Category: visual

Scheduled for completion in mid-to-late 2014, the 2,000-foot-long, 15-foot-wide esplanade will extend out 50 feet over the Schuylkill River “and will have four expanded lookout areas for people to pause or lounge.”

“Amazon is set to debut the site with works from roughly 100 small galleries across the U.S., say gallery owners briefed on Amazon’s plans. In recent weeks, the Seattle company has held cocktail receptions in its hometown, San Francisco, New York and other cities to invite galleries to take part in the new program.”

“If someone asked you what could help strengthen communities and contribute to a fair and just society, would you say “museums” ? Probably not. It’s not that they don’t have a social impact, but this is not their primary role, nor is it the best approach for addressing inequality, poverty and lack of aspiration.”

“Now, 15 years later, historians, legal experts and Jewish groups say that some American museums have backtracked on their pledge to settle Holocaust recovery claims on the merits, and have resorted instead to legal and other tactics to block survivors or their heirs from pursuing claims.”

“M+ is scheduled to be completed in 2017 and will be a key part of the city’s new cultural district, a waterfront development that will serve as home to visual and performing arts organizations. Planners hope the $642-million museum will become one of the world’s top modern and contemporary art destinations.”

“Today’s curators are the art world’s equivalent of film directors; they even look like directors. What’s more, many of them are inspired by cinema to create a sort of scenario for their projects.”

“Can you imagine the directors of the National Gallery and the British Museum having a public spat over who should own what? At that level, however violent the emotions or bitter the resentment, arguments are settled in private. Not so in Russia.”

“Experts and DIA officials say the most frequently cited ideas are impractical or not lucrative enough to dent the city’s gargantuan debt and would harm the museum.”

“Will the DIA survive the city’s financial crisis, or will collateral damage from the march toward bankruptcy leave the museum mortally wounded?”

“In an era of austerity, one way to share out our nation’s cultural treasures would be to do something about the thousands of artworks that currently sit in the vaults of our museums.”