Category: visual

“Attendance has nearly tripled at Jacksonville’s Museum of Contemporary Art since the City Council president, Clay Yarborough, last week denounced as pornographic a photograph showing a nude pregnant woman reclining on a love seat.”

Less than two weeks after rival auction house Sotheby’s saw its CEO resign under pressure, Steven Murphy has stepped down from the helm of Christie’s after a four-year tenure – a decision Murphy describes as “mutual and amenable”.

“The shortlisted entries — chosen by an 11-member jury from 1,715 anonymous submissions — come from emerging and established architectural practices located in a range of countries.”

Jacksonville City Council President Clay Yarborough said “while we may all differ on the definition of art,” a more important question is whether anyone, especially a child, should have their rights violated by being forcibly exposed to such a piece in a government-owned building.

“The Turner Prize has been a victim of its own success. The things it was created to do have now been done. So what is to be done with this albatross of an institution?”

“The Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme allows owners to use their cultural and historical artefacts to pay inheritance tax. It was augmented last year by the Cultural Gifts Scheme, which allows people to give gifts to the nation for a reduction in income tax.”

“The need to make things transparent—to break down the barriers between inside and out, between the realms of high culture and everyday life—shapes the structure itself as Mr Piano reveals aspects of the museum’s function that are usually concealed.”

“Groundbreaking is expected for next summer, with an opening planned for December 2016. The facility is to include more than 20,000 square feet of exhibition space, as well as classrooms and a 15,000-square-foot sculpture garden.”

“1 World Trade implies (wrongly) a metropolis bereft of fresh ideas. It looks as if it could be anywhere, which New York isn’t.”