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A Cynic Sees Some Light on the Cultural Plan Susan Eleuterio, Huffington Post, 20 August 2012
CHICAGO, IL - "I recently attended a town hall meeting on the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan at the South Shore Cultural Center, and admit I was prepared to be negative. Like many in Chicago, I questioned the choice of paying a Canadian firm to prepare the plan, especially when the mayor abruptly reduced Chicago branch library hours and staff in January citing budget problems. As someone who volunteers weekly to help provide what the Plan calls "lifelong learning in the arts," I've seen the role Chicago's branch libraries and librarians play in the neighborhoods they serve. Another part of the Plan's priorities is to "honor authentic Chicago culture" along with "a focus on Neighborhoods." As one of the few consistent city services in nearly all of Chicago's neighborhoods, libraries and librarians don't stop at providing books (although the shuttering of many bookstores has made this service even more important); they also offer many Chicagoans free and convenient Internet access (roughly 40 percent didn't have Internet at home in 2007), and they provide a safe and cool place for community meetings, arts programming and for children and teens during this summer of record breaking heat." [See also Chicago Cultural Plan: moving forward, Exhibitionist blog by Franck Mercurio, Time Out: Chicago, 1 August 2012]
Why Arts Managers Short of Cash Are Looking at Detroit The Washington Journal, 17 August 2012
DETROIT, MI - "When it comes to the fine arts, things are really, really rough all over. Yet another major regional orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, is now publicly grappling with a debt crisis (it's nearly $20 million in the hole) exacerbated by high labor costs that threaten the ensemble's existence. The situation, says the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is "increasingly dire." Meanwhile, a growing number of much-admired performing groups, including Palm Beach's Florida Stage, have been forced to shut down permanently, while others, most notably the New York City Opera, have chosen instead to gut their operations to the point of unrecognizability." [See also The Public Argument About Arts Support as Seen through the Lens of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 blog, 29 August 2012]
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François Pinault réhabilite enfin le Teatrino à Venise Le Journal des Arts, 30 août 2012
VENISE, ITALIE – "Adjacent au Palais Grassi où est exposée une partie de la collection de François Pinault, le site du Teatrino va finalement être restauré."
La Maison de l'histoire de France est enterrée Le Monde, 27 août 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Le projet de la Maison de l'histoire de France, avec son installation sur le site des Archives nationales, dans le Marais, à Paris, grand projet de Nicolas Sarkozy, comme le fut la Pyramide du Louvre pour François Mitterrand et le Musée du quai Branly pour Jacques Chirac, est enterré."
Artscape Announces Programming, Launches Website for New Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre torontoartscape.org, 27 August 2012 A wide range of dynaming and culturally diverse programming kicks of on Saturday, September 22, 2012.
TORONTO, ON - "Toronto’s Artscape today announced the programming highlights for the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre, a new cultural hub at 585 Dundas Street East, which kicks off its inaugural season on Saturday, September 22, 2012 with a public Open House. Artscape, Toronto Community Housing, The Daniels Corporation and members of the local community have partnered to develop the innovative 60,000-square-foot, purpose-built facility. Designed by the award-winning Diamond & Schmitt Architects, the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre will be the newest addition to downtown Toronto’s thriving cultural landscape."
Taiwan museum to lend Chinese antiquities for exhibitions in Japan in 2014 Japan Times, 24 August 2012
TAIPEI, TAIWAN - "Taiwan's National Palace Museum said Thursday that it will lend Chinese antiquities for exhibitions in Tokyo and Kyushu in 2014. The exhibitions will be held at the Tokyo National Museum for 12 weeks from June to September 2014 and for eight weeks at the Kyushu National Museum in Fukuoka Prefecture from October to November the same year, according to a schedule announced by the Taiwanese museum."
Toronto Zoo orangutans go ape for iPad Katherine Fernandez-Blance, The Toronto Star, 23 August 2012
TORONTO, ON - "Puppe and Budi prod the iPad with their knuckles and fingertips, multi-tasking by slipping the occasional snack into their mouths. They could easily be children, enjoying an onscreen game and a snack on a summer day. But the mother and son are apes — two of six Sumatran orangutans at the Toronto Zoo who have been introduced to iPads in recent months. They use them to play memory and painting games, even to Skype with other orangutans. But watching videos is their favourite."
