29apr29,2,73473 09.story?coll=cl-art ++ British newspapers Museums month focuses on travel Museums and art galleries around the UK are displaying hundreds of travel exhibits in a May publicity drive (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3670351.stm Museums count cost of going free Museums and galleries have attracted nearly 11 million extra visitors since scrapping their entrance fees. So why do they need to embark on a month-long promotional campaign? (BBC News) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/3667641.stm -- April 30 ++ American newspapers De Kooning From Z to A: Meetings and Convergences There are two ways to traverse the thrilling survey of Willem de Kooning's paintings at the Gagosian Gallery in Chelsea: forward and backward. Both are rewarding, but backward is encouraged. Several examples of the artist's late work, visible from the front door, make the case. Painted between 1984 and 1988, just before de Kooning descended into the oblivion of Alzheimer's disease, they fill the gallery's majestic central space and will in all likelihood draw you like a magnet (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30SMIT.html Let Them Wear Silk: Decadence Before the Fall "Dangerous Liaisons,"a sumptuous display of 18th-century fashion and furniture on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, recasts the museum exhibition as a double-entendre. The show is more than a presentation of fancy dress and décor. It is a shock. A scandal. A deluge! (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30MUSC.html Illustrating the Immigration From Taiwan to a New Land An influential trend in the exhibiting of international contemporary art is what might be called the illustrational imperative. As opposed to the old Modernist idea of art for art's sake or art that draws attention mainly to its own formal and material properties, the illustrational imperative requires art to represent some important topic other than art (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30JOHN.html A Brancusi Trio Becomes a Quartet When "Constantin Brancusi: The Essence of Things" opens at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on June 11, the exhibition will include several works not seen at the Tate Modern in London, where the exhibition is on view through May 23. One in particular will stand out, especially to art historians and scholars well versed in this Romanian-born artist's work. Curators at the Guggenheim call the sculpture a discovery and say it has never been publicly exhibited before (New York Times) http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/30/arts/design/30INSI.html Taking the Nation's Coin Collection Out of Circulation The Hall of Money and Medals, which for 40 years has been a rich and august presence on the monumental Mall, will close forever in August, the Smithsonian Institution has announced (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55044-2004Apr29.html Ancient tablets head back to Iran Three hundred ancient clay tablets that help provide information on languages and daily life in the Persian empire are headed back to Iran in what University of Chicago officials have described as the first U.S. return of loaned Iranian artifacts since the Islamic Revolution (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-et-quick30.2apr30,2,15512 73.story?coll=cl-art -- May 1 ++ American newspapers Stolen Peru Artifacts Returned 41 Pre-Columbian Objects Recovered by U.S. Agents (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58202-2004Apr30.html Science museum's temporary home still a work in progress It has a gift shop, a cafe and all the usual trappings of a natural history museum. But the new temporary home of the California Academy of Sciences, which opens today in downtown San Francisco, also serves as a working experiment in human-animal interactions (San Francisco Chronicle) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/01 /BAG826D9VB20.DTL Is MoMA buying the Hirsts on show at Tate? Nine Modern paintings from the museum collection go on sale at Christie's this month (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11642 Iraq: the legacy of neglect and conflict John Russell, the acting senior advisor for culture to the Coalition Provisional Authority, assesses the situation on the ground (The Art Newspaper) http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11640 Letter from Baghdad: the death of culture under Saddam's rule "I faced two difficulties: one as an Iraqi citizen, the other as an artist" http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11641 -- May 2 ++ American newspapers A new design with a spine Rem Koolhaas wanted to raze it and start over. Now LACMA has approved a more tolerant scheme by Renzo Piano, one that unites past and future (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-ouroussoff2may02,2,675 0685.story?coll=cl-art Banking on big names More than $500 million worth of art is up for auction in New York. Quality is important, but illustrious ownership can add real value to the sale price (Los Angeles Times) http://www.calendarlive.com/galleriesandmuseums/cl-ca-muchnic2may02,2,781040 .story?coll=cl-art --- H-MUSEUM H-Net Network for Museums and Museum Studies 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]