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Sunday, April 5, 2009 Arab Art Before The Louvre Arrives "To speak of the contemporary art scene in the Middle East as if it were one, or as if the region itself were a monolith, has become increasingly problematic and untenable of late, particularly as outside interest in the field has so markedly increased, and even more so in the UAE, where it is possible to imagine more complex exchanges among artists of Arab, Iranian, African and South Asian origin." The National (UAE) 04/05/09 Daring... Read Full Story

Monday, March 23, 2009 University Of Michigan Museum Of Art Reinvents With A New Expansion "A once-sleepy museum has been reinventing itself as a 21st-Century institution worthy of a collection that experts rank among the top 10 at American universities. The expansion more than doubles the size of the museum, while bringing the original 1910 beaux arts building up to contemporary standards." Detroit Free Press 03/22/09 Sunday, March 22, 2009 Ex-Getty Curator Marion True Testifies In Italian... Read Full Story

UNTIL THE "CRUDE OIL HUMAN CORPES SCULPTURE " GATHERS ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS, THIS OLD FASHIONED WAX TECHNIQUE WILL HAVE TO DO. see article below on Russian artist. Wednesday, March 18, 2009 Graphic Design Tackles The Financial Crisis "If there's anything good that has come out of the financial crisis it's the slew of high-quality graphics to help us understand what's going on. Some [of these 27] visualizations attempt to explain it all while others focus on affected business. Others concentrate... Read Full Story

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 The Rose Isn't Crowded, And, No, That's Not A Bad Thing With the literary symposium about Brandeis University's Rose Art Museum rescheduled for March 16, the museum's modest attendance figures merit discussion. "We have become so accustomed to using pop-culture yardsticks -- profitability, celebrity, fashion -- to measure the success or failure of art and art museums that it's easy to lose sight of what matters. In fact, a degree of obscurity, relatively speaking, is... Read Full Story

Friday, February 20, 2009 Neither Scornful Nor Reverent, Architects Revive Tully Hall "Sunday's opening of a remade Alice Tully Hall, the first phase of an overhaul of Lincoln Center scheduled for completion in 2010, is a revelation. Designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro, the womblike performance space, its surfaces flush with new life, makes it hard to remember the dreariness of the 1969 original. The freshness springs from the architects' willingness to break with worn-out urban design... Read Full Story

Wednesday, February 18, 2009 Reinharz Critics: Rose Museum Debacle Part Of A Pattern Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz "finds himself in the eye of the storm as he tries to steer Brandeis out of a financial crisis. His bungled announcement of a plan to close the Rose Art Museum - and subsequent backpedaling - have stirred anger among many faculty members and shaken their confidence in his leadership." Boston Globe 02/18/09 Engineering A More Connected Smithsonian The Smithsonian... Read Full Story

Wednesday, February 4, 2009 A Young Obama On Canvas, Or Just A Look-Alike? "Sure, President Obama's busy trying to solve the nation's problems. But Megan McCluer and her husband, Michael Heffner, would like just a minute of his time to settle a mystery: As a young man, did he sit for a portrait painted by an obscure Los Angeles artist? And what's up with the shirt?" Los Angeles Times 02/04/09 NYPD Nabs Poster Boy, Unless It Isn't Him "While most other street or graffiti artists concentrate on... Read Full Story

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Jean Nouvel Covers A Building In Blue Velvet Okay, it's not velvet - it's a translucent fabric sheath stretched over the external frame of Nouvel's new Copenhagen Concert Hall. During the day you can see silhouettes of the people inside; at night, it's lit a bright cobalt blue with a montage of projected video images. Nicolai Ouroussoff calls the result "one of the most gorgeous buildings I have recently seen." New York Times 01/20/09 Something Useful To Do With... Read Full Story

Joshua Johnson 1763-1824 Robert Scott Duncanson 1821-1872 Painter Edward M. Bannister 1828-1901 Painter Art Prints Harriet Powers 1837-1911 Textile Artist Edmonia Lewis 1845-1911 Sculptor Bill Traylor 1856-1949 Henry Ossawa Tanner 1859-1937 Painter Art Prints William Edmondson 1870-1951 Sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller 1877-1968 Sculptor George Herriman 1880-1944 Writer/Illustrator Art Prints William Edouard Scott 1884-1964 Painter James Van Der Zee 1886-1983 Photographer Art Prints Clementine... Read Full Story

Monday, January 19, 2009 What Will The Art Market Do In 2009? On the one hand, vendors are holding back from selling, for fear of "burning" their pictures by seeing them unsold; the auction houses are struggling to bring in good material for next month's sales. On the other hand, forced sales by cash-strapped collectors may bring desirable works onto the market. The Art Newspaper 01/19/09 Downturn Having Big Effect On Australia's Aboriginal Artists "The past, high-growth decade proved a... Read Full Story