“At first blush, Mr. Calatrava’s architecture can almost — almost — make you forget what an epic boondoggle the whole thing has been. That virgin view, standing inside the Oculus and gazing up, is a jaw-dropper.”
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An Uncertain Start For The New Met Breuer
“Is the Met Breuer a new museum, or an extension of an old one? Does the Met Breuer do what the Met does best? It’s too soon for me to say – but I am not as confident as I’d wish that this new pavilion has the same ambitions and sympathies as the mothership.”
What’s At Stake For The Met’s New Breuer Museum
“There’s enormous good will and crossed fingers about the Met’s endeavor, in part because there is something deeply unsettled, and unsettling, about the project. All know that ahead lies a treacherous balancing act — creative thinking, self-examination, scholarship, good staff decisions, and sterling curatorship are all critical for the success of the Met Breuer.”
How Digital Technology Is Revolutionizing Archaeology
“As the digital and physical worlds collide, archaeology is changing—not just in practice but in scale. A huge database of Biblical-era pottery, for example, means an archaeologist in Jordan can find a shard of pottery from the Iron Age and, in minutes, query how that one fragment of clay connects to every other excavation site in the Holy Land.”
Why Art ABout TV Shows Is Showing Up In Museums
“Museums have to change what they do and bring in more diverse audiences if they want to survive and thrive in the 21st century. Some museums are changing the look and feel of their displays, for example, making them more colorful or shortening text descriptions to appeal to a broader audience. Other times, it meant putting graffiti, comic book characters or President Underwood on display.”
Rijksmuseum’s Director Stepping Down To Launch New Private Museum
“The director general of the Rijksmuseum, Wim Pijbes, has decided to leave the Netherlands’ national museum of art and history this summer to run the new Museum Voorlinden, which is nearing completion on the Dutch coast.”
‘It’s Like A Pokémon’ – New York Times Reviews Calatrava’s Big, Beautiful Boondoggle Of A Transit Center
Michael Kimmelman: “At first blush, Mr. Calatrava’s architecture can almost – almost – make you forget what an epic boondoggle the whole thing has been. That virgin view, standing inside the Oculus and gazing up, is a jaw-dropper.”
At One Of Paris’s Most Popular Museums, Curators Openly Question Their Boss’s Fitness For His Job
“Six curators at the museum anonymously contacted the newspaper Le Monde last month to contest [his] reappointment. They told the newspaper that the museum was in the midst of a ‘meltdown’.”
‘The World’s First Feature-Length Painted Animation’: A Van Gogh Biopic Told With His Own Paintings And Letters
“Loving Vincent … brings together the skills of over 100 painters trained specifically to mimic van Gogh’s own technique and brushstrokes, with each frame composed of actual, hand-painted artworks.”
So What Exactly Has The Met Done With The Old Whitney Museum? Here’s A First Look
“On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art formally reintroduced the building as the Met Breuer.” According to one of the architects who restored the building, “most of the decisions involved simple, originalist steps backward, to [original architect Marcel] Breuer’s intentions.”