Category: visual

“The museum obtained the piece, which dates back to between 400 and 300 BC, in 1985. But new evidence suggests it was removed from Sicily’s Morgantina Archaeological Park a decade earlier.”

“Police believe that the man who stole a Gold Rush-era artifact from the Oakland Museum of California this week is the same burglar who made off with gold nuggets and other items from the institution in November, investigators said Wednesday.”

“People in Chester le Street, County Durham, have voted to take a down a piece of public art which has fallen into disrepair.”

“For thousands of years, houses with secluded gardens and courtyards have been a cornerstone of Iranian architecture … But in past decades the houses fell out of favor and were widely demolished to make way for glassed apartment blocks, especially in Tehran.” Now one of Iran’s top designers is leading a trend to save and restore historic houses in the city of Kashan.

“A record 5.3 million people visited Tate Modern in London last year, up 9.5% on 2011, the gallery has said.”

“Can a cultural sector that typically relies on exclusivity, personal contact, and (often) opacity make an effective transition to the web?”

“An important painting by Miró was damaged in 2011 while on loan to Tate Modern, in an incident that went unreported in the media. The work was on loan from the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona and the cost of repairs and depreciation was £203,000.”

“[The] responsibility involves curating a central show in the 300m-long Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice’s former rope-making factory, as well as co-coordinating a number of national pavilions in the sprawling biennial extravaganza – which will open from 7 June – 23 November 2014.”

“In Vancouver, New York, and Portland, Ore., cars are being rerouted to make way for an efficient, elegant flow of pedestrians, cyclists and skateboarders. Inside buildings, elevators are being tucked behind centrally located, exhilarating stairways, requiring people to exercise while making more room for the disabled in mechanical lifts.”

“After nine years and $135 million, the Yale Art Galleries on the university’s campus in New Haven, Connecticut, have reopened to display the treasures you more typically find in a big-city museum. The project is the culmination of a campus-wide arts master plan that has taken 17 years and $500 million.”