Emmanuelle Léonard, Annie MacDonell on shortlist for the Grange Prize Two Brits are also competing against the Canadians for the $50,000 award for excellence in contemporary photography JAMES ADAMS, The Globe and Mail, 22 August 2012
TORONTO, ON - "Four photographers – two from Canada, two from the United Kingdom – are the finalists for the 2012 Grange Prize for excellence in contemporary photography, it was announced Wednesday in Toronto by the Art Gallery of Ontario, co-sponsor with Aeroplan of the $50,000 award. Now in its fifth year, the Grange is unique in that it’s a bi-national competition and the winner, to be announced Nov. 1 in Toronto, is chosen by public vote. The 2012 short-list – Montreal’s Emmanuelle Léonard, Torontonian Annie MacDonell, Welsh-born Jason Evans, London’s Jo Longhurst – was assembled by a five-person jury headed by Sophie Hackett, the AGO’s assistant curator of photography. Previous competitions have pitted Canadian photographers againist counterparts from China (2008), Mexico (2009), the U.S. (2010) and India (2011)."
N.B. invests $1M in Moncton transportation museum CBC News, 21 August 2012
MONCTON, NB - "The provincial government is investing $1 million in the construction of the Moncton transportation museum, Premier David Alward announced on Tuesday. The Transportation Discovery Centre, an extension of the Moncton Museum, will illustrate the fundamental role transportation has played in shaping the history and growth of Moncton and highlight the city's position as the transportation hub of Atlantic Canada, officials said."
Look who's coming to TIFF this year JAMES ADAMS, The Globe and Mail, 21 August 2012
TORONTO, ON - "A guide to the stars expected to hit the red carpet at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The festival released the list Tuesday morning. [See also TIFF List: the playbill for 2012, The Globe and Mail, 27 August 2012]"
After Mega Donation, Swiss Art Collector Forced To Respond To Chinese Critics Wang Jun, ECONOMIC OBSERVER/Worldcrunch, 18 August 2012
HONG KONG - "Two months ago, Uli Sigg, the Swiss art collector and Switzerland’s former Ambassador to China, donated 1463 pieces of his Chinese contemporary art collection to Hong Kong’s M+ Museum. The bequest, which included works by 350 artists such as Ai Weiwei and Zhang Xiaogan, initially received widespread praise. Then on June 25,the Art Critic column of the Oriental Morning Post, a Shanghai-based Chinese newspaper, slammed the affair. “The donated works aren’t worth their HK$1.3 billion ($163 million) valuation.” the columnist Zhu Qi declared. “They are mostly junk.” The column went on to state that The M+ Museum had purchased another 47 Uli Sigg works. “They are not worth their HK$177 million ($22.7 million) pricetag. In fact it’s just a preparation by Sigg to sell off the rest of his Chinese contemporary art collection.” "
Rare birchbark canoe repatriated from U.K. to Peterborough museum Yahoo News, 17 August 2012
PETERBOROUGH, ON - "The latest arrival at the Canadian Canoe Museum, a six-metre-long birchbark craft, is in poor shape. Ribs poke out from the sides and much of the frame has disintegrated. But the vessel's remarkable history — and the fact that it has survived at all, becoming one of oldest birchbark canoes in the world — make it a "stunning find," says museum curator Jeremy Ward. Transported in a sailing ship more than 200 years ago from North America to England where it wound up neglected in a barn in Cornwall, the canoe made its return trip this summer — with a bit of royal help — on a Canadian military aircraft, joining the Peterborough, Ont., museum's permanent collection."
