Abu Dhabi combines tourism and culture authorities
The new
super-agency will keep the same assets and staff of the two groups
Helen Stoilas, The
Art Newspaper, Web only, Published online: 15 February 2012
ABU DHABI, UAE -
"Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of Abu Dhabi, one of
the emirates leading the cultural push in the Gulf, is combining the
country's existing authorities for tourism, culture and heritage to create
one super-agency. The new Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture
will retain the assets, mandates and staff of the two agencies, according to
the state-run Gulf News. "The establishment of the Authority is part of
the plan for tourism development in Abu Dhabi, where the local heritage is
considered to be central to tourism development in the emirate," the
report says."
On the Boards: BIG Wins Competition for Art Center in
Sundance Festival's Home City
William Hanley, Architectural
Record, 14 February 2012
PARK CITY, UT –
"Rising star Danish architect Bjarke Ingels and his firm BIG have won a
competition to greatly expand an art center in Park City, Utah, the ski town
that hosts the Sundance Film Festival every January. The firm's preliminary
design for the Kimball Art Center—a 35-year-old, non-collecting
institution currently housed in a two-story former garage—calls for
renovating the existing space and adding an 80-foot structure that resembles
two blocks of wood, stacked one on top of the other, with the upper section
twisting away from the base. [text omitted]
The project is expected to break ground in 2013 and cost upwards of
$10 million, though fundraising has not yet begun." [see
also BIG Winner: Kimball Art Center Selects Bjarke Ingels for
Renovation and Expansion Project, by Stephanie
Murg, UnBeige, February 15, 2012 12:46 PM; and Wood From Old Train Tracks Will Help Reshape Kimball Art
Center in Utah, by Robin Pogrebin, The New York Times, 14 February
2012]
J. Paul Getty Museum Appoints New Director
Randy Kennedy, The
New York Times, 14 February 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA
- "After more than two years of temporary leadership, the J. Paul
Getty Museum has chosen Timothy Potts, a specialist in ancient art and a
veteran museum hand, to be its new director. Mr. Potts has been the director
of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, since 2008 and before that
he ran the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Tex., for almost a decade,
making a mark there with ambitious acquisitions and several well-regarded
exhibitions. Born and raised in Australia, he began his career as director of
the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne." [see
also The Getty Museum has a new director but an old problem, The
Los Angeles Times, by Christopher Knight, 14 February 2012; Dr. Timothy Potts, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, to
take the helm of the Getty Museum, Recent News, artdaily.org, 15
February 2012; and, Timothy Potts prend la tête du Getty Museum, par Suzanne Lemardelé,
Le Journal des Arts, Jeudi 16 février 2012]
ENQUIRER IN-DEPTH: Cincinnati museum merger a model for other
cities?
Linking of Museum
Center, Freedom Center an example for struggling arts communities
Sharon Coolidge,
Mark Curnutte and Lauren Bishop, Cincinnati.com, 14 February 2012
CINCINNATI, OH -
"The Cincinnati Museum Center’s takeover of the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center unites two Cincinnati icons in a merger
predicted to benefit both. Observers say it’s likely to work - because the
Museum Center has done it before. In a series of mergers during the 1980s and
1990s the Cincinnati Museum Center brought together the Cincinnati History
Museum, Duke Energy Children’s Museum and Museum of Natural History &
Science under the roof of Union Terminal. Visitors embraced the cultural
mall. The Museum Center now draws more than 1.2 million annually, No. 17 in
attendance nationally, Forbes said in 2009. In recent years, arts and culture
organizations in Pittsburgh, Dayton, Ohio and Chattanooga, Tenn., have merged
– with generally good results – and even more are exploring the option."
[see also Editorial: New dynamic chapter for museums, Cincinnati.com,
16 February 2012; Museum mergers: How have they fared?, by Lauren Bishop, Cincinnati.com,
14 February 2012; and, Museum Center, Freedom Center announce merger, Fox19,
Wednesday,
February 15th, 2012, 9:46am]
New Orleans Museum of Art appoints new Director of
Interpretation and Audience Engagement
Recent News, artdaily.org,
14 February 2012
NEW ORLEANS, LA
– "Susan Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director at the New
Orleans Museum of Art, announced today the appointment of Allison Reid as
Director of the Department of Interpretation and Audience Engagement.
Previously the Vice President for Collections & Programs at Cheekwood
Botanical Garden & Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, Reid comes to
NOMA with nearly 15 years of museum experience and a strong hands-on,
visitor-focused philosophy toward exhibitions and programming."
Windsor council wrestles with $3.2M Chimczuk fund
Group wants
building named for benefactor
Doug Schmidt, The
Windsor Star, 13 February 2012
WINDSOR, ON –
"Unless the Art Gallery of Windsor is to be renamed the Chimczuk Museum,
a group that has been lobbying to implement the benefactor's legal will said
it's opposed to seeing his millions invested there. A recommendation in a
consultant's draft report to city council proposes that Windsor's new
community museum be housed in the AGW building that will also soon be
home to the library's new central branch. Lord Cultural Resources of
Toronto suggests the money bequeathed to the city by Chimczuk could be used
to expand the current facility to accommodate all three users. To honour his
generosity, the report's authors state: "The Chimczuk name on a gallery
within the building should be adequate." While only a recommendation in
a draft, it's still a big non-starter, according to Chimczuk Museum
Inc."
Science and Tech Museum warehouse full of 'knowledge waiting
to be discovered'
Tom Spears, The
Ottawa Citizen, 11 February 2012
OTTAWA, ON –
"This is the nation's attic," says David Pantalony, waving at a
warehouseful of stored science and technology artifacts. But with a
difference. Attics are where old things go to be forgotten. Ninety-eight per
cent of the collection at the Canada Science and Technology Museum is
in storage. The public area has no space for old generators, cars, CT
scanners, telephones, horse-drawn plows, computers, nuclear reactor parts,
stethoscopes, bicycles, and the rest of what led the way to our lives in
2012. It's stored out back, in a couple of cavernous buildings behind the
museum. But it's coming to light. Pantalony, a curator at the museum, wants
to expand public access to the collection. The museum already invites
researchers and school groups in for tours, and also sends items from the
collection out on loan. And the public can sometimes visit these stored
treasures, too. "We're trying to make this a much more accessible space,
so in summer there are tours here," he says. (Visitors have to book
times through the museum.)"
Library's strategic planning process winding down
Port Hope Council
Corner
Northumberland
Today, 10 February 2012
PORT HOPE, ON –
"December and January have been extremely busy with a great deal of
progress made on two fronts. As indicated in my December column, Parks,
Recreation and Culture engaged Lord Cultural Resources to conduct
community research related to cultural opportunities in Port Hope and the
feasibility of a joint facility for the arts and seniors activities. Meetings
with key stakeholder groups continue and the consultant has commented that
having conducted more than 1,900 studies world wide they have never seen a
more engaged community than Port Hope. I would like to thank all those who
participated in the cultural survey and we look forward to sharing the
results in the coming weeks."
