“Students, faculty and alumni of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art eager to learn the fate of the college’s distinctive no-tuition policy have been told to wait, again.”
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US Postal Service Considers Selling Landmark Post Offices; Preservationists Object
“The Santa Monica post office, with its distinctive PWA Moderne style, is one of about 200 post offices around the country, dozens of them architecturally distinctive buildings, that the Postal Service has indicated it may choose to sell in coming years because of its financial problems.”
Ambitious Plan To Double Size Of Sydney’s Major Museum (Now All We Need Is $400 Million)
“We have the opportunity to create an iconic new building that will take its place alongside the Opera House as an international beacon of modernity, of creativity, of a celebration of the human spirit in Australia.”
George Lucas Proposes New Museum For San Francisco
“The filmmaker said he has long sought to showcase his collection of 150 years of populist art, which includes illustrations by Norman Rockwell and Maxfield Parrish, comics and digital technology. Lucas, 69, said he doesn’t have enough wall space at his 6,000-acre Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, so he wants to invest up to $300 million of his own money to build the museum.”
Art Found In Garage Worth $30 Million
“In 2007, the new owner of a bungalow in Bellport, on Long Island, found thousands of paintings, drawings and journals by Arthur Pinajian in a garage and attic.
A Visit To Europe’s Largest Sculpture Foundry
“They’ve cast bronzes for Sarah Lucas, Antony Gormley and Damien Hirst. They also produced Martin Jennings’s sculpture of John Betjeman at St Pancras station. Here, the staff at Pangolin Editions in Gloucestershire reveal the secrets of the foundry.”
A Growing Divide Between Top Galleries And The Rest
“While there has been considerable growth at both the top and emerging ends of the trade, the middle has stagnated.”
Britain’s Murals Threatened As Buildings Torn Down
“Between the 1920s and the 1970s some of Britain’s greatest artists were employed to create murals for buildings, streets and public spaces.”
The Art Of The Steal: Met Museum Lands A David For $840
“Amid the multi-million-dollar record prices and packed salerooms of New York’s Old Master week, the Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly made the steal of the season in the Old Master drawings auction at Swann Galleries on 29 January.”
Is Los Angeles Falling Behind?
“In an age of globalization, it’s easier than ever to see what improvements other cities are making to their parks, transit networks and infrastructure. And easier than ever to measure all the ways Los Angeles is falling behind.”