New public gallery to open in the heart of Toronto's downtown core Ryerson Image Centre grand opening Saturday, September 29, 2012 14 August 2012
TORONTO, ON - "Ryerson University is transforming downtown Toronto. The opening of the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC), a new public gallery in the heart of the city, heralds the transformation of Gould Street into a public cultural destination and a pedestrian-friendly environment, complete with the Ryerson Image Centre art gallery, adjacent park with pond and rock garden, Balzac's café, outdoor patio, trees, and a car-free street. The RIC is part of Ryerson University's major city-building initiative in the core of downtown Toronto - Canada's economic, academic, research and cultural capital. "
Le Louvre cherche mécènes pour l'ouverture de sa collection d'Arts de l'Islam Culturebox, 9 août 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – " Le Louvre ouvrira le 22 septembre au public ses nouveaux espaces consacrés aux Arts de l'Islam. Or il est encore à la recherche de dix millions d'euros auprès de mécènes pour boucler le financement de cet ambitieux projet. "
Le MUCEM de Marseille reçoit son CCR Connaissance des arts, 7 août 2012
MARSEILLE, FRANCE – "En attendant l’ouverture officielle du J4 de Rudy Ricciotti prévue au pied du fort Saint-Jean pour fin mai 2013, le MUCEM (Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée) vient de réceptionner son très beau bâtiment du CCR (Centre de Conservation et de Ressources) dessiné par Corine Vezzoni. "
How CEO plans to guide ROM into its second century Martin Knelman, Toronto Star, 2 August 2012
TORONTO, ON - "As the Royal Ontario Museum gets ready to celebrate its 100th birthday next year, CEO Janet Carding is plotting bold changes to assure prosperity, popularity, viability and relevance in the venerated institution’s second century while avoiding danger zones. To counter the threats lurking in the combined effects of shrinking revenues, a troublesome economy and the inconvenient truth that U.S. tourists have become an endangered species, Carding is taking some steps that won’t be to everyone’s liking."
Museums
ArtInfo, 29 août 2012
LOS ANGELES, ETATS-UNIS – "Nous avons tous lu des articles sur les problèmes internes du Museum of Contemporary Art de Los Angeles ; annulation d’expositions, renvoi de personnel, démission des artistes qui siègent au conseil d’administration. Ces difficultés sont sans doute en partie imputables à une mauvaise gestion de l’institution."
Christophe Leribault nommé à la tête du Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris La Tribune de l’Art, 28 août 2012
PARIS, France – " Nomination - Paris, Petit Palais -Adjoint au directeur du département des Arts Graphiques du Musée du Louvre où il était entré en 2006 et directeur du Musée Delacroix depuis 2007, Christophe Leribault, 48 ans, prendra le 1er novembre prochain la tête du Petit Palais à Paris."
Cabildo Building now law museum Guardian Media, 23 August 2012
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - "The newly-restored and renovated old Cabildo Building, Sackville Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday was reopened as the Cabildo Law Museum. The building, a national heritage site, which had been in a state of disrepair in the past, was restored by the Office of the Attorney General, whose Cabildo Chambers offices are annexed to it."
Gambia: British High Commission, NCAC to Create Museum At Fort Bullen All Africa, 23 August 2012
BANJUL, GAMBIA - "The British High Commission in Banjul is working alongside the National Centre for Arts and Culture (NCAC) to open a new visitor's museum in Fort Bullen, Barra, in the North Bank Region (NBR). The NCAC was recently awarded £5,000 by the British High Commission to create an exhibition on the Abolition of the Slave Trade in which Fort Bullen played a crucial role. Fort Bullen was built by the British military to abolish the trade in slaves being transported along the River Gambia after the 1807 Abolition of Slavery Act and is today a UNESCO World Heritage Site."
San Remigio archeological site to become an on-site museum Joy Cherry Quito, Inquirer News, 23 August 2012
SAN REMEGIO, PHILIPPINES - "A museum is proposed in San Remegio town in northern Cebu to house important archeological find in the town’s San Juan Nepomuceno Church and Lapyahan public beach, three months ago. The University of San Carlos (USC) Museum hosted an exhibit of the relics recovered at San Remegio, the oldest archaeological site in Cebu last Thursday. According to Jojo Bersales, Chairman of the Socio-Anthro Department of USC, the oldest of the relics of an adult male was dated 1600 years old."
