Category: visual

“The Art Newspaper calculates that Gagosian’s permanent gallery spaces total more than 153,047 sq. ft (14,200 sq. m) spread across eight cities: Los Angeles, New York, London, Rome, Athens, Paris, Geneva and Hong Kong (excluding its previous temporary space in Moscow, and now Rio). This is more than the entire 145,313 sq. ft (13,500 sq. m) exhibition space of Tate Modern, including its new extension and the Tanks.”

“Several of our great universities are beginning to rethink their aloof attitude toward the making of art, but the University of Chicago may be ahead of the game.”

“That’s an impressive number: $6.4 million in parking revenue, more than the annual income of many, many non-profits in Los Angeles.”

In response to an audience question at a panel discussion last week, the directors of the three museums talked seriously about the issue. (All three are free at certain times and to certain individuals; the Getty offers free admission but charges a hefty fee for parking.)

“The museum started closing on Mondays in 1971 to save money, and the proposal to reopen is partly driven by financial considerations as well. [Director Thomas P.] Campbell said rising tourism had brought so many new potential visitors that the economic balance might have changed.”

New York architect Deborah Berke is the first winner of the Berkeley-Rupp Prize, “which will be awarded every two years. The winner, a prominent woman architect, gets to teach a term at Cal and also has a show of her work in Wurster Hall,” the university’s architecture school building.

“A Ukrainian-Canadian artist is presenting an interactive art project called ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ in which five attractive young women take turns sleeping under dim lights in Kiev’s top gallery, each under a pledge to marry the visitor who wakes her with a kiss.”

“Time and money limit the number of forgeries investigated. As the art market becomes more international, so too does the geographical spread of victims.”

“With a sea change (partly generational, mostly philosophical) overtaking architecture, and attention turning from glamorous buildings and celebrated designers to broader issues like urbanism, public space, social responsibility and collaboration, “Common Ground” is well intended but, alas, a missed opportunity.”

“Archaeologists have to be diplomats as much as they have to know the archaeology of the ancient world, because there’s a political dimension to everything we do now.”