http://www.artsjournal.com/visual.shtml Copyright 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:29:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "At the height of his popularity, Jackson bent the music industry toward an androgynous, perpetually childlike model of superstardom. He managed a similar trick in transforming the architecture of this classic Santa Barbara County ranch property."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/michael_jackson_3.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/michael_jackson_3.shtml visual Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:09:33 -0800 "It's the latest success for Italy in its campaign to recover artifacts stolen from ancient sites and smuggled out of the country to be sold. The Cleveland Museum had bought the artifacts in the 1970s and 1980s and said it had no knowledge about the tainted past of the artifacts until contacted by Italian authorities."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/italy_shows_off.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/italy_shows_off.shtml visual Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:03:57 -0800 "I wanted to be able to represent normal, everyday stay-at-home mums who aren't normally a feature of major artworks - to show my kids now, and when they're older, that you can do, and be part of anything, no matter how ordinary you are or feel. I never expected to get a place so hadn't thought about what to do and I never expected to be first."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/first_living_st.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/first_living_st.shtml visual Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:00:43 -0800 "By opening pop up shops we are making a high streets more appealing to shoppers and visitors. And it's not just happening in London. Many of the UK's towns and cities are seeing their own high street galleries."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/popup_art_artis.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/popup_art_artis.shtml visual Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:52:19 -0800 "Like those brand-new ghost towns in Nevada and Arizona, the Spertus's acclaimed building will stand mostly unpopulated, its distinctive, faceted glass facade a taunting portal to a locked vault. Treasures and programs that were easily accessible at its former location--a building of the same height, right next door--will now be available to the public a total of about 12 hours a month."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/a_museum_that_h.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/a_museum_that_h.shtml visual Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:46:20 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/caroline_bauman.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/caroline_bauman.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:36:03 -0800 "The city council has announced plans to redesign the Accademia Bridge, next to the eponymous art gallery, to provide access for the disabled. But architects and construction firms bidding to undertake the project will also have to prove they can raise the sponsorship to finance the work; the council will not make any contribution to the estimated €5m costs."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/venice_to_redes.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/venice_to_redes.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:04:57 -0800 "The restoration of frescoes by Michelangelo in the Vatican has revealed what is believed to be a self-portrait of the artist. The face is in a wall mural in the Vatican's Pauline Chapel or Cappella Paolina, according to Maurizio De Luca, the Vatican's chief restorer. The chapel, which is used by the Pope and not open to the public, was unveiled this week after a restoration costing €3.2 million (£2.7 million)."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/restored_fresco.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/restored_fresco.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:43:41 -0800 While Timothy Rub, incoming director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, "brings to his new job a resume strong on all the essential art-world skills, one of the qualities that surely impressed the Philadelphia trustees is his ability to manage a big construction project and a big architectural ego." This is key as the museum embarks on a $500 million expansion designed by Frank Gehry.... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/what_rub_might.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/what_rub_might.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:29:03 -0800 "Gap founder Donald Fisher and his family have decided to abandon their efforts to build a contemporary art museum at the Main Post of San Francisco's Presidio.... The question now is whether the Fishers will invest additional time and money on a local proposal, trusting the word of critics who have said they would like to see the renowned collection stay in the city as long as a museum was built at a less sensitive location."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/gap_founder_aba.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/gap_founder_aba.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:03:46 -0800 "Forget the recession for a minute. The California Community Foundation, in partnership with the Getty Trust, is still doling out money to Los Angeles County's visual artists. In this year's round of fellowships, to be announced today, 10 mid-career artists will receive $20,000 apiece and four emerging figures will each get $15,000."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/not_all_news_is.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/not_all_news_is.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:55:48 -0800 Daniel Grant: "In most cases, museums prefer going to auction. Whatever criticism these institutions receive for selling objects only increases if they don't do it that way." But that doesn't mean auctions are the smartest choice. "The method of disposing of deaccessioned objects needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and museum directors fearful of public criticism might want to broaden their outlook."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/going_to_auctio.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/going_to_auctio.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:53:32 -0800 "It's a glass ledge, 1 1/2 inches thick and poking out about four feet from the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower. There is no frame under the floor, only air -- 1,353 feet of it, straight down to the miniature taxis on Wacker Drive." The trick to it "is an intriguing feat of engineering, a team of designers and builders said Wednesday, swearing on a stack of liability policies as they unveiled the project. "... