“The dual mission Mr. Marshall has been pursuing with a kind of holy fervor for almost 40 years now: building a sturdy bridge for figurative painting from the 15th century to ours, over treacherous spans of recent history that declared both figuration and painting to be finished — and at the same time trying to rewrite history itself.”
Category: visual
How Does A Natural History Museum Clean An Enormous – And Beloved – Blue Whale?
“It needs to be a soft bristle attachment that brushes the dust as we vacuum it. … But there’s no special ‘whale attachment’ that you can buy in a store.”
The Museum Where You Can Listen To The Tour In Klingon
“Even the most expert Klingon linguists get tongue-tied, so here for your entertainment are the outtakes from Okrand’s recording of the Klingon audio tour segments.”
Digital Archives From The Hammer Museum Are Another ‘Game Changer’
“The project goes beyond just creating a bells-and-whistles exhibition website. The archive features important essays generated by the show, links to outside coverage, as well as documentation, photography and other research material.”
New Trove Of Silhouettes Sheds Light (And Shadow) On Our History
“AAS, a national research library focused on US history and culture based in Worcester, Massachusetts, recently launched an online resource on the silhouettes in their portrait collection.”
1,200-Year-Old Mosque Destroyed By Saudi Airstrike In Yemen
“The ninth-century mosque of the Prophet Shuaibi in the Bani Matar area of Sana’a, the capital city of Yemen, was destroyed by an air strike on 25 August. … The mosque, located on the Arabian Peninsula’s highest mountain, the Shu-aib Mountain, was known for the wooden carvings on its ceiling, according to UNESCO …, and was a holy place for pilgrims to the nearby tomb of the Prophet Shu-aib’.”
60-Foot Kenny Scharf Mural Stolen For Second Time (But Now There’s Video)
“A 60-foot-long mural by street artist Kenny Scharf [titled NEVERENDINGOGO] has been stolen from the East River Esplanade in Harlem for the second time – but at least this time the heist was captured on camera.”
‘An Open Invitation To Commit Suicide’ – The Winner Of The 2016 Carbuncle Cup
“The Lincoln Plaza housing tower in east London by BUJ Architects has been awarded the Carbuncle Cup 2016 [for Britain’s worst new building of the year] by architecture website BD. … Architect and critic Ike Ijeh, who was one of the competition judges, has called the building a ‘putrid pugilistic horror show that should never have been built’.”
Who Could Fill Nicholas Serota’s Shoes At The Tate? Here Are A Few Possibilities
“He doesn’t want the next incumbent to think he or she has an easy ride: there is work to be done. He might be leaving, but he’s setting the agenda before he goes. And who might that person be to come in and realise Tate’s ‘potential’?” BBC arts editor Will Gompertz names some potential candidates.
Tate Modern’s New Extension Has A Peeping-Tom Problem
“Residents of London’s Neo Bankside luxury apartment complex, next to the Tate Modern, have lately been dismayed to find photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms popping up on strangers’ Instagram feeds.”