Cleveland Museum of Art receives $7.5 million gift from Mandel Foundation SCOTT SUTTELL, Crains Cleveland, 22 August 2012
CLEVELAND, OH - "The Cleveland Museum of Art this morning announced it has received a $7.5 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation to support the museum's renovation and expansion project, which is scheduled for completion by the end of next year. As a result, the museum's iconic armor court will become named the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Armor Court. Foundation trustees approved the gift at a board meeting yesterday, Aug. 21."
New police museum secures £6m funding from Westminster Simon Hunter, BBC News, 22 August 2012
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - "A new museum dedicated to the history of policing across Ireland is to be built in Belfast. It has been funded by the Treasury in Westminster and will cost £5.5m. It will be built in the grounds of police headquarters in east Belfast, alongside the memorial to RUC officers who died in the line of duty. Ireland had the first formal uniformed police service in the British Isles when the Peace Preservation Force was formed in 1814."
What's the String that Ties One Experience at Your Institution with the Next? Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 blog, 22 August 2012
USA - "Reader, I was wrong. In 2008, I wrote a post arguing that museums should focus on the pre-visit, not the post-visit, if they want to capture and retain visitors. I said: "In many ways, the ability to successfully set a powerful and useful expectation for museum experiences is MORE valuable than the ability to extend said experience. When you set an expectation, you frame an experience. Once visitors have already banged on the exhibits and watched the giant nostril show, the experience belongs totally to them. The chances of reaching and holding onto them back at home are small. They’ve formed their impressions of the on-site experience, and their chance of returning, becoming members, etc. is heavily based on those impressions. You can send them all the pleasant follow-up emails you like, but such notes are unlikely to be the motivating factor that brings them back through your doors.""
Le Musée des Beaux-Arts ouvrira en 2016 24 Heures, 22 août 2012
LAUSANNE, SUISSE – "La mise à l'enquête, dès vendredi, du projet de Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts constitue l'avant-dernière étape avant la construction du bâtiment."
Backers raise cash for Tesla museum honoring 'cult hero' Larry Frum, CNN, 21 August 2012
NEW YORK, NY - "At the dawn of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla wanted to save the world from fuel dependency. Now, an Internet cartoonist wants to save Tesla's last remaining laboratory as a tribute to the futurist inventor. The structure, a 94-by-94-foot building, was the location where Tesla hoped to develop wireless communications and clean, free energy for everyone in the early 1900s. He moved his operation to the Wardenclyffe Tower in Shoreham, New York, in 1902 -- so named because of a 187-foot tower rising from the ground (as well as being sunk 120 feet below it) that was to be one of the great transmitters for his wireless energy dream." [See also Nikola Tesla museum campaign earns $500,000 online in two days, the Guardian, 17 August 2012]
Mexico opens its arms to contemporary art The newly expanded Museo Tamayo reopens this week with seven exhibitions of international artists Christian Viveros-Fauné, The Art Newspaper, 21 August 2012
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - "Mexico City’s Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo is reopening on 26 August after a year’s closure. The date is significant: it is the birthday of its founder—the painter and muralist Rufino Tamayo. Among the seven exhibitions on view in the vastly enlarged complex is a large-scale retrospective of Tamayo’s works that includes more than 60 of the artist’s paintings, some of them never seen before in public. According to the co-curator Juan Carlos Pereda, the exhibition provides “an opportunity to show some of the discoveries we’ve made in Tamayo’s oeuvre”."
Kigali Genocide Memorial to be expanded Jean-Christophe Nsanzimana, The Rwanda Focus, 21 August 2012
KIGALI, RWANDA - "Through auction and pledges, a total of USD 127,100 (Rwf 79,183,300) was raised during the Aegis White Rose Society gala dinner held in Kigali on Sunday in support of the Kigali Genocide Memorial. The targeted projects worth USD 30 million are the peace-building education center and expansion plans of the memorial site to become an African center for the prevention of the genocide."
Les grands travaux du Grand Versailles Le Point, 20 août 2012
VERSAILLES, FRANCE – "Un célébrissime château de 2 300 pièces, 32 hectares de pelouse, 55 bassins et fontaines, 6 millions de visiteurs par an... Pour perpétuer la magnificence de son patrimoine exceptionnel, le programme du Grand Versailles continue de restaurer la plupart des bâtiments de l'ancien domaine royal."
