“Unesco may soon strip London’s two most prominent tourist sites, Westminster’s Parliament Square and the Tower of London in the City of their world heritage status. Chief reason is the towering Shard, which will be western Europe’s tallest building, now looming over both of them from its launch pad on the south side of London Bridge.”
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Hockney Exhibit Moves Mountains (Of People) In London
“We’re still smiling. Everybody is coming out with a smile on their face. It’s fantastic, far better than Leonardo, sorry Leonardo, but all that colour. Yorkshire is going to get a lot of tourists after this.”
Younger Than Standard Time, L.A. Artists React To The Shows
Not surprisingly, young artists in L.A. have conflicting reactions to Pacific Standard Time. “It felt odd to see the whole institution historicized in this way. It’s like if you take your childhood and make a museum show out of it or something.”
Prominent Collector Sues Gagosian Over Sale Of Lichtenstein Painting
“The suit, filed Wednesday in state court in Manhattan, is part of a tangle of art deals that led to two earlier lawsuits against the dealer in federal court, one of which Mr. Gagosian settled for $4.4 million last year, according to court papers.”
American Folk Art Museum, Once Near Collapse, Now Stabilized
“The American Folk Art Museum can survive in a storefront on New York’s Upper West Side, its volunteer president said today, buoyed by more than $3.5 million in contributions and pledges since it sold its main building to the Museum of Modern Art.”
Italian Case Against 92-Year-Old Antiquities Dealer Thrown Out
“The trial of Robert E. Hecht Jr., the alleged mastermind of an international black market in ancient art, ended with no verdict this week when a three-judge panel in Rome found the time allotted for the trial had expired.”
L.A. MoCA To Create Original Programming for YouTube
“Joining its hometown industry and betting on the success of YouTube’s new initiative to promote original content, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced that it would start an online video channel in July featuring news and talk-show programming, among other art-focused shows.”
Starchitects Revolutionize The Parking Garages Of Miami Beach
“Miami Beach has become a magnet for high-end architects” – Herzog & deMeuron, Frank Gehry, Enrique Morten, Zaha Hadid, Arquitectonica, Rem Koolhaas’s OMA – “intent on rethinking what the often drab, utilitarian parking garage can be.”
Re-setting The Place Of Latin American Art In Art History
mari Carmen RamÃrez “wants to shake up the politics of art history, to prove that Latin American art, far from being derivative, has had its own identity, its own breakthroughs.”
Former Top Sydney Art Dealer Charged With 87 Counts Of Fraud
“One of Australia’s former leading art dealers, Ronald Coles, faces up to 10 years in jail after being charged today with 87 offences relating to an alleged multimillion-dollar investment art fraud scheme.”