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/floating_in_spa.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/floating_in_spa.shtml visual Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:24:31 -0800 "The former head of finance for the Dutch national arts funding body, the Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture (BKVB), is the subject of an international police hunt after the discovery that he had siphoned around €15.5m from the organisation's accounts."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/dutch_arts_offi.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/dutch_arts_offi.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:35:56 -0800 "[It] is the earliest depiction of Rembrandt as a hopeful teenager, not as he would have liked to have been seen but how he looked to a fellow art student in Amsterdam. Jan Lievens painted Rembrandt at the age of 16, as the central figure in The Cardplayers, which is believed to have been completed in 1623-24."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/portrait_of_the_7.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/portrait_of_the_7.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:34:33 -0800 "Forget the notion of a reverent nature photographer tiptoeing through the woods, camera slung over one shoulder, patiently looking for perfect light. Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/a_bizarre_union.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/a_bizarre_union.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:24:32 -0800 Timothy Rub, incoming director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, "is at that awkward stage in a new leader's tenure - perhaps wanting to talk substantively about his ideas for the job, yet wary of committing too much too early - but he is happy to say one thing quite unequivocally: He's thinking of Philadelphia long-term."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/philly_museums_2.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/philly_museums_2.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:59:42 -0800 "Ann Goldstein, a 25-year veteran of Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art and its senior curator since 2001, has been appointed general artistic director of the Stedelijk Museum, a leading modern and contemporary art institution in Amsterdam. ... Goldstein said that the Los Angeles museum's financial troubles played no part in her decision to move to Amsterdam."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/moca_curator_to.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/moca_curator_to.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:31:31 -0800 Ada Louise Huxtable: "By design, Lincoln Center was isolated from its surroundings. In accordance with one of the more faulty modernist practices of the day, it was built on a platform, or 'podium' (a favorite buzz word), separating it from the city streets and dedicating it to access by car." In rebuilding the 50-year-old complex, architects are breaking down that bunker mentality, "reuniting Lincoln Center with the city."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/reimagined_linc.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/07/reimagined_linc.shtml visual Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:05:27 -0800 http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/ezra_merkin_sel.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/ezra_merkin_sel.shtml visual Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:30:12 -0800 "Plans to build a new structure on the roof of Westminster Abbey have been announced, changing the London skyline in the first major building work at the medieval Abbey for 250 years. The addition - an architectural feature in the shape of a large crown - will complete a section of the church that has been left unfinished for centuries."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/with_crown_21st.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/with_crown_21st.shtml visual Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:30:58 -0800 "[W]hile the discontinuance of Kodachrome may not be felt as keenly as that of other recently defunct items -- notably Polaroid's SX-70 film or Kodak's black-and-white printing papers -- the Kodak film has given honorable service for so long (since 1935 in movie cameras, since 1936 in 35mm still cameras) that its demise calls for a send-off more ceremonial than just a quote from the Paul Simon lyric."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/why_kodachrome.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/why_kodachrome.shtml visual Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:21:51 -0800 "It is one of the country's largest spaces to showcase the best of British sculpture, so being commissioned to create an artwork for the Duveen Galleries - the central space in Tate Britain - has not just drawn in hordes of visitors but also cemented the reputations of Britain's boldest contemporary artists. Now, the gallery has selected a previously unknown artist," Eva Rothschild, "in hope that she will become as celebrated as her earlier 'art star' counterparts...."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/tate_commission.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/tate_commission.shtml visual Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:52:07 -0800 "After a Prague meeting on Holocaust-era assets, delegates will tomorrow endorse a non-binding accord, promising to conduct more provenance research on art in public collections, to open public archives and to ensure that claimants have access to 'just and fair' solutions and speedy consideration of their claims."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/46_nations_pled.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/46_nations_pled.shtml visual Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:27:43 -0800 Van Gogh's "The Night Café," from 1888, "is posing an intricate question in international law. It's the subject of a suit and countersuit in U.S. courts between the descendant of a former owner and Yale University Art Gallery. ... So whose is it? That turns on the legitimacy of the Bolshevik government and its acts: a matter for international lawyers."... http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/night_cafe_batt.shtml http://www.artsjournal.com/artsjournal1/2009/06/night_cafe_batt.shtml visual Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:22:44 -0800