Survey focuses on local art scene
Clubs sought to
get clearer vision for city
Lana
Sweeten-Shults, TimesRecordNews, 10 February 2012
WICHITA FALLS,
TX – "A survey by the Priddy Foundation will paint a clearer picture of
the art scene in Wichita Falls and will be the first step the organization
will take, while working with consulting group Lord Cultural Resources,
in molding the art scene. The Priddy Foundation is funding the Arts Inventory
Survey, which is intended to develop a comprehensive list of arts and
cultural groups in the city — not just nonprofit groups but for-profit
businesses involved in the arts, clubs and grass roots organizations."
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New Vegas museum highlights mob bosses, tommy guns
Cristina Silva
(Associated Press), Recent News, artdaily.org, 16 February 2012
LAS VEGAS, NV –
"In one room, a ghastly photo wall of bloody, uncensored images
showcases the mob's greatest hits.
In another,
visitors are taught to load a revolver. And for when a gun just won't do, an
oddball collection of household items — a shovel, a hammer, a baseball bat
and an icepick — show the creative side of some of America's most notorious
killers. On the 83rd anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Sin
City is honoring one of its earliest relationships with the grand opening of
a museum dedicated to the mobsters that made this desert town. There are
tommy guns, money stacks and a bullet-riddled brick wall from the 1929
massacre that saw Al Capone seize control of the Chicago mob. Las Vegas has
long been enamored with its gangster roots. Its longtime former mayor played
himself in the mob flick "Casino" and hotels here often promote
their nefarious origins. But the publicly funded, $42 million Mob Museum
represents a new height in Sin City's lawlessness devotion. Even the local
FBI agents are in on it."
Museum of
Craft and Design Announces New Home
PRWEB.com Newswire, Digital
Journal, 16 February 2012
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA - "The Museum of Craft and
Design (MCD) today announced that it will move to an 8,000-square-foot space
in the historic American Industrial Center at 2569 Third Street in San
Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood. Scheduled to be open by mid-2012, the move
will allow MCD to significantly expand its exhibition space and to build its
first-ever dedicated education room for its popular public programs,
including MakeArt workshops and special events. The new location comes
following MCD’s comprehensive search for a location that would allow for the
continued growth of its artistic mission and future exhibition plans.
Furthermore, MCD’s addition to the neighborhood will support the continued
transformation of San Francisco’s Dogpatch area into a thriving enclave for
arts, culture, dining and entertainment."
2012 will be a year of
museums in Lutsk
Local authorities consider
museums to be the most interesting tourist sites
Natalia Malimon, The Day,
16 February 2012
LUTSK, UKRAINE -
"From Paraguay to China – this is
now the geography of countries from which visitors come to the Museum of
Volyn Icons. This museum is the third most popular tourist site in Lutsk.
However, in the city (and generally in the Volyn region) there are many
interesting sites that are, unfortunately, still not so well known in
Ukraine. “Museums Work for Tourism Development in the City in 2012” was the
name of the working meeting of the Mayor, City Council staff responsible for
tourism, and directors of city museums. Mayor Mykola Romaniuk believes that
Lutsk museums are not only the pride of the city, but also one of the whole
Ukraine. This year, according to him, will be an unofficial year of museums
in Lutsk."
A reward to recover two archaeological objects stolen from
the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 16 February 2012
MONTREAL, QC -
"AXA ART – the world’s only art-led insurance company – is offering a
substantial reward for the safe recovery of two small-scale archaeological
fragments: an Assyrian low relief and a marble head dating from the Roman
Empire that were stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) in the
fall of 2011. To avoid compromising the police investigation, details of the
theft had not previously been released. Although the Museum is naturally
concerned about the monetary value of the stolen objects, it is particularly
sorry to have lost these two quality objects from the collection and regrets
that the Museum’s visitors will no longer see them on display in the
galleries. [see also Two valuable artifacts stolen from Montreal museum, by Joshua Knelman, The Globe and Mail, 15
February 2012]
China to build museum for 1,000-yr-old copy of Koran
The Economic
Times, 15 February 2012
DONGXIANG, CHINA - "China will build a
state-of-the-art museum for the preservation of a 1,000-year-old copy of
Koran, believed to be one of the earliest copies of the holy book. Officials
from the Dongxiang autonomous county in northwest China's Gansu province said
that the 800-sq metre museum would house exhibition halls, digital display
systems and surveillance system. The museum to be built at a cost of $
636,000 will use advanced methods to preserve the ancient document and slow its
deterioration. Construction of the museum is scheduled to start in April and
will be finished by the end of the year. The ancient copy of the Koran, which
is written in Arabic and consists of 536 pages, was discovered in Dongxiang
in 2009, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported."
Creation Of National Slavery Museum In Doubt
George E. Curry
(NNPA Columnist), The Seattle Medium, Originally posted 2/15/2012
UNITED STATES -
"Former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder’s plan to build a United States
National Slavery Museum not far from the nation’s capital is almost eight
years behind schedule and his group is mired in so much debt that it recently
filed for bankruptcy. A story in Sunday’s Washington Post catalogued an array
of problems by the group, raising doubt about whether the museum will ever be
built. “The U.S. Slavery Museum filed for bankruptcy this fall,” the story
stated. “Firms have filed claims totaling more than $7 million. The city of
Fredericksburg has threatened to sell the land because of more than $200,000
in unpaid real-estate taxes. Officials have asked the court to either
liquidate the organization or appoint a trustee to oversee its finances.” No
one expected to receive this kind of news in the middle of Black History
Month." [see also Two decades later, donors wondering what happened to plans
for slavery museum, The Washington Post, 11 February 2012]
How to get ahead in US museums
Once considered
the weakest candidates by boards, curators are now getting the top management
jobs
Erica Cooke, The
Art Newspaper, Issue 232, February 2012, Published online: 15 February
2012
NEW YORK, NY -
"Senior curators who want to step up and run a museum have to overcome a
credibility gap in the eyes of many trustees seeking a director. Agnes Gund,
the president emerita of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), grew
increasingly frustrated while sitting on selection committees because
curators were being put "in last place". Four years ago, she did
something about it, launching the New York-based Center for Curatorial
Leadership. [text omitted] Ten curators a
year have taken part in the programme since 2008. The course includes four
weeks of instruction over a six-month period (some taught by the Columbia
Business School), being mentored by experienced directors, and a residency at
a museum other than their own. Gund funds nearly 95% of the centre’s $500,000
annual budget."
