Category: visual

“Behind this ‘Jean-Paul’ character is a team: Producers who procure his replica suits and accessories, photographers who take the sepia-toned pictures for the blog, and digital managers who tweet and post under his name.”

“While professionals in architecture and urban conservation often show considerable enthusiasm for these buildings, a groundswell of popular affection is as yet a distant prospect. And in the meantime, there is less and less left to love.”

“The hitch: The 10-by-16-foot plastered together mural, made on a hollow brick wall that was plastered and primed with casein, weighed 3,000 pounds. Mr. Muth quickly borrowed several thousand dollars from family members to fund its removal.”

“While there is no clear front-runner for the job at this point, art world experts said potential candidates include former MOCA senior curator Ann Goldstein. She is currently the artistic director of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, and is a close friend of Joel Wachs.”

“The firm managing the sale – the Sincura Group – said it had not been appreciated in situ and was to be sold.”

“Art critics and online commentators are blasting Christie’s, the New York-based auction house, for possibly angling for a piece of the action should the Detroit Institute of Arts have to sell part of its collection to satisfy creditors in the city’s bankruptcy.”

“Franco Lucchesi, the president of the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, which manages the historic buildings in Florence’s Piazza del Duomo, has announced that the institution will spend between €30m and €35m to restore the marble façades (around 40,000 sq. m) on all of the square’s monuments.”

“MOCA leaders framed their unprecedented decision as an example of the risk-taking for which an adventurous contemporary art museum had become widely admired. In reality, though, the choice just seemed naive.”

“The prospective departure of the D.I.A.’s touchstones by Jan van Eyck, Fra Angelico, Bellini, Titian, Rembrandt, Velásquez, Brueghel, Goya, Cézanne, and van Gogh … thus suggests intolerable violence to the very soul of Detroit’s suffering body. It’s a strong argument, other things being equal; but other things are not.”

“According to a written statement issued by the museum, … ‘he will stay on to ensure a smooth transition and the successful completion’ of a campaign begun in March to boost MOCA’s endowment to $100 million.”