Category: visual

“The full scope of Mr. Hirst’s fascination with colored dots will become clear this spring, when his publisher, Other Criteria, issues a comprehensive catalog of the paintings: a 1,000-page illustrated book listing every work.”

“This case has other aspects than pure legal aspects that have to be taken into consideration.”

Scottish Parliament, that is, with “an opportunity to view Warhol’s works as they explore the role of power and politics in modern life.”

This is the little-known world of “salvage art”, which raises a host of questions about valuation, the art market and its integrity.

“Clearly we made an error of judgment in spending that much money on that building… Where we made a mistake — and I’m as guilty as anyone — we misjudged the cost embedded in the building, and we misjudged our ability to support the building.”

“While foreign nations routinely rely on international accords to secure American help in retrieving antiquities from the United States, Washington has no reciprocal agreements governing American artifacts abroad. And the United States laws that provide some protection against the illicit sale of Indian artifacts in this country have no weight in foreign lands. So tribes reaching overseas to recover objects that they view as culturally important are left to do battle on their own.”

“Hardly any restoration work was carried out on L’Aquila’s ravaged centre for three years and it remained a ghost town, while 13 controversially expensive ‘new towns’ were built on the outskirts for the 73,000 homeless residents. … Some restoration projects are [now finally] under way.”

James Polchin argues that “Lichtenstein’s obsession with the minute details of painting proves there’s more craft to Pop Art than you might think.”

“Since 2011, the budget for Apple’s Campus 2 has ballooned from less than $3 billion to nearly $5 billion, according to five people close to the project who were not authorized to speak on the record. If their consensus estimate is accurate, Apple’s expansion would eclipse the $3.9 billion being spent on the new World Trade Center complex in New York.”

“Online news reports claimed that the scientists found prolonged exposure to LED lights to be the cause of the darkening. That conclusion, however, is inaccurate.”