Tax for museum will be on August ballot
Joshua Kennedy, Monroe
Evening News, last modified February 15. 2012 3:07PM
MONROE, MI -
"The Monroe County Board of Commissioners Tuesday unanimously agreed to
put a tax for the museum on the August primary ballot and also to pursue the
creation of a national Custer museum and monument. The two parallel paths for
the county’s historical future could — collectively – push Monroe County’s
rich heritage into the national spotlight. “The plans are highly
complementary,” said William Braunlich, president of the Monroe County
Historical Society. “Our hope is that both plans succeed. What a phenomenal
opportunity this is to try and build a world-class experience for people who
visit Monroe County.” His organization’s plan is to take the existing George
Armstrong Custer collection within Monroe County and $200,000 a year for the
next 10 years from the county coffers and $5,000 a year “in perpetuity” from
the City of Monroe and combine that with efforts of the National Park Service
to create the Custer museum and monument."
Reducing museum food waste
Museums have a
responsibility to reduce waste, particularly food, says the Garden Museum's
Jade-Lauren Cawthray
The Museums Association and
Jade-Lauren Cawthray, part of the Guardian Culture Professionals Network,
Wednesday 15 February 2012 08.30 GMT
UNITED KINGDOM -
"According to the Waste &
Resources Action Programme (WRAP) between 15 and 18 million tonnes of food is
thrown away every year in the UK – meanwhile, the UN estimates that 927
million people suffered from starvation in 2010. Food waste is not only a
misdistribution of global resources but is a waste of land, water, human
labour, natural resources and energy. As a sector that champions and
celebrates culture and heritage from around the world, museums have a
responsibility to support the people most dramatically affected by the
production of food by reducing our waste."
Vol audacieux au Musée des beaux-arts
Deux artefacts
de grande valeur datant de l'Antiquité ont été dérobés en plein jour
Isabelle Paré, Le
Devoir, 15 février 2012
MONTRÉAL, QC –
"Deux artefacts archéologiques datant de l'Antiquité ont été volés en
plein jour au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal en octobre dernier. Le service
des enquêtes financières de la Sûreté du Québec a lancé hier un appel à la
population pour tenter de retrouver le responsable de ces vols."
From Overseas Visitors, a Growing Demand to Study the
Holocaust
Ethan Bronner, The
New York Times, 14 February 2012
JERUSALEM,
ISRAEL — "The students were spared nothing. There were sessions on Nazi
disputes over how to murder the Jews; propaganda art in the Third Reich;
encounters with survivors; a history of anti-Semitism; the dilemmas faced by
leaders of the Jewish ghetto councils. It was just what one might expect from
a 10-day seminar at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust memorial and museum. The
surprise was the students: 35 teachers and professors from Taiwan, none of
them specialists in the area, most of whom had never before met a Jew. More
surprising still were the lessons some were taking away. "Before I came,
I felt worse about the Holocaust," said Jen Hsiu-mei, a psychologist and
an early childhood educator. "This week, I learned that inside the death
camps people helped each other. It gives new meaning to human values. This is
not something I expected to learn here — hope." Seven decades after the
Holocaust, with its survivors rapidly dying, the most systematic slaughter in
human history is taking on a growing and often unexpected role in education
across the globe. Yad Vashem alone, which opened its international teaching
branch only in the 1990s, produces material in more than 20 languages, is
active in 55 countries and puts on 70 seminars a year for groups of visiting
educators."
Mise
en application d’une norme européenne sur l’emballage des œuvres d’art
Journal des Arts, 14 Février 2012
EUROPE – "L’application
de la norme européenne NF EN 15946 définissant les principes d’emballage pour
le transport des biens culturels est obligatoire depuis février 2012. Elle
développe les recommandations et exigences assurant la sécurité et la
conservation des biens culturels lors de leurs déplacements."
Development agreement a milestone in Blue Beach Fossil Museum
project
Kirk Starratt, Kings
County News, 14 February 2012
KINGS COUNTY, NS
– "People involved with a plan to create a world-class fossil museum at
Blue Beach are smiling a lot these days, said a project official. Sonja Wood
of Lockhartville said it has taken about five years, but last week Kings
County council unanimously approved initial consideration for a development
agreement for the venture. "We've put our hearts and souls into
this," Wood said. "We want to build a world-class site here. We're
working with wonderful people." The Blue Beach Fossil Museum Society
wanted to be very thorough in the planning stages. The estimated project cost
is between $6 million and $8 million."
War hero’s son seeks to establish museum in Taiwan
Taipei Times,
13 February 2012
TAIPEI, TAIWAN -
"The son of a war hero in the
Sino-Japanese war (1937 to 1945) yesterday announced that he intends to
establish a museum in his father’s name in Taiwan to help preserve the memory
of that period in history. Kao Yao-han (高耀漢) made the announcement in Taipei during the
inauguration of an association dedicated to the memory of Kao Chih-hang (高志航), who led the Republic of China’s (ROC) first
successful air battle against Japan in 1937. [text omitted] Kao Yao-han said
that museums exhibiting his father’s achievements had been established in
Beijing, Nanjing and his hometown of Tonghua in Jilin Province, adding that
he hoped to do the same in Taiwan."
Reynolds Museum founder dies at 88
Nicki Thomas, Edmonton
Journal, 13 February 2012
WETASKIWIN, AB –
"Stanley George Reynolds, the founder of the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in
Wetaskiwin and a life-long resident of the central Alberta city, died on
Thursday at the age of 88. Reynolds, a collector and businessman, opened his
own private museum in 1955 to allow the public to see his collection of
vehicles, airplanes, agricultural machinery and other devices."
U.S. blues museum planned for St. Louis riverfront
Bruce Olsen, Reuters,
12 February 2012
ST. LOUIS, MO -
"A few blocks from the Mississippi River levee where a homeless W.C.
Handy composed "St. Louis Blues" more than 100 years ago, the first
national blues museum in the United States is taking shape. While several
regional blues museums have popped up around the country -- Memphis, Tennessee;
Clarksdale, Mississippi; and Helena, Arkansas -- the St. Louis institution
will be the first to tell the national story of the unique American musical
form. Organizers say it's time that St. Louis -- a city with a long musical
tradition but without the high profile of Chicago, New Orleans or Memphis --
stepped up its visibility in the music world. The National Blues Museum,
which Museum chairman Rob Endicott said he hoped would open next year
depending on the final design, would be a part of an ongoing public and private
effort to revitalize the St. Louis riverfront."
Musée québécois de culture populaire: Yvon Noël devient le
directeur
François Houde, Le
Nouvelliste, 11 février 2012
TROIS-RIVIÈRES,
QC – "Le Musée québécois de culture populaire a annoncé hier le nom de
son nouveau directeur. Il s'agit de Yvon Noël qui occupait, depuis 2006, le
poste de directeur des activités éducatives et de l'accès à la culture au
Musée des beaux-arts du Québec. M. Noël entrera officiellement en fonction le
12 mars prochain. Issu du milieu des arts visuels, le nouveau directeur du
MQCP a notamment oeuvré pendant plusieurs années dans le monde de
l'enseignement secondaire et collégial avant de devenir directeur général de
l'École atelier sculpture de Québec et, par la suite, de la Maison des
métiers d'art de Québec."