Le Domaine de Marie-Antoinette en vase clos Louvre pour tous, 18 août 2012
VERSAILLES, FRANCE – "Faute de personnels, les espaces entrouverts en 2006 dans cette partie du domaine de Versailles ne le sont quasi plus. Mais le tarif d’entrée élevé est inchangé et l’ensemble reste fermé le matin quand, de son côté, le Château souffre de trop de monde."
Taiwan museum fined for stopping breastfeeding mum Banghok Post, 14 August 2012
TAIWAN – "A top Taiwanese museum has been fined for preventing a woman from breastfeeding, the first such case since a law was enacted to protect the right to breastfeed in public, authorities said on Tuesday. The director and an employee of the National Palace Museum were each fined Tw$6,000 ($200) for violating the public breastfeeding law passed in 2010, said the Taipei city health department. The incident came to light after the woman complained that a museum worker asked her to leave and told her it "looked very unsightly" when she breastfed her son outside an exhibition room last month."
Investments in museums grow 980% Ministério da Cultura, IFACCA, 13 August 2012
BRAZIL - "Within a decade, investments have increased from 20 million to 216 million Brazilian reals. The Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), an institution linked with the Ministry of Culture, celebrates the rise in investments in the museum sector between 2001 and 2011. A study shows that the resources allocated annually to the sector had increased 980% over the period studied, rising from $ 20 million to $ 216 million." [See also Em português: Investimentos em museus crescem 980%, Ministério da Cultura, 13 de agosto de 2012]
San Francisco Exploratorium to Show New Face in a New Place KENNETH CHANG, The New York Times, 13 August 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - "Frank Oppenheimer, the younger brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as the father of the atomic bomb, reinvented the science museum more than four decades ago. Instead of eye-catching objects like the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian or the steam engine at the Franklin Institute, exhibits at the Exploratorium here were more like handmade toys. Visitors swung pendulums and watched the chaotic swings, played with prisms to split light and learned about the motion of gas molecules through bouncing balls. "
Trying to Protect a Reef With an Otherworldly Diversion RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD, The New York Times, 13 August 2012
CANCUN, MEXICO - "Most people head off to an art exhibit with comfortable shoes and a deep appreciation for creativity. Jason deCaires Taylor’s work requires flippers and, to really appreciate it, a depth of at least 12 feet. Mr. Taylor labors over his sculptures for weeks, five-ton concrete figures of men, women and children, many of them modeled after people in the fishing village near here where he lives and works. The little boy Carlito sitting on a rock. The proud Joaquín glancing skyward. The old man everyone knows as Charlie Brown clasping his chin in contemplation."
Nouveau musée et parcours mémoire en projet L’Union, 13 août 2012
SOIZY-AUX-BOIS, FRANCE – "Un nouveau musée et un parcours autour des grands lieux de la Première Guerre mondiale sont en projet. « La commune de Soizy-aux-Bois porterait le projet de bâtiment pour accueillir le musée de Mondement avec davantage d'espace, ainsi que l'accueil pour les circuits autour de l'histoire et de la mémoire »".
Museum Defends Antiquities Collecting RANDY KENNEDY, The New York Times, 12 August 2012
CLEVELAND, OH - "Over the last five years, the Cleveland Museum of Art has been at work on one of the largest building programs of any art institution in the country, a $350 million project that has been unveiled in sleek new stages and will be completed by 2013, adding 35,000 more square feet of gallery space. But the museum has also been building in less visible ways and is set to announce on Monday the acquisition of two high-profile ancient artifacts that seem certain to draw attention not only to the institution’s expansion but also to the complicated long-running debate about antiquities collecting by museums. "
The collector vs. the director: Bob Rennie and the VAG MARSHA LEDERMAN, The Globe and Mail, 11 August 2012
VANCOUVER, BC — "The rain was falling and the Blue Mountain Brut was flowing on the rooftoop of the Rennie Collection at Wing Sang as guests, protected under a giant white tent, toasted visiting Tate director Nicholas Serota with a dinner put on by the collection’s founder: Bob Rennie, condo king and art collector and provocateur. The Serota dinner, like the dinners Rennie and the collection’s director Carey Fouks have hosted before and since, attracted a who’s who of the Vancouver art scene and beyond: On this night, B.C. Premier Christy Clark waded her way through the almost 3,000 pink balloons of Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed’s Work No. 329; philanthropists such as Michael and Inna O’Brian were there, so were artists Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham and Steven Shearer. Absent from the high-calibre list was Kathleen Bartels, the director of the Vancouver Art Gallery."
