Category: visual

“Mr. Lauder ultimately decides which works to buy. But each addition to his cubist collection has been preceded by in-depth conversations with Ms. Braun, whom Mr. Lauder described as ‘my partner and teacher and mentor.'”

“For Chinese contemporary art the market is voracious and developed so quickly from zero to where we are today, so there has been a tendency to validate artists by their market’s worth.”

The ambitious 39-year-old Massimiliano Gioni has doubled the number of artists and “is mixing high and low, with masters mingling with self-taught and outsider artists.”

“Mr. O’Donoghue was determined from the start to incorporate striking colors and religious symbols–but noted the challenge in carrying this out tastefully in a room containing 95 statues of saints and oak seats carved with monsters.”

The 2015 closure and renovation will leave “Asia’s aspiring arts hub without a dedicated art museum.”

“People were saying: ‘I find I can’t even have this conversation about equality in the art world’ because so many people think it’s already been achieved. Because figures like Tracey Emin have defied the statistics, their rare success misleads people into thinking women get an equal shot.”

“Concerns about the number and scale of museums raised issues about the capacity for an industry-wide restructure, integrated collections and even the possibility of a moratorium on new museum construction for two to five years.”

“A turbulent landscape in which storm clouds and sunlight vie for mastery over Salisbury Cathedral, which John Constable hoped would help secure his eternal reputation as an artist of genius, has been acquired by the Tate … will be shared and travel between a group of regional museums, including the national galleries of Wales and Scotland.”

“Comprising 33 volumes and more than 16,000 images,” Pablo Picasso – known in the art world as “the Zervos” – “was the result of an intense four-decade collaboration between the artist and [scholar/dealer Christian] Zervos.”

“In recent years, about 100 museums have opened annually here, peaking at nearly 400 in 2011, according to the Chinese Society of Museums. The frenzied construction of cultural infrastructure follows earlier building binges involving roads and bridges. But it’s harder to manage a museum than a highway. For one thing, you need to fill museums with worthwhile exhibits and visitors.”