McNay Art Museum receives $5 million gift from the estate of
Nancy Blackburn Hamon
Recent News, artdaily.org,
10 February 2012
SAN ANTONIO, TX
- "The McNay Art Museum has received a bequest of $5 million from the
estate of Nancy Blackburn Hamon, which will help to endow the operation of
the museum's Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions. The 45,000
square foot Center doubled the size of the museum. For the first time the
McNay has the space to present larger and more varied exhibitions that might
otherwise not be seen in San Antonio, while, at the same time, present all
aspects of its renowned permanent collection. Pledged by Mrs. Hamon during
the McNay's recent capital campaign that raised over $51 million, the endowment
will be named The Nancy B. and Jake L. Hamon Sustaining Endowment for the
Center for Exhibitions. McNay Director, Dr. William J. Chiego, stated
"This major bequest from Nancy Hamon is yet another demonstration of her
extraordinary generosity to the arts, and of her understanding of what is
required to sustain a major cultural institution. The Hamon endowment is
especially critical at a time of national economic stress and pressure on
institutional endowments." "
Musée d’art contemporain: y a-t-il un mécène dans la salle?
Éric Clément, La
Presse, 10 février 2012
MONTRÉAL, QC –
"Le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MAC) peut-il financer un tiers
du coût de son agrandissement avec de l'argent privé? C'est la question qui
émergeait hier, après que la ministre de la Culture, des Communications et de
la Condition féminine, Christine St-Pierre, eut rejeté le plan du MAC. Elle
estime qu'un projet de 88 millions financé à 82 % par de l'argent public
n'est pas acceptable "compte tenu de la capacité de l'État de
payer."
Une
liste rouge pour le patrimoine égyptien
Connaissance des arts, 10 Février 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Face
à la hausse du nombre de fouilles illicites et du trafic d’antiquités, qui
ont augmenté depuis la révolution du printemps dernier, une Liste rouge des
biens culturels égyptiens en péril a été publiée lundi. Le Conseil
international des musées (ICOM) a mis cette liste à disposition des
douaniers, des policiers et des experts du marché de l'art du monde entier,
afin de les aider à identifier les objets égyptiens victimes de contrebande."
Sauvons le musée!
Raphaël
Melançon, L’Action, 9 février 2012
JOLIETTE, QC –
"Le Musée d'art de Joliette est mal en point. Très mal en point. Si
l'institution a conservé l'esprit d'avant-garde de son fondateur, le père
Wilfrid Corbeil, le bâtiment dans lequel elle évolue depuis 1976, lui, n'a
rien d'avant-gardiste, bien au contraire. Le toit fuit, la climatisation
n'est plus adéquate, les locaux ne répondent plus aux normes... Bref, après 35
ans de loyaux services, la bâtisse a besoin de travaux majeurs et vite. Et
tant qu'à y être, le musée va en profiter pour faire plus d'espace pour sa
collection, composée de plus de 9000 œuvres d'art. Au total, le projet
coûtera la bagatelle de 11,7 millions $. Québec a déjà promis, l'été dernier,
d'en financer les 10 premiers millions. En y ajoutant le don de
Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, qui a été la première ville de la région à confirmer
cette semaine son intention de contribuer au projet à la hauteur de 150 000$,
il reste à trouver au bas mot un million et demi de dollars avant que le
chantier puisse se mettre en branle."
Representantes del Instituto Smithsonian se reúnen con el
Presidente de Ibermuseos
Diálogos para la
cooperación
Ibramuseus/Ibramuseos, 08-02-2012
BRASILIA, BRAZIL
- "El Presidente de Programa
Ibermuseos y del Instituto Brasileiro de Museus (Ibram), José do Nascimento
Jr., se reunió en Brasilia el pasado 6 de febrero con la Directora del Área
Internacional de la Institución Smithsonian, Elizabeth Duggal, y el Asesor
principal de la institución, Myles Gordon. También estuvieron presentes directores
del Ibram y representantes de la Embajada de los Estados Unidos de América y
del Ministerio de Cultura. La reunión se realizó a petición de la institución
estadounidense, responsable de la gestión de un complejo de diecinueve museos
y galerías, además de nueve centros de investigación entre otras actividades,
y tuvo como objetivo conocer las acciones del Ibram y de Ibermuseos."
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Striking gold in Waurn Ponds: Respected architects complete
sparkling library in Victoria's new architecture hub
World Architecture News, 15 February 2012
VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - "This golden punctuated shell is the
glistening new Library and Community Hub at Waurn Ponds on the outskirts of
Victoria in south-east Australia by Whitefield McQueen Irwin Alsop. The
firm’s concept arose through a simple Wikipedia search of the Waurn Ponds
area which confirmed that the region’s name originated from a series of
interlinked, cascading ponds. Whitefield McQueen Irwin Alsop generated a
steel laser-cut solar skin pierced with holes in a range of sizes to wrap the
building, supplying the necessary solar protection and a strong statement for
the new library."
Buenos Aires’ Faena Arts Center Opens in a Renovated Mill With
a Colorful Interactive Installation
Ana Lisa Alperovich, Inhabitat,
02/14/12
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - "Located in an up and coming area of Buenos Aires called Puerto
Madero, the brand new Faena Arts Center is a magnificent recycled wheat mill
that now holds luxury apartments, offices, and a modern arts space. The
building stands where an old 1908 Molinos Rio de la Plata structure used to
be and is one of many developments financed by Argentine businessman Alan
Faena. Designed by Faena Group Architects, who have previously worked in the
area with Phillip Starck, Norman Foster, and Mike McCormack, the space was
formerly used to produce food for Europeans immigrants running away from the
first World War and now it keeps nurturing people with art and culture. "
Monuments
nationaux, personnel en péril ?
Le Monde, 11 Février 2012
FRANCE – "C'est un rapport accablant, "une bombe",
qui illustre "le malaise d'une mauvaise administration", dit-on
dans les rangs de la haute administration française. Ce rapport de
l'inspection générale des affaires culturelles (IGAC) ferait état d'une
situation "désolante", "invraisemblable", de souffrance
des personnels au sein même du Centre des monuments nationaux (CMN)."
Incendie
dans la Cité radieuse de Le Corbusier à Marseille
Connaissance des arts, 10 Février 2012
MARSEILLE, FRANCE – "Hier après-midi, un incendie s’est déclaré dans la
Cité radieuse, un immeuble de 334 appartements signé Le Corbusier à
Marseille. Le feu, parti d'un duplex au premier étage du complexe, s'est
propagé à l'étage du dessus provoquant la destruction d'une dizaine
d'appartements."
