“The unveiling last spring of the nearly 5-meter (16-foot) tall bronze outside the city’s main train station bewildered the public and triggered salvos of sarcasm from the Vatican’s art reviewer.”
Category: visual
Gallery Directors Play Bigger Role In Chicago Art Scene
“The role of gallery director is an increasingly significant one in Chicago, where the expansion of districts from River North and Michigan Avenue into the West Loop, Pilsen and beyond are evidence that more contemporary art galleries are shining than shuttering.”
London’s White Cube Gallery To Add Enormous New Space
“Even as workmen toil to complete the building, one thing is clear: the new gallery that White Cube is about to add to its empire is vast. When contemporary-art dealer Jay Jopling’s latest venture opens on 12 October, at 5,400 sq metres, it will be the largest commercial art gallery in Britain: the Tate Modern of the for-profit art world.”
Landmark Frank Gehry House Reopens In New Location
“In architectural circles, the town of Owatonna, Minn. is best known for its extraordinary Louis Sullivan bank … Now, Owatonna is home to a second architectural jewel – a Frank Gehry-designed home, the Winton Guest House, which was originally built on in the suburbs of Minneapolis.”
Why Does It Cost So Much To Go To The Museum?
“Super-museums can afford free or inexpensive admission only with government support. The New York museums get substantial sums from the City but not enough to cover free entry. But do they have to charge so much?”
Why Do Museums Charge Admission? (The Answer Varies)
“The Art Newspaper surveyed 30 of the nation’s leading museums and discovered an ideological split, with some focusing on revenue generation and others stressing the museum’s role as a community–and free–resource.”
Boston Museum Of Fine Art Returns Ancient Marble To Turkey
“Turkey has been campaigning for the marble’s return for the past two decades, with hopes of joining it to the marble torso, which is held at the Antalya Museum in southwestern Turkey.”
Doing Good And Looking Good: Designing A New Housing Project In The Bronx
“The rebirth of the South Bronx isn’t news. But Via Verde is. And it makes as good an argument as any new building in the city for the cultural and civic value of architecture.”
New New York Times Architecture Critic Talks About His Mission
Michael Kimmelman: “I’m interested in urbanism, city planning, housing and social affairs, the environment and health, politics and culture – in all the ways we live, in other words, and not just in how buildings look or who designs them, although those things are inseparable from the rest.”
Sale Of Clyfford Still Paintings A Problematic Start For New Museum
“At the very least, the sale is a messy start for a worthwhile new addition to Denver’s cultural scene.”