Un projet de musée du vaudou à Strasbourg L’Express, 11 août 2012
STRASBOURG, FRANCE – "Un musée du vaudou à Strasbourg L'idée, de prime abord insolite, est portée très sérieusement par l'ancien PDG des brasseries Fischer et Adelshoffen, Marc Arbogast, propriétaire d'une exceptionnelle collection d'objets vaudou africains."
Le Panama affiche sa biodiversité dans un musée signé Franck Ghery Les Echos, 11 août 2012
PANAMA – "Panama city s'offre le premier musée de Franck Ghéry en Amérique Latine, un temple de 100 millions de dollars dédié à la biodiversité qui doit ouvrir au premier semestre 2013."
LA's Getty museum announces pact with Rome The Washington Examiner, 10 August 2012
LOS ANGELES, CA - "The J. Paul Getty Museum is partnering with Rome's Capitoline Museums on an ambitious project that officials say will include joint exhibitions, conservation efforts and cultural exchanges between the two prestigious art centers. Getty officials announced the collaboration in Los Angeles on Friday, the same day the stunning 4th century marble sculpture "Lion Attacking a Horse" went on display at the Getty Villa."
Music museum options expanding Judy Sarles, Nashville Ledger, 10 August 2012
NASHVILLE, TN - "Nashville’s major music museums are in various stages of development: one will reopen this year, one is expanding, another is slowly progressing, and the last is on the back burner.
Mahmoud Darwish Museum Opens its Doors to the Public Palestine News Network, 10 August 2012
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - "On the fourth annual remembrance of Palestine's greatest poet, the Mahmoud Darwish Museum – Al-Barweh Garden opened, yesterday 9th August, its doors to the public, to visit the museum and get acquainted with Darwish's everlasting legacy. "This is a leap in the Palestinian cultural scene and all its components. It might be the biggest step taken in the recent years, and it was made to befit this poet's enormous imprint on the Palestinian people," said Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, at the commemoration ceremony held in the Museum's premises near the West Bank city of Ramallah."
Liberia: Development of Museum, Tourism Top China-Liberia Talks All Africa, 10 August 2012
MONROVIA, LIBERIA — "Is it time Liberia had a modern, national museum? It is one of the projects being considered after a new partnership with China will see an influx of development cash come into the country. Stakeholders from the Executive Mansion and the national press union met at the Chinese Embassy in Congo Town on Friday, August 4, 2012, to discuss how Liberia would spend its part of the $20 billion the People's Republic of China has earmarked for 50 African Countries."
Un musée islamique dans l'ancienne Medersa Ben Saleh de Marrakech Aujourd’hui Le Maroc, 9 août 2012
MARRAKECH, MAROC – "La Medersa Ben Saleh est située au cœur de la Médina, derrière la mosquée du même nom. Ce lieu historique a vu passer sur ses bancs tous les lettrés, notaires et juges de la région."
First Orthodox Jewish Holocaust Museum to Open in Brooklyn Brooklyn’s first Holocaust museum, the first Holocaust museum in the world to focus on Orthodox Jews, will open next spring Rachel Hirshfeld, Israel National News, 9 August 2012
NEW YORK, US - "Brooklyn’s first Holocaust museum, which will also be the first Holocaust museum in the world to focus exclusively on Orthodox Jews, is expected to open next spring, The New York Daily News reported. David Layman, who is also the co-creator of the National September 11th Memorial & Museum, is currently laying out the groundwork for Kleinman Family Holocaust Education Center on 50th Street, which will focus on Orthodox Jewish life before, during, and after World War Two."
