“It is not inconceivable that a clever lawyer may well manage to convince a jury of the validity of Baldwin’s case—but the action has made him a laughing stock in the art world, singling him out as a classic know-nothing celebrity art buyer.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
This Year’s National Medal Of Arts Honorees
Among the 24 honorees: musicians Wynton Marsalis and Santiago Jimenez; composer Philip Glass; actor Audra McDonald; and authors Sandra Cisneros, Ron Chernow, Rudolfo Anaya, and James McBride.
Research: Impact Of Museum Admission Fees On Who Comes And What They Do
Introducing an admissions fee does not affect the diversity of museum visitors, but can lead overall visitor numbers to fall, according to research released this week by the Association of Independent Museums (AIM).
Latest Private Museum Suggests Growing Clout Of Collectors
That this low-profile Dutch businessman could pull together such a significant representation of Kelly’s work — with loans from the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum in New York, Tate London, the Pompidou Center in Paris and the artist’s own studio — for his private museum in a far-flung corner of the Netherlands indicates the kind of leverage that Mr. van Caldenborgh, 75, and other major collectors, now have in the art world.
Helsinki Guggenheim Project In Doubt After Government Blocks Public Funding
“The decision is the latest blow to the Guggenheim Helsinki project, whose initial plans met with widespread public opposition when they were unveiled in 2011 and were formally turned down by the city board the following year. After an international competition last year drew more than 1,700 entrants, the scheme seemed to be back on track.”
Meet America’s New Chief Librarian
Carla Hayden is about to take over as the Librarian of Congress. She’s “aware of but undaunted by the library’s challenges, including outdated technology, a storage crisis for its rapidly growing collections and a demoralized staff. A 2015 government report found widespread mismanagement of its IT systems, which wasted millions of dollars and hampered operations at the Copyright Office and elsewhere.”
Robert Gottlieb: My Life As A Reader
“Not since Max Perkins worked with Hemingway and Fitzgerald has there been a more admired editor than Robert Gottlieb. His has been, he would admit, a privileged and enviable life, which is really just another way of saying that it has been a life filled with books.”
Why Virtual Reality Has Huge Potential For Music
“Outside of games, music is almost certainly the most popular content type in VR right now, which makes sense both technically—right now, VR’s best for quick viewing periods, about the length of your average song—and creatively. Both formats trade in experiences, connection, and immersion. You don’t go to a concert for the sound quality; you go to be part of something.”
Study: Music And Theatre Students Face More Bullying Than Others
“Music and theater students face a significantly greater risk than their non-arts peers of reporting being the victims of bullying behavior,” write Kenneth Elpus of the University of Maryland and Bruce Allen Carter of Florida International University.
Some Art Dealers Who Are Experimenting With Models Other Than The Gallery Norm
“Metaphors aside, it is clear how the current art fair-driven system has created a fixed pattern, with little room for negotiation: Small galleries from the periphery can participate at small fairs, and hopefully sell to collectors they would never meet otherwise. Meanwhile, big galleries, such as Gagosian, Hauser & Wirth, Marian Goodman, and David Zwirner but also Thaddaeus Ropac, Almine Rech, Perrotin, and Massimo De Carlo, become bigger and bigger—from ship to galleon, from galleon to fleet—opening new branches all over the world. But what about the middle sized galleries?”