Two English art critics post-mortem the Turner Prize. Just what do we believe art to be? BBC
Category: visual
CARNEGIE INTERNATIONAL
The oldest regular survey of contemporary art in North America opens in Pittsburgh. This edition has work by 41 artists, billed as “emerging and established,” from 22 countries. But to anyone who follows the international art scene, there are more familiar figures here than new discoveries. Toronto Globe and Mail
- And: Five artists to watch. Globe and Mail 12/3/99
ILLICIT ART BOOM
Gangs are linked to art theft. ”As a rule of thumb, if there’s a resurgence in the art market there will be a resurgence in the forgery market,” a fraud squad investigator tells an Australian conference on art crime. Sydney Morning Herald
OLD IN ALL SIZES
It’s antiquities month in New York – beginning with New York University professor Christopher Ratte’s annual illustrated report on his excavations in Aphrodisias in western Turkey. New York Times
MALEVICH PAINTINGS TO BE RETURNED
Harvard museum to return two Maleviches which the artist left in Berlin at his death and which belong to his heirs. Boston Globe
VIRTUAL DRAIN
Young architects are leaving the built real world to join the cyber landscape. “The demand for architects can only grow as the graphical sense of place explored by computer games is used to organize information on CD-ROMs and Internet sites.” Architecture Magazine
YOUR AD HERE
“With rare exceptions – prisons, churches, Bilbao – buildings no longer say very much to most people.” But advertising – billboards, signs – advertising grabs the imagination. “One could cast this as a battle for citizens’ hearts and minds, but for a long time now bright lights have been winning all hearts, hands down.” Architecture Magazine
DUMBBELL ART
Police department in Ontario city decides to sell off artwork at the station so it can buy gym equipment. CBC
STEVE MCQUEEN WINS
Video artist beats out favorite to win this year’s Turner Prize. London Telegraph
- And: Audio and video of the announcement. BBC 12/1/99
TROPHY TOWERS
Manhattan’s vintage sky scrapers are changing hands for record prices. Developers who a decade ago dismissed the landmark towers as money-losers, now covet them as status symbols. And, they’re investing hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade neglected buildings. Architecture Magazine