Category: visual

The trends to spot are trends that have been going on for a few years now.

Experts say the discovery could re-write history in prehistoric Britain.

“The biggest question hovering over satellite museums is the most basic: why would sophisticated cities with their own rich cultural heritage and traditions feel the need to establish institutions that foreigners think they need?” A point-counterpoint forum between art journalist (and ArtsJournal blogger) Lee Rosenbaum and art historian and gallery director Maymanah Farhat.

“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while,” said Susan L. Talbott, who will step down this fall. “I’m 65. I’ve had a great career and I really like the idea of leaving on a high note, when the [museum’s $33 million] renovation is complete.”

“As Communist uniformity gave way to a tangle of political and market forces over the past three decades, avant-garde foreign and overseas-trained Chinese architects have burst on the scene, making booming Chinese megacities staging points, critics argue, for radical visions that would be unbuildable elsewhere.”

“‘If he lived today, we’d probably call him a selfie-addict,’ said the historian Elizabeth Goldring, who has uncovered details of Dudley’s extraordinary collection for a new study of the man who probably won the heart, although not the hand, of Elizabeth I.”

“The Tamayo’s attendance has gone from an average of 5,000 visitors per month to around 2,100 visitors per day,” so the museum has hired more security staff, more janitors, and more guides.

“Around 100 officers from France’s anti-fraud squad raided the headquarters of his company, Aristophil, along with offices in Luxembourg, Brussels and Nice. The police seized all the money in the company’s accounts, forcing it to shut down.”

“As our city planners consider the ways in which downtown is developed, it’s worth remembering that a healthy urban ecosystem isn’t made out of any one kind of person or business or building.”

“Franck Davidovici, creator of a 1985 ad campaign for the French clothing retailer Naf Naf featuring a similar figure and pig, is pressing a legal complaint.”