“Three weeks after the anxious official unveiling … and five years after construction began, the appraisal of skeptical Parisians, it seems, is like the face the city presents to the world: reserved and critical, but not unwelcoming. At least, they are learning to live with it, if only because it is going nowhere.”
Tag: 04.22.16
While All Britain Fetes Shakespeare, Spain’s Cervantes Celebrations Fall Short
“Spanish officials have been accused of not doing enough to promote Cervantes, … [and] the criticism has taken on a distinctly political flavor. … Spanish officials insist that such criticism is misplaced, saying the government never sought to take full control over how Cervantes should be honored, nor foot the entire bill for the celebration.”
Met’s Money Woes And MoMA’s Millions: Today’s Art World In Microcosm
“Modern and contemporary art dominate the action these days – in auction houses and galleries, as well as museums. Everyone wants in, including a revered institution like the Met, which is striving to play catch-up even as it is struggling to pay the bills.”
Maurice Sendak’s Only Known Mural Gets A New Home
“Painted originally in 1961 in the bedroom of New York City’s Chertoff children – Nina and Larry – and moved to the Rosenbach several years ago, the mural now promises to catch the eyes of borrowers at the … Free Library of Philadelphia’s new branch, opening soon at Broad and Morris Streets in South Philadelphia.”