Nina Simon, Museum 2.0 blog, 8 August 2012
USA - "A woman walks into your museum. She's visited a few times before, and you vaguely recognize her as the lady who loved bubble painting, thought the bike sculpture was funny and didn't like the video installation. Last time she had a kid with her, and he got chalk all over his hands from the mosaic activity they did with a volunteer. They wrote a comment about their experience that got turned into a bird by other visitors in the public sculpture hanging in the middle of the museum. You remember seeing them stand in front of the magic mirror in the history gallery, laughing as they made themselves into giants in the glass."
The Groundbreaking of Hakka Museum at TMII BERITAJAKARTA.COM, 6 August 2012
JAKARTA, INDONESIA - "Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo attended the groundbreaking ceremony of Indonesia Hakka Museum and Seven-Floor Pagoda at Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), Monday (8/6). Built on a 5,000-square meter land, the museum’s existence is expected could preserve the history of oriental descent in Indonesia. Fauzi said the groundbreaking ceremony could become a momentum to improve the atmosphere of respecting and honoring each other. Moreover, Hakka tribe in China is known for its preference towards education instead of business or trading. “Thus, the museum is perfect for educational purposes. I hope the Prosperous Indonesia Hakka Union could contribute even more to the harmony of religions in Jakarta and Indonesia in general,” stated Fauzi, Monday (8/6)."
ArtInfo, 2 août 2012
METZ, FRANCE – "Le 22 juin dernier, le conseil d'administration a renouvelé le mandat du directeur du Centre Pompidou-Metz, Laurent Lebon, pour 3 ans, à compter de janvier 2013. En charge du projet depuis sa naissance, Laurent Lebon en a été l’un de ses acteurs majeurs de la préfiguration à l'ouverture."
Les grands projets d’Olivier de Bernon pour le Musée Guimet Journal des Arts, 1 août 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Une riche programmation pour les 5 années qui viennent, un projet pour les galeries du Panthéon bouddhique, des partenariats avec d’autres institutions... le (presque) nouveau président du Musée Guimet veut redynamiser les lieux."
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Connaissance des Arts, 30 août 2012
OSLO, NORVEGE – "L’Astrup Fearnley Museet d’Oslo inaugurera le 29 septembre son nouveau bâtiment signé par l’architecte Renzo Piano."
Venice Biennale: National Accents Our intrepid correspondent picks some of his favorite offerings from the national pavilions at this year's Biennale. Aric Chen, Architectural Record, 28 August 2012
VENICE, ITALY - "No one seems to gripe much anymore about how, in a globalized context, the very idea of national pavilions at an international exposition might seem anachronistic. Perhaps that’s because, for the time being at least, we’ve decided they’re not. Identity is a powerful thing, and the more than 50 national pavilions at this year’s Biennale—concentrated mostly in the Giardini, but also at the Arsenale and sites throughout town—remind us not only of our “Common Ground,” the Biennale’s theme, but also our differences." [See also Venice Architecture Biennale Announces Golden Lion, Architectural record, 29 August 2012]
Famed Architect Expanding Facebook's Campus The social network company is expanding again--this time with the help of a renowned architect. njuice.com, 28 August 2012
MENLO PARK, CA - "It's only been about a year since Facebook moved into its headquarters into the Menlo Park offices that once housed Sun Microsystems. But the company is already planning to expand. But instead of simply building a new wing, Facebook has much bigger plans: The new addition will span the length of eight football fields, according to a Facebook blog post. And it will boast a famous architect to boot. Sprawling the west side of the Bayfront Expressway, the building will connect to the current Willow Road campus through an underground tunnel beneath the highway. Construction of the new west campus, which renowned architect Frank Gehry has designed, will begin in early 2013, according to the post." [See also Unveiling Our Campus Expansion, facebook.com, 24 August 2012]
Andrew Caruso interviews Steven Holl Architect and journalist Andrew Caruso interviews Steven Holl as part of Inside the Design Mind series for Metropolis and NBM WAN, 28 August 2012
USA - "This year, the American Institute of Architects conferred its highest honor - the AIA Gold Medal - upon Steven Holl. I had the opportunity to talk with Steven about his sources of inspiration, a mid-career enlightenment, and his recent recognition as one of the most celebrated ‘American’ architects.
La Gue(ho)st House de Berdaguer & Péjus à Delme Connaissