Remarks by two leading British museum directors---Neil MacGregor and Nicholas Serota---during a recent public conversation (scroll to July 7) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, elicited notable comments from two CultureGrrl readers:Alan Wallach, Professor of Art. Art History and American Studies at the College of William and Mary, reponds to Serota and … [Read more...] about BlogBacks: Readers Respond to Comments by MacGregor and Serota
Archives for August 2009
My Star Turn with PBS’s “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” (on its blog)
It's not exactly prime time, but the post on The Art of Blogging About Art in the Art Beat blog (not to be confused with the ArtsBeat blog) of public television's "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" features CultureGrrl (along with the LA Times' Culture Monster and the Poetry Foundation's Harriet). CultureGrrl had the distinction of being the only single-author blog in the bunch.One … [Read more...] about My Star Turn with PBS’s “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” (on its blog)
Lee’s List: What CultureGrrl is Reading Today
Send a micro-donation of $1.50 my way (via my "Donate" button in the middle column), and I'll shoot you my latest links: Brooklyn Museum tech, new university museum guidelines, Sotheby's finances (2 links), Guggenheim radio broadcast. And here's my favorite---The Art of Blogging About Art, featuring:I'll have more to say about that bit of unsought, welcome publicity, COMING … [Read more...] about Lee’s List: What CultureGrrl is Reading Today
NOT a Spoof: Sam Sifton Named NY Times’ New Restaurant Critic UPDATED
Sam SiftonFrom the NY Times' Culture Editor to...its RESTAURANT CRITIC?!? I had to rub my eyes and read John Koblin's NY Observer article twice. Then I checked my calendar to make sure it wasn't Apr. 1. This, apparently, is for real, art-lings. Koblin quotes the staff memo from Times executive editor Bill Keller, regarding the designation of Sam Sifton to succeed Frank Bruni as … [Read more...] about NOT a Spoof: Sam Sifton Named NY Times’ New Restaurant Critic UPDATED
“Art of the Steal”: Documentary on the Barnes Battle at Toronto Film Festival
A still (taken at the site of the planned Philly Barnes) from Don Argott's new documentary, "The Art of the Steal"Based on the research in John Anderson's 2003 book chronicling the battle over the fate of the Barnes Foundation, Art Held Hostage (reviewed here by Eric Gibson of the Wall Street Journal), a new documentary, "The Art of the Steal," directed by Don Argott, will be … [Read more...] about “Art of the Steal”: Documentary on the Barnes Battle at Toronto Film Festival
Lee’s List: What CultureGrrl is Reading Today
Send a micro-donation of $1.50 my way today (via my "Donate" button in the middle column), and I'll shoot you these links: African art market, Andy Warhol Museum, new book on blogs, Charles Gwathmey obit, Detroit Institute's restitutions.As expected, I've attracted some criticism for charging for links that other bloggers bestow for free. So let me try to explain: ---First, I'm … [Read more...] about Lee’s List: What CultureGrrl is Reading Today
Defending the MoMA Monster at City Planning: No Crowds, No Shadows
Even in the dog days of summer, the Museum of Modern Art and Hines, the real estate developer, managed to assemble their heavy hitters for the City Planning Commission's public hearing on July 22 regarding architect Jean Nouvel's proposed mixed-use glass tower, which would include space for MoMA's expansion. Left to right: Glenn Lowry, MoMA's director; Michael Sillerman, … [Read more...] about Defending the MoMA Monster at City Planning: No Crowds, No Shadows
Slow News Day: Kimmelman on Museum Visitors’ Attention Spans UPDATED
Art Buchwald, champion museum sprinterThe NY Times editors were so pleased to have one of Michael Kimmelman's sporadic contributions from abroad that they privileged with Page-One placement the peripatetic culture critic's dog-bites-man story about the short attention spans of visitors at the Louvre. This yielded an opportunity to publish an appealing photo of 16th-century … [Read more...] about Slow News Day: Kimmelman on Museum Visitors’ Attention Spans UPDATED
Attack of the NIMBYs: Video Shoots the MoMA Monster
I know, art-lings. You're anxiously awaiting my report/photo essay on the City Planning Commission testimony by Lowry, Nouvel and other proponents of Jean's Beanstalk, the 85-story sliver that developer Hines wants to plant on a small plot adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. But first, let's round out our airing of the opponents' views. Below is a video now posted on the new … [Read more...] about Attack of the NIMBYs: Video Shoots the MoMA Monster