Category: visual

“Although the ubiquity and increasing simplicity of digital cameras means that fewer forensic photographers are employed by the police, Marsh still views his expertise as crucial and irreplaceable.”

Norbert Kricke’s “Space Sculpture” is now (probably) installed at a Mercedes-Benz factory near Stuttgart, Germany.

“The plaster artifact shows three couples of geese amongst tufts of grass, and was supposedly found by Italian Egyptologist Luigi Vassalli, then a curator of the Museum Bulaq, in the Atet chapel at the Nefermaat funerary complex at Meidum. Tiradritti thinks it is highly likely that Vassalli is the real artist behind the geese.”

“When ‘Space Sculpture’ first went on display in 1965, it was as conspicuous as it could be, given pride of place smack in the center of LACMA’s entryway. A futuristic fantasy filled with shimmering optimism glistened in the Southern California sunlight. The sculpture was the spindle around which the new museum’s three marble-clad pavilions revolved.”

“The Broad Museum is about to open its doors this September, and by doing so it’s going to explode a U.S. military style daisy cutter on the Los Angeles art scene. Then comes Hauser Wirth and Schimmel (HWS) a few blocks away in LA’s undeniably burgeoning Arts District. … Its palatial grounds, amidst the growing number of galleries, will cement LA as the new capital of the art world, what I simply call ArtWorldInc.”

“The features are a blueprint for museums today, as institutions the world over compete harder for the chance to mount crowd-pleasing shows by big names. Instead of courting donors with grand galleries or stark white rooms for displaying masterworks, museums are luring star artists with buildings that they can engage and ultimately reshape with their work.”

“The plan also raises all kinds of questions about the future of the curatorial program at this venerable little institution — the sort of place that once had a show by Chris Burden shut down by the local Fire Department because his installation created the risk of toppling the museum’s walls.”

“How does it work? In most fine art insurance policies, lost or damaged certificates of ownership can fall in a gray area—sometimes they are covered, but often they are not. In the case of conceptual artworks, the certificate is an essential component of the work, and without it the piece is considered worthless. In this policy, certificates are explicitly covered.”

Matthew Teitelbaum, now “director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario, brings not only a track record of successful museum expansion and fund-raising, but a broad approach to audience engagement and an expertise in contemporary art that could add new dimensions to the MFA.”