Category: visual

“First, the conservator can line up the torn ends and affix them to a new piece of fabric that lines the back of the painting. She might also try to attach the torn ends to each other using a method called Rissverklebung, in which individual fibers are rewoven back into place.”

“An unidentified woman attending a museum class ‘lost her balance’ and crashed into the artwork,” leaving a 6-inch rip in the canvas. “‘Actor’ was worth about $130 million, according to a New York art dealer.”

“The simplest explanation is that the museum has lacked space during construction of a $350 million expansion and renovation designed by Rafael Vinoly, which started in 2005. The museum has also suffered from high turnover among directors.”

“The new Acropolis Museum is proof — at last — that Greece has a safe place to display the hotly contested artworks. For Athenians who live and work near the Acropolis, the looming modern structure at the southeastern base of the hill is a mixed blessing.”

“Since the quake, gallery owners have been trying to pull together a list of artists killed, injured or missing. They’d accounted for about half of those they represented. Untold is the toll in artworks, with their wild colors and real-life portrayals; their lions, tigers and bears, though those animals don’t exist in Haiti; their echoes of voodoo traditions and the nation’s African roots.”

“Staff members have been told that a financial deficit currently at around £600,000 might rise to £1.2m and if radical steps are not taken the ICA could be closed by May.”

One laid-off architect gave up on freelance work and is getting a truck-driving license. Another turned her skills to designing and marketing boutique ice cream sandwiches. Then there’s the man who set up an architectural advice booth at a Seattle farmers’ market.

“The Broads’ latest contribution brings their total gift to the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum [at Michigan State University] to $28 million, according to a press release. Of their contribution, $21 million is earmarked for construction and $7 million for art acquisition, exhibits and operations.”

“In 2005 the Channel 4 programme Demolition asked people which building they would like knocked down and the Imax,” a hulking leisure complex in Dorset, “was judged first in line in England.” Now that dream will come true.

“[T]he preservationists should put away their torches and pitchforks. Mr. Piano’s design, dominated by a four-story copper-clad volume that encloses a 300-seat music hall and a temporary-exhibitions gallery, keeps a respectful distance from the Venetian dowager.” Indeed, it may hold Gardner’s memory “in too high regard.”