Category: visual

“Mr. Broersen was also astounded by the quality of paintings available in the closed-off country, with brush work and moods reminiscent of the Impressionists. He was so moved by some stylized depictions of traditional Korean houses and residential laneways that he told the artist they reminded him of Vincent van Gogh.”

“Is it going to change anything at the gallery? ‘No, we’re just gonna keep showing work that people want really bad, and maybe go on a Home Depot run for a better lock,’ Harding said.”

“LaBeija’s photos flip the script, offering up her experiences for our consumption on her specific terms, and requiring us to look her in the eyes while we do so. LaBeija is still young. Some of the influences in her work — David LaChapelle, Cindy Sherman — lie a little close to the surface. But through her subject matter, she makes these techniques her own.”

“The problem is optical: two parties, critics and artists, look past each other with incompatible expectations.”

“Project Mosul has been launched by researchers from the Initial Training Network for Digital Cultural Heritage, an EU-funded initiative aimed at preserving cultural heritage using digital technology. The project consists of a team of volunteers working to digitally reconstruct ancient artifacts from the museum by using photographs and even video taken by tourists.”

The two works were found together in the Print Collection, according to the statement, “approximately 80 feet from where the items should have been filed. I saw Rembrandt’s face and I was like, ‘Is this the Rembrandt? There are lots of prints of Rembrandt. This might be it. So I had someone come and confirm.”

“Syrian officials said they had moved hundreds of Palmyra’s statues to safety prior to the IS takeover but could not transfer large monuments. But across Syria, volunteers have risked their lives to preserve and protect irreplaceable monuments and mosaics, many of which date back to the 1st and 2nd Century; while civilians have turned over thousands of ancient artefacts for safekeeping. The British Museum said it could not reveal which Syrian artefact it was holding.”

“Construction on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has not begun. Since 2007, we have worked together with the Tourism Development & Investment Company to improve conditions for the workers who will build the future museum. Documented progress has been made on worker accommodation, access to medical coverage, grievance procedures and passport retention, and additional work is underway.”

As visionary, ambitious, and successful as Anne Pasternak’s programming has been at Creative Time, it’s a leap, to say the least, for her to assume leadership of the encyclopedic Brooklyn Museum, which has a staff of more than three hundred and fifty and resides in a five-story McKim, Mead & White building, whose oldest bits date back to 1893.

“Three months later, however, and the museum is struggling to attract visitors. Some Baghdad residents insist they aren’t aware of its existence, despite a much publicized ceremony to mark the occasion, while others have stayed away because of a recent uptick in terrorist attacks—one of which struck a nearby café—that has persuaded many to cut down on nonessential movement.”