“Recently, to reduce energy costs, art museums have been shifting to using energy-efficient LEDs. But the switch isn’t just about cost—it can make preserving paintings easier, too.”
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Chinese City Unveils Copy Of Anish Kapoor’s ‘Cloud Gate’ (Chicago’s ‘Bean’) – And Kapoor Is Not Happy
“It seems that in China today it is permissible to steal the creativity of others,” said the sculptor, who plans to sue and wants Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to join the case. Authorities in the Xinjiang oil town of Karamay insist that their sculpture, intended to represent a giant oil bubble, is completely different.
Oligarch Must Pay Sculptor For Illegal Knockoffs He Had Made, Says Court, But He Gets To Keep The Copies
“Last week a federal judge ordered Russian-born, Florida-based billionaire Igor Olenicoff to pay sculptor John Raimondi $640,000 for having unauthorized copies of his work made in China and installed at his development sites. However, US District Judge Andrew Guilford denied the artist’s request that the fakes be scrapped.” (They get labels instead.)
These Architects Are Changing The Business (And Thus The Design) Of Architecture
“To make a building or a landscape is a hugely complex and collaborative business. Many famous architects obscure that fact, and present themselves like fashion designers, delivering a tight brand and a singular sensibility. Snohetta carry themselves like a collective of filmmakers: Their work has no set style and no manifesto. It is visually bold, but shaped by observation and empathy.”
Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Museums Struggle To Remember
“Art museums across New Orleans felt compelled to remember Hurricane Katrina as the 10th anniversary of its landfall approaches. But the anniversary shows at some of the city’s most high-profile museums seem surprisingly understated, at least to outsiders’ eyes. In fact, they barely seem to be about Katrina at all.”
The Strike Is On At UK’s National Gallery
“About 200 members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union began the ongoing industrial action on Tuesday. … The industrial action follows privatisation plans which the gallery said would enable it to introduce a new roster to ‘operate more flexibly and deliver an enhanced service’.”
Museums Are Rebranding. Friendlier Names, Anyone?
On Monday, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts unveiled its new identity. In addition to a new logo designed by Pentagram, the museum announced a name change: from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (plural) to the Minneapolis Institute of Art (singular), and from MIA, an acronym, to Mia, a … nickname?
How Instagram Is Influencing The Visual Art Market
In the past few years, it has emerged as the social media platform of choice for many contemporary artists, galleries, auction houses and collectors, who use it to promote art — especially works by emerging artists — and to offer an early peek into studios, auction houses and art fairs. How much that actually translates into sales like the “Lockheed Lounge,” however, is still up for debate.
A Blockbuster Show Of Art From The Biggest Corporate Fraud In Brazil’s History
“Operation Car Wash” has rocked Brazil with its revelations of executives and politicians helping themselves to money from Petrobras, the country’s nationalized oil company. An exhibit of works confiscated from the alleged culprits has become a huge hit.
Committing Fiber Arts (AKA Knitting) In Public As A Radical Act
“People consistently underestimate the power of knitting,” says Sewell. “They don’t recognize its radical properties. They’re always surprised when they talk to us about what why we’re knitting, like, ‘Is she talking about racism right now? Did she really just say ‘police brutality?'”