Category: visual

— at the Brooklyn Museum much as it opened – big crowds, protests outside. – New York Times

In 1994 the Metropolitan Museum embarked on a $300 million campaign  for renovation and expansion. Now, with $450 million in hand, the museum has set it sights on $650 million.  – New York Times

In the ’90s, notions of beauty were stirred around like ingredients in a soup. Does beauty matter any more in art? – Salon

In remaking Berlin, architects and politicians are facing monumental challenges of history and expectation. So far, so good…  – Washington Post

New York’s Metropolitan Museum was set up to be an encyclopedic collection. Nonetheless, its attitudes about art of our times have been complicated. And the museum’s leadership are prickly when asked about it. – New York Times

Ground was broken on the Washington Mall last fall for the National Museum of the American Indian, set to open in 2002. Assembling and moving collections into any new facility is an enormous ritualized task. For this museum a whole new set of rules also apply. – Los Angeles Times

Eighty years on, the Bauhaus legacy still reverberates. – Sunday Times (UK)

Los Angeles’ museums are learning that collegiality and cooperation benefits them all when planning new exhibitions. A new wave of sharing erupts. – Los Angeles Times

Not. Ironic in a Salvador Dali kind of way that the artist who hated tourists has a museum of his work in a place luring tourists. – Washington Post

It’s tax credit time again – that time of year when collectors give away art to institutions (in part) to claim tax breaks. Two such gifts – one in the US, the other in London point up the differences in tax laws. – New York Times