China's gift to Africa: Chinese-funded headquarters for
African Union officially opened in Addis Ababa
World Architecture News, 9 February 2012
ADIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - "A 20-storey headquarters and conference
centre for the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was inaugurated at an
official ceremony on 28th January, 2012 attended by many Chinese and African
officials. China provided funding for the £127m project as part of an ongoing
initiative to develop ties with Africa, strengthening the business
relationship between the two nations. Jia Qinglin, a senior leader of China
told AFP: "The towering complex speaks volumes about our friendship to
the African people, and testifies to our strong resolve to support African
development." The building was designed by the Architectural Design and
Research Institute of Tongji University with China State Construction
Engineering Corporation heading the construction phase which began in June
2009."
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LACMA Lets You Play Exquisite Corpse on Your iPhone
An Xiao,
Hyperallergic, 15 February 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA
— "Just a day after I reviewed LACMA’s In
Wonderland exhibition of surrealist female artists, I came across their new
app. Designed by media artist Jody Zellen, Art Swipe starts you off with 16
images from the show. The images are cut in three and arranged with others on
the screen, allowing you simply to slide the images until you find a mash-up
you like. It would be nice to be able to shake the app to create random
juxtapositions, and in the spirit of the social nature of the original game,
it would have been fun to create something more interactive, perhaps by
allowing multiple people with iPhones to contribute a sketch or image via
wifi. But the interface is quite clean and intuitive. You can also add more
images, with a diverse array available from LACMA’s larger collection or even
your own camera roll."
Turn your smart phone into an art phone: Download the Art +
Soul of the South free iPhone app
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 13 February 2012
AUGUSTA, GA – "The Morris Museum of Art, the first museum dedicated
to the art and artists of the American South, announces the release of its
first iPhone app, available immediately for download for FREE in the Apple
App Store here.
The app enables
users to listen to audio about and view images of selected works from the
permanent collection that are currently on display; view images and
information on archived, current, and upcoming exhibitions; view the museum’s
quarterly calendar of events and save them into their iPhone iCal; donate to
the museum, join, or complete a volunteer application; find general museum
information such as admission, hours, and a map of the galleries; and share
Morris app information via social networks such as Facebook and Twitter."
Online art market Paddle8 secures Series A funding of c.$4MM
led by prominent technology investors
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 10 February 2012
NEW YORK, NY –
"Founder Collective, one of the most reputed early-stage venture capital
funds, which has previously made successful bets on the likes of Makerbot,
Milo and Uber, now turns its attention to online art market Paddle8. The
investment is led by David Frankel who joins the board of Paddle8. Joining
Paddle8's financing round is Mousse Partners, the private investment firm
affiliated with a leading luxury goods company. The firm's U.S. venture
efforts are led by Ed Zysik with recent investments represented by Paperless
Post and Warby Parker. This combination of technology and luxury prowess
gives Paddle8 the opportunity to further enhance its position as the leading
destination for both new and seasoned collectors to access fine art works via
a curated selection, insider opinions and a patented transaction platform
that allows collectors and galleries to ship, insure and install works
effortlessly."
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Funding the
arts: The show must go on
The end of a golden age of
state subsidies heralds a new era of tighter management and creative
fund-raising
The Economist, Feb 18th 2012 (from the print edition), posted
online 16 February 2012
UNITED KINGDOM - "A
PLAY about trench warfare starring a puppet horse hardly screams "blockbuster".
But "War Horse", which opened at the
National Theatre in 2007, sold out on both sides of the Atlantic. Nick Starr,
the National’s executive director, says the vital ingredient in its success
was perhaps the government subsidy, there "when no
one could imagine what might come of it". The
arts in Britain have enjoyed a long funding heyday, which is now drawing to a
close. The National Lottery has given £3.8 billion ($6 billion, at current
exchange rates) to theatres, opera companies, dance troupes, film-makers,
artists and others since it began in 1994. When Labour came to power in 1997
Chris Smith, the culture secretary, focused on widening access. After years
on the defensive, arts groups were suddenly nurtured as part of an agenda to
improve education, regenerate cities, and empower minorities and poor people.
Local councils, inspired by the transformation of Glasgow in the 1990s, saw
investing in culture as a way to revive down-at-heel city centres. Because
lottery money has to be used for special schemes, not running costs, it
helped produce a building boom, from Manchester’s Chinese Arts Centre to Tate
Modern in London."
Les
grandes ventes de Londres affichent une santé insolente
Journal des Arts, 16 Février 2012
LONDRES, ROYAUME-UNI - "Alors
que le PIB britannique a baissé de 0,2 % au dernier trimestre 2011, les
grandes ventes d’art contemporain de Christie’s et Sotheby’s Londres de
février ont progressé de 24 % d’une année sur l’autre. En vedette : Francis
Bacon et Gerhard Richter."
Canadians’ Arts, Culture and Heritage Activities in 2010
Record levels of
participation in arts, culture and heritage activities in 2010
Hill
Strategies, 15 February
2012
CANADA - "This report provides insights into the number and percentage of Canadians 15 or older who, in 2010:
- Attended live performances;
- Visited art galleries and other museums;
- Visited historic sites and other heritage organizations;
- Read a newspaper, magazine or book;
- Watched movies or videos; or
- Listened to recorded music.
[text
omitted] The percentage of
Canadians participating in most of the 18 activities measured in the report –
including art galleries, museums, festivals, historic sites, book reading,
and more – reached record levels in 2010, higher than in 1992, 1998 and 2005,
when this type of survey was also conducted. The report also shows that, for
many activities, there was a substantial recent increase in participation (i.e.,
between 2005 and 2010). [text omitted] In
2010, all Canadians 15 or older (99.7%, or 28.0 million people) participated
in at least one of the 18 arts, culture or heritage activities."
Ambitions Rekindled at Public Library
The New York
Public Library on Wednesday rekindled its ambitious $1 billion plan to
overhaul its branches and renovate its Fifth Avenue flagship.
Robin Pogrebin, The
New York Times, 15 February 2012
NEW YORK, NY -
"The plan, which will now involve selling two of the system’s best-known
libraries — the Mid-Manhattan branch and the Science, Industry and Business
Library — was announced in 2008, when it was expected to be substantially
completed by 2014. But the plan languished because of the economic downturn
and changes in the library’s leadership. On Wednesday, though, the board gave
the British architect Norman Foster approval to proceed with the next stage
of designing a new circulating library inside the main branch to replace the
Mid-Manhattan operation. It would be built below the Rose Reading Room,
overlooking Bryant Park. The board also approved a pilot program to expand
educational programming at branch libraries. "We are ready to re-engage
toward executing our plans," said Anthony W. Marx, who became the library’s
president in July. Plans for two new libraries, one in Upper Manhattan and
one on Staten Island, which were to cost $40 million each, have been
abandoned. But the overall cost of the project still hovers around $1
billion, which includes increasing the endowment."
