The historic structure on top of the site (known as the Edicule) has just been fixed up, but – as engineers discovered during the project – the ground on which it sits is very unstable, and fixing it will be very tricky.
Author: Matthew Westphal
‘New Yorker’ Cartoonist Jack Zeigler Dead At 74
“[He] contributed more than 1,600 cartoons to The New Yorker beginning in the mid-1970s. His work, which featured talking toasters, the Lone Ranger, Sammy Davis Jr. and more, was defined by a satirical, silly, observational style.”
$700,000 Rodin Sculpture Found In A Storage Locker In Southwest France
“The 72cm high plasterwork of a naked, muscular man carrying a young woman bears the sculptor’s engraved signature and was a preparatory work for Rodin’s bronze sculpture I Am Beautiful [Je suis belle]. … It went unnoticed until the death of its owner in 2013, when it was spotted in a box in furniture storage in Biarritz.”
Julian Stanczak, 88, Leader Of 1960s Op-Art Movement
“Stanczak’s acrylic paintings often tended toward brightly colored shapes and grids. … They highlight the act of seeing, in the process showing that, when we look at two unlike forms put together, an unexpected element can result: movement.”
Leonardo Da Vinci’s ‘Adoration Of The Magi’ Back – And Brighter – After Six-Year Restoration
“Experts said the restoration uncovered newfound lucidity and profundity in the work, with figures that had previously been hidden now apparent and a ‘liveliness’ of action uncovered.” Says the director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, where the painting is back on display, “This is an extremely cinematographic painting, in fact, and has become such thanks to the cleaning,”
Judge Denies Roman Polanski’s Latest Bid To Avoid Jail In Statutory Rape Case
“In a written decision handed down Monday, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon said that Polanski’s current motions are based on the same arguments previously presented and rejected by other judges. ‘No sufficient or compelling basis for reconsideration of these issues … has been presented,’ he wrote in the 13-page decision.”
The *Other* Tate Gallery Reopens After £20 Million Refurbishment
The Tate St. Ives, in an artists’ colony/resort town on the coast of Cornwall, has doubled its exhibition space and made room for a semi-permanent exhibition to accompany the temporary shows it concentrated on previously.
This British-Iranian Composer Was Almost Denied Permission To Visit The U.S. For The Premiere Of Her Opera
And what is Soosan Lolavar’s opera – titled ID, Please – about? Immigration.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.03.17
The Prado Goes To Santa Fe
In recent years, the Prado has gotten more and more ambitious, and good for it – especially with international activities, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-04-03
“Inappropriate Relationship”: Tom Campbell Must Go; Metropolitan Museum’s Board Must Reform
Two weeks ago, I had suggested that the increasing barrage of negative assessments of Tom Campbell‘s leadership at the Metropolitan Museum might lead him to “decide jointly with the board that it could be best to end his tenure sooner than scheduled” … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-04-02
When Christopher Marlowe Said That Jesus Christ Was Gay And The Eucharist Should Be Smoked In A Pipe
Those were just two of the scandalous allegations in a spy’s report to Queen Elizabeth I’s Privy Council – a document that’s now available to the public online.