“With the early 2012 opening of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s new wing approaching, the museum announced today the hiring of a new curator of the collection, its key curatorial post” – Oliver Tostmann, a 38-year-old German who is “now finishing up a prestigious, three-year fellowship at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.”
Category: visual
Photographer Patrick Cariou Wins Copyright Case Against Gagosian
“Cariou originally filed suit for copyright infringement against [artist Richard] Prince, Larry Gagosian, Gagosian Gallery, and Rizzoli books in December 2008 after a number of his photographs were reappropriated without consent in Prince’s ‘Canal Zone’ series.”
In Praise Of Louis Sullivan, The Father Of Architectural Modernism
“[He] coined the maxim ‘Form ever follows function’ – which lost its second word when it became the modernist battle cry.” (At least Sullivan didn’t consider ornament a crime.) “He arguably invented and indisputably defined the aesthetic and purpose of the skyscraper.”
Spanish Police Publish List Of Recovered Stolen Treasures
“Spanish police have published a catalogue of recovered stolen art and precious objects in the hope of reuniting them with their rightful owners. Among the items retrieved during raids are six Picasso pieces from 1933 titled Cardinal Sins, each in its own silver frame.”
Using Fine Art To Train Physicians
“Evidence has pointed to inadequate physical examination skills among medical students, and declining teaching of these skills. Some medical colleges are using art as an antidote to the trend. They are holding courses in which students visit museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to observe art and devise a ‘visual diagnosis’ through close attention to subtle details in facial expression and body language.”
Should Local Governments Sell Art To Raise Money?
“Should councils sell works of art to raise money? Yes, sell the junk, says critic Brian Sewell. No, says Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar, it will have long-term consequences.”
Is The Design World Getting More Diverse?
Women have long complained that design has been a “man’s world,” but white man’s world would be more accurate. “There are more black designers coming up now. But it is disappointing that there aren’t more of us.”
A New Director’s Plans For Tate Modern
“I’ve always been dreaming and thinking and writing and provoking thoughts, hopefully, about the museum of the future. And I would very much like to be part of a museum for the future, which I do think is Tate Modern.”
Museum Tries To Deaccession Renoir at Maastricht Art Fair
“Since the Clark owns 32 other works by the artist, it is selling this one-with a price tag of $15 million-to raise money for future acquisitions.”
Russia Demands Return Of Icons In Massachusetts Museum
“Russia’s Ministry of Culture has ordered the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton to dismantle its exhibit of 37 icons and artifacts on loan from Russia and send them back. … Russian museums have been canceling loans of artwork to the United States as a result of a feud that began last summer over a US court decision.”