La
maison de champagne Louis Roederer crée une fondation pour l’art contemporain
Connaissance des arts, 15 Février 2012
"Les champagnes Louis Roederer viennent de créer une
fondation d’art contemporain pour amplifier et structurer leur action de
mécénat culturel. Premier lieu concerné : le nouveau Palais de Tokyo."
Stepping up to a new arts activism
Paula Citron,
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail, Published Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
5:00PM EST, Last updated Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012 6:15PM EST
TORONTO, ON -
"Bill Coleman and Laurence Lemieux are committed urban activists. That
wasn’t the plan when the dancers relocated back to Toronto from Montreal a
few years ago. That activism took concrete form this week, when the Citadel,
a contemporary dance centre created out of a historic Salvation Army
building, opened its doors. On Wednesday, Lemieux unveils her new solo, Les
cheminements de l’influence, which will christen the Citadel’s studio
theatre. When the couple bought the 1912 building, a former soup kitchen and
worship hall at Parliament and Dundas Streets in Toronto, they had no idea
that right across the road, Toronto’s Regent Park Revitalization Project was
rising – a massive reimagining of the public housing development. And it was
Regent Park that became the key to Coleman and Lemieux’s vision for
integrating the arts into urban planning. "We are a point of synergy
with the whole Regent Park community," Coleman says. "The character
of the Citadel will grow with the neighbourhood." "
Obama's 2013 budget calls for 5% increase for arts and
culture
Los Angeles
Times, 14 February 2012
UNITED STATES - "President
Obama’s proposed 2013 budget, released Monday, calls for a 5% increase in
spending for three cultural grantmaking agencies and three Washington, D.C.,
arts institutions. Obama aims to boost outlays from $1.501 billion to $1.576
billion, encompassing the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities
(NEA and NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the
Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the
National Gallery of Art. The arts and humanities endowments each would get a
5.5% boost, to $154.255 million -- nearly restoring cuts announced in
December. But if Congress approves the president’s proposal for the fiscal
year that begins in October 2012, the NEA and NEH will still be well short of
the $167.5 million each was set to receive before two separate rounds of cuts
instigated by Congressional Republicans during 2011."
President Barack Obama honors achievements and contributions
in arts, humanities
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 14 February 2012
WASHINGTON, DC –
"President Barack Obama on Monday honored several artists, writers and
organizations for their contributions to the nation, and pledged to make the
arts and humanities a priority for as long as he is in the White House. Obama
bestowed eight National Medal of Arts and nine National Humanities Medals
during a ceremony in the White House East Room. Among this year's recipients
were actor Al Pacino, poet Rita Dove and the United Service Organization,
which holds performances for American service members stationed around the
world. Before awarding the medals, Obama said the arts have the power to
bring together people of different backgrounds and beliefs. And he urged the
honorees to help mentor a new generation of artists and scholars, saying
their role in the nation's future would be equally as important as the next
generation of engineers and scientists."
From glee club to Time Team: cultural education plan revealed
as professionals debate state of the arts
Schools plan to
include everything from dance to archaeology, says culture minister Ed Vaizey
at arts industry conference
Mark Brown, The
Guardian, 14 February 2012
UNITED KINGDOM -
"A new national plan for cultural education in schools – covering
everything from archaeology to dance to the visual arts – is to be drawn up
by the government, a national arts conference was told on Tuesday. The
culture minister Ed Vaizey told the third State of the Arts conference in
Salford that the plan would follow next week's publication of a review by
Darren Henley into the provision of cultural education. "We want to work
with arts organisations large and small and encourage them to play their part
in providing children with varied cultural experiences," he said. That
includes everything from "archaeology to architecture and the built
environment, archives, craft, dance, design, digital arts, drama and theatre,
film and cinemas, galleries, heritage, libraries, literature, live
performance, museums, poetry and the visual arts." "
Inside the Index: public engagement
In the final
instalment of this five-part series, Simon Trevethick looks at attendance,
participation, digital engagement and satisfaction
Simon
Trevethick, The Guardian’s Culture Professionals Network, 14 February
2012
UNITED KINGDOM -
"We hope the last four articles have provided an interesting snapshot of
the health of the arts in the UK between 2007/08 and 2009/10. From public and
private funding to education and employment, a distinct picture of vitality
is evident, though warning signs remain apparent. As Samuel West said in the
first article of this series, however, art must not be reduced to a set of
figures. Financial assessment is necessary, but these statistics are
essentially driven by their qualitative counterparts. Art relies on audiences
– if satisfaction and attendance fall then there's no argument about funding
to be had. "Sustainability" is ACE's watchword of the moment and
the debate continues as to how arts organisations should demonstrate their
value. But no matter how this value is defined, it's contingent on how much
the public engages with art itself. We feel that one of the Arts Index's
greatest strengths is its examination of public engagement so we'll conclude
our series by looking at the five indicators that deal with it. Levels of
attendance, participation, digital engagement and satisfaction with local
arts provision will all be examined in order to complete the picture we
started to paint four weeks ago. "
Canada's advertising history no longer collecting dust
Susan
Krashinsky, The Globe and Mail, 14 February 2012
HAMILTON, ON –
"There is a corner of Terry O'Reilly's office that smells like a
basement. The culprit is a bag full of cassette tapes, sent to him after he
asked a former creative director if he had archived any of his old radio
commercials.
"You know
that smell? That's the state of our advertising archives right now, in this
country," Mr. O'Reilly said, speaking from the office at his post-audio
production company, Pirate Toronto. Lacking in storage space – or the time
and resources to catalogue past work – many advertising agencies have been
lax about building archives. Much of the Canadian industry's heritage has
been gathering dust in piecemeal personal collections. But a new movement to
organize and preserve Canada's marketing history has taken a step forward:
Pirate Toronto has donated a massive catalogue of about 50,000 pieces of
advertising to McMaster University in Hamilton, creating the largest industry
archive in Canada."
Art Dubai Projects to feature over 40 international and
United Arab Emirates-based artists
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 14 February 2012
DUBAI, UAE –
"Art Dubai Projects is a programme of new works and performances that
explores the fabric and economy of an art fair, embracing the theatrical
nature of such an event. In 2012, this critically-acclaimed, interactive
programme at Art Dubai (March 21-24, 2012) features dynamic new initiatives:
artists’ residencies and site-specific projects are joined by live, city-wide
radio transmissions; a new Performance Night staged at the fair; plus a
unique artist’s project for children."
Michael Brand appointed Director of the Art Gallery of New
South Wales
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 13 February 2012
SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA – "Australian Dr Michael Brand, consulting director of the Aga
Khan Museum currently under construction in Toronto and the former director
of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, has been appointed director of
the Art Gallery of New South Wales. NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell welcomed the
appointment."
