“There may be more prestigious awards for artists, such as the Guggenheim’s Hugo Boss Prize or the Tate’s Turner Prize. Yet none gives away more money than ArtPrize, which begins its fifth season on Wednesday and runs to Oct. 6.”
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A Look At Five New Museums On The Way
“If one thing is certain in the face of these impending openings, it’s that veils and canopies and porous space are definitely in for art museums.”
Artist Olafur Eliasson: The Art Of Bringing Light To 1.6 Billion People
Little Sun is his project that aims to bring solar lamps to the 1.6 billion people who lack access to electricity.
Italy’s Special Anti-Mafia Force Investigates Pompeii
“The Direzione Investigativa Antimafia is investigating conservation projects in Pompeii. The Naples-based agency is working closely with the ministry of culture and police to weed out the involvement of organised crime from the archaeological site, which has come under fire from Unesco for failing to address damage to the ancient city’s damaged buildings and frescoes.”
Eli Broad’s L.A. Museum Will Have Free Admission
“Besides stocking the museum with their nearly 2,000-piece collection of art from the 1950s to the present at the museum, the Broads are providing at least $395 million to build and endow it.”
What Happens When You Clean A Jackson Pollock? You’ll Be Amazed
Christopher Knight: “I was frankly unprepared for just how different – how fresh and kinetic – Mural looks now. Color contrasts are emphatic. Patches of white canvas are bright rather than dim. While wholly abstract, several flickering suggestions of animal forms are vivid. Layers of visual space have opened up.”
Why Rick DeVos Created The ArtPrize
“‘I followed the principle of the purple cow,’ he says, referring to author Seth Godin’s concept that great products get people talking, as if they’d spied a purple cow, and gain visibility through word of mouth. So he created the world’s most lucrative art contest, with the biggest winners chosen by the public rather than experts.”
Top Art World Lawyer Accused Of Embezzling From Cy Twombly’s Foundation
“One of the most prominent art-world lawyers in New York, Ralph E. Lerner, was accused on Wednesday, in an ongoing court case filed in Delaware, of fraudulently taking at least $750,000 in fees from the foundation of the artist Cy Twombly, who died in 2011.”
Will George Lucas Win His Bid To Build A Museum At The Presidio?
“Should San Francisco reject his latest proposal, Mr. Lucas is threatening to build his pop-culture palace in Chicago.”
Painter Peter Doig Says He’s Totally Not Painter Peter Doige
“There is quite a lot of rural Canada, you see, and [Doig] says that he and Doige were in different bits, and that he never served time anywhere.”