“[S]everal of the country’s small and medium-size museums have been turning to the art-world equivalent of a bailout. They are partnering with a university or other academic institution, in some cases handing over artworks and changing locations, in a last-ditch effort to keep their doors open and their collections intact and available to the public.”
Tag: 05.20.10
A Look At The Purloined Paintings
A slide show of the works by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Modigliani and Léger that were reported missing this morning from the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, as well as news photos of the aftermath of the theft.
Stolen Paris Paintings An Unusually Well-Selected Group
“These five works together add up to a better choice of the best art of the 20th century than you could find in most modern art museums. A fine collection has been robbed in the most intimate and horrible way of its treasures, and the world has – temporarily, we must hope – lost sight of some of the truly great works of the modern age.”
Picasso, Matisse Masterpieces Taken In Paris Museum Heist
“A police spokesman said works by Picasso, Matisse, Georges Braque, Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger were reported missing early this morning from the Paris Museum of Modern Art. … A single masked intruder was caught on a CCTV camera taking the paintings away, according to the prosecutor’s office.”
Arakawa, Whose Work Battled Aging, Death, Dies At 73
Conceptual artist and designer Arakawa and his wife, Madeline Gins, “explored their philosophy, which they called Reversible Destiny, in poems, books, paintings and, when they found clients, buildings. … All of it was meant, the couple explained, to lead its users into a perpetually ‘tentative’ relationship with their surroundings, and thereby keep them young.”
When The Pritzker Prize Is Handed Out On Ellis Island
“[F]or the huddled masses yearning to partake in architecture’s biggest night of the year, head lice exams gave way to X-ray scanners, as design titans, masters of the universe and assorted well-coiffed others awkwardly deposited their Constructivist jewelry and Ferragamo belts in plastic bins on conveyors.”
Safeguarding The Acoustics At Buenos Aires’ Colon Theater
“While as many as 1,200 builders and craftsmen worked simultaneously on reconditioning the Carrara marble staircase, gold-leaf detailing and statue-studded façade of the 102-year-old building, the most complicated part of the $100 million renovation was to preserve the acoustics….”
Gerard Mortier Got Handsome City Opera Severance
“Mortier earned a salary of $65,000 and ‘severance’ of $335,000. City Opera hired Mortier in February 2007 when he was still helming the Paris Opera. He was expected to take up his position in New York in September 2009,” but he “resigned in November 2008, saying City Opera’s budget cuts … prevented him from fulfilling his vision.”
After Law & Order: A New Show To Fill Actors’ Playbill Bios
“‘The Good Wife’ is set in Chicago, yet its creators and writing team, Michelle and Robert King, said they decided to film in New York because [star Julianna] Margulies wished to remain based there. But they added that Ms. Margulies and Mark Saks, the show’s casting director, were passionate advocates of the city’s distinguished ranks of theater actors.”
If You Slip And Break Your Arm At Lincoln Center’s Fountain, Whom Do You Sue?
All of the major New York cultural organizations that operate on municipal property accept liability for any injuries or incidents that happen on that property – all except Lincoln Center. Now the City wants Lincoln Center to give the same indemnity that the Met Museum and the Brooklyn Academy of Music do. Lincoln Center is resisting.