Alon Zakaim launches new gallery featuring Impressionist,
Modern and 19th Century masters
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 13 February 2012
LONDON, UK – "Alon Zakaim Fine Art announces the unveiling of
their second Mayfair gallery this February. Alon Zakaim is highly regarded on
the Mayfair art scene and is joining numerous prestigious galleries on Dover
Street which is fast becoming a rival to Cork Street. Featuring an exciting
programme of exhibitions in a spectacular setting, the new gallery showcases
the highest calibre of works by Impressionist, Modern and 19th Century
masters. Dover Street also expands on the diverse programme of Zakaim’s Cork
Street premises, including shows by the gallery’s stable of Contemporary and
20th Century European artists. Building on their established success, the new
gallery, boasting over 2,000 square feet of exhibition space, launched with
an opening show unveiling key works by artists who shaped the course of art
history over the hundred years from 1880 to 1980."
New public art gallery to open during WinterPlay
Amanda
Richardson, Fort McMurray Today, 13 February 2012
FORT MCMURRAY,
AB – "Fort McMurray's newest art gallery, the
Post, opens its doors Feb. 18 as a part of Syncrude WinterPlay's first week
of celebrations. Connor Buchanan, volunteer curator and director at the Post,
says the gallery is a public art gallery and museum, adopting and endorsing the
principals of the Alberta Museum Association, a change of pace from Fort
McMurray's existing galleries."
The Watermill Center's Sherry Dobbin joins Times Square Alliance
as new Director of Public Art
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 11 February 2012
NEW YORK, NY –
"The Times Square Alliance announced that Sherry Dobbin will join as the
new Director of Public Art. Dobbin will be responsible for programming Times
Square with installations and performance art from artists around the world.
Dobbin most recently served as Director of The Watermill Center. She brings
over 20 years of experience having worked internationally within performance
arts, visual arts and public art and having served as a producer,
administrator and curator. Dobbin will lead Times Square Arts, the Alliance's
public art program that works to bring high-quality and cutting-edge art to
the Crossroads of the World. She will draw on her experience curating both
installations and performance art in the U.S. and abroad to oversee Times
Square's compelling 2012 season of public art projects. Additionally, she
seeks to create an artist-in-residence program in Times Square."
Festival Bytes: EFA launches blog on digital media in
festivals
European
Festivals Association, 10 February 2012
EUROPE –
"The European Festivals Association (EFA) - in collaboration with its
Working Group "Communicating Festivals - Communicating Europe" -
has launched a blog "Festival Bytes" (www.festivalbytes.eu). The blog is a
space to spread ideas on the application of digital and social media in
festivals. All contributors - colleagues from the cultural and festival
sectors from all over the world - make us think; they take us behind the
scenes of their activities; they share ideas, trends, best practices,
expertise, and also failures. [text omitted]
First blog posts include:
• Youth ‘n Classic – new talents
creating a social buzz,
by Sarie Van Lancker, Communication Manager of the Flanders Festival Brussels
• Pelican-cat-cows, by Nikola Richter, project manager of
Theatertreffen-Blog, writer, editor, lecturer
• Pirouetting into Cyberspace, by Karen Jeynes, writer, arts manager,
lecturer
• Lessons learnt and Cultural organisations
on the 2.0 bandwagon,
by Kerstin Schilling, Cultural Manager and Communication Specialist
• Why a blog on digital media in
festivals?, by EFA
Visit the blog at www.festivalbytes.eu."
Kevin Salatino named the Huntington's Director of Art
Collections
Recent News,
artdaily.org, 10 February 2012
SAN MARINO, CA –
"Kevin Salatino, 55, director of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in
Brunswick, Maine, has been named the Hannah and Russel Kully Director of Art
Collections at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical
Gardens. He joins the Huntington staff in July. Salatino takes the helm from
John Murdoch, who retires in June after 10 years. A New England native,
Salatino has extensive museum experience in Los Angeles, having served from
2000 to 2009 as curator and head of the department of prints and drawings at
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and before that as curator of graphic
arts at the Getty Research Institute. He was named director of the Bowdoin
College Museum of Art in 2009."
Art
Chicago Fair tire sa révérence
Journal des Arts, 10 Février 2012
CHICAGO, IL – "Pour
la première fois depuis trente ans, Art Chicago Fair n’aura pas lieu. La
foire, sur le déclin depuis plusieurs années, avait connu plusieurs
transformations avant d’être rebaptisée l’an dernier la Next Art Chicago
Fair. Son édition 2012, prévue du 27 au 29 avril, a été annulée."
Le
parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau d’Ermenonville devient Centre culturel de
rencontre
Journal des Arts, 10 Février 2012
ERMENONVILLE, OISE, FRANCE
– "Le site vient d’être labellisé Centre culturel de
rencontre et va développer un programme liant nature, création et
philosophie. Cette année célébrant le tricentenaire de la naissance de
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, une trentaine de manifestations artistiques sont
prévues, avec un temps fort fin juin, pour l’anniversaire du penseur."
The business case for beautiful libraries
Lisa Rochon, From Saturday's Globe and Mail, Published Friday,
Feb. 10, 2012 4:30PM EST, Last updated Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 11:06PM EST
PHILADELPHIA / TORONTO – "The public library is a city’s epic
living room – that’s why the French neoclassical architect Étienne-Louis
Boullée designed his utopian library as a monumental, barrel-vaulted hall big
enough to hold the memory of the entire world. That’s why the New York Public
Library is a source of enlightenment and architectural pilgrimage. And it’s
why every year 19 million people flood into Toronto’s libraries, many of them
exhilarating, award-winning structures. Now, under constant fire from cities
desperate to save money, libraries are figuring out how to get the message
across that they are crucial to a vibrant civic life. The Free Library of
Philadelphia is focusing hard on the economic case. After $12-million (U.S.)
was cut recently from its budget, the institution fought back with a
compelling economic analysis. Its business plan targeted fresh ways to assist
job hunters, education for small business entrepreneurs, orientation for
newly arrived immigrants, the appetites of digital geeks and classes for
pre-kindergarten kids. The University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of
Government created an economic impact report quantifying the value of the
city’s vast library system in dollars and cents. What it discovered was that
homes located within one-quarter mile of the library were worth more than
those further away. And that the library had contributed through its training
programs and sourcing of jobs an estimated $30-million in earned income in
one year. To cost-cutting politicians, those are the kinds of arguments that
matter."
Décès
du marchand américain Robert Hecht
Journal des Arts, 10 Février 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Trois semaines après la fin du procès fleuve pour
trafic d'objets antiques, le chef présumé du réseau, Robert Hecht, est décédé
mercredi 8 février 2012 à Paris. Le marchand américain avait été relaxé en
janvier dernier par prescription, tout comme l'ancienne conservatrice du
Getty Museum Marion True en octobre 2010."
Quests, Destinations, and Quixotic Journeys
The wheres and whys of the Modern pilgrim
By Charles Wilson, Illustrated by David Sparshott, The New York
Times Magazine, 10 February 2012
"Charles Wilson reminds us that the reasons we travel are often
idiosyncratic, whether we’re running seven marathons on seven continents or
paying a visit to Jesus’ tomb in Japan." [from
the New York Times Magazine’s special section A Guide to Modern Pilgrimages]
The Istanbul Art-Boom Bubble
Suzy Hansen, The New York Times Magazine, 10 February 2012
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – "Earlier this winter, the giant 120-year-old
Ottoman bank building in Istanbul reopened as a multimillion-dollar
contemporary art space called SALT. This was surprising. Turks were never big
on contemporary art, and for years rich people didn’t visit that part of
town. When I moved to the neighborhood five years ago, it was all
electrical-supply stores and abandoned buildings and men smoking. My building
didn’t have heat; girlfriends wouldn’t visit after dark; a neighbor once
attacked another neighbor with a small sword. I don’t see swords in Istanbul
anymore. I do see a lot more art. [text omitted]
It appears that Istanbul, which went from a cosmopolitan wonderland in the
19th century to, in the Nobel-winning novelist Orhan Pamuk’s words, a “pale,
poor, second-class imitation of a Western city” for much of the 20th, is
having its moment of rebirth. These newly wealthy corners of the East seem
full of possibilities, but what kind of culture will the Turks create?" [from the New York Times Magazine’s special section A Guide to Modern Pilgrimages]
Fighting
federal cuts, an arts group lobbies for funding
Molly Cormier, Daily
Gleaner, 9 February 2012
FREDERICTON, NB
– "An Ottawa-based arts advocacy group is travelling the country in
search of support.
The Canadian
Conference for the Arts has received federal funding for the past 35 years,
but recently learned the federal government plans to end all financial
assistance for the organization. As they wait for the federal budget to be
released, members of CCA are pessimistic about what's to come. "We know
this is definitely in the making, but we haven't been notified yet," CCA
national director Alain Pineau told Here in an interview from Edmonton. The
organization has decided to move forward as if funding has officially been
cancelled, and Pineau is currently on a cross-country speaking tour to garner
support and gather ideas to make the organization self-sufficient by 2014-15.
Pineau bended the ears of local arts and culture advocates when the tour
recently touched down in Fredericton at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre on
Monday, Feb. 6."
Reunión de autoridades de cultura en Centroamérica
Se aprueban las líneas
generales de la política cultural centroamericana
Ibermuseus/Ibermuseos, 09-12-2011
CENTRAL AMERICA
- "El pasado 30 de noviembre las
autoridades gubernamentales de cultura en Centroamérica llevaron a cabo la
16ª Reunión del Consejo de Ministros y Altas Autoridades de Cultura de la
Coordinación Educativa y Cultural Centroamericana del SICA (CECC/SICA). La
reunión estuvo liderada por el Secretario de Cultura de la Presidencia de El
Salvador y Presidente pro Témpore del Consejo de Cultura, Héctor Samour, y se
centró en la estrategia hacia una Política Cultural de Integración
Centroamericana (PCIC), una demanda surgida en la Cumbre Extraordinaria de
Presidentes en julio de 2010. Samour remarcó la necesidad de que esta
política opte por los grupos excluidos y rescate la diversidad para
contribuir a la democratización en Centroamérica. "Queremos
que sea un esfuerzo en común donde todos trabajemos en conjunto. Será un paso
importante para el futuro de la región. Tal vez podamos recomendar a los
presidentes que se homogenicen para que se creen en todos los países
Ministerios de Cultura, de esta manera podremos darle peso a la Política"."
Un
Monet, jamais exposé au public, adjugé pour 9,8 millions d'euros
Le monde, 9 Février 2012
LONDRES, ROYAUME-UNI - "Demeurée
depuis 1924 dans la célèbre collection du pharmacien et industriel parisien
Henri Canonne, l'œuvre n'avait jamais été exposée au public. L'Entrée de
Giverny en hiver, peint en 1885 par Claude Monet, a été dévoilée pour la première
fois mercredi lors d'une vente aux enchères de chefs-d'œuvre de l'art
impressionniste et moderne organisée à Sotheby's à Londres. Le paysage
enneigé a été adjugé 9,8 millions d'euros, a indiqué jeudi 9 février une
porte-parole de Sotheby's."
La
galerie Anatome est menacée
Liberation, 9 Février 2012
PARIS, FRANCE - "Le
seul lieu permanent dédié au graphisme en France pourrait disparaître. Les
designers se mobilisent. En attendant, on peut y voir les résistances de
Pierre di Sciullo."
The World of Charles Dickens, Complete With Pizza Hut
Sam Anderson, The New York Times Magazine, 7 February 2012
CHATHAM MARITIME, KENT, ENGLAND - "Five years ago, I flew to
England to see the grand opening of something improbable: an attraction
called Dickens World. It promised to be an "authentic" re-creation
of the London of Charles Dickens’s novels, complete with soot, pickpockets,
cobblestones, gas lamps, animatronic Dickens characters and strategically
placed chemical "smell pots" that would, when heated, emit odors of
offal and rotting cabbage. Its centerpiece was the Great Expectations boat
ride, which started in a rat-infested creek, flew over the Thames, snaked
through a graveyard and splashed into a sewer. Its staff had all been trained
in Victorian accents and body language. Visitors could sit at a wooden desk
and get berated by an angry Victorian schoolteacher, watch Dickensian
holograms antagonize one another in a haunted house or set their kids loose
in a rainbow-colored play area called, ominously, Fagin’s Den, after the
filthy kidnapper from "Oliver Twist." The park’s operating budget
was $124 million." [from the New York Times
Magazine’s special section A Guide to Modern Pilgrimages]
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Maa-nulth sign historic Parks Canada agreement to guide
future park management
Julia Caranci (Alberni Valley Times), canada.com, 16
February 2012
VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC - "The Maanulth Nations have taken a giant
step toward expanding their historic presence and cultural tourism earning
potential in one of Canada's most revered national parks. After months of
dialogue and consultation, Parks Canada officials have signed a historic
agreement with four Maanulth First Nations (Huu-ay-aht First Nations, Toquaht
Nation, Uchucklesaht Tribe and Yuuthlu-ilth-ath First Nation) for cooperation
in the future planning and management of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve.
The agreement was required as part of treaty implementation. The park
includes the West Coast Trail (from Bamfield to Port Renfrew), Long Beach
(Tofino to Ucluelet) and the Broken Group of Islands. Within those boundaries
are countless possibilities for cultural tourism."
Columbus looks to the arts as an economic engine
Associated Press, Chicago Tribune, 14 February 2012
COLUMBUS, IN — "Leaders in an Indiana city are looking for ways
to use the arts as a catalyst for economic development. Columbus Mayor
Kristen Brown plans to form a committee to consider creating an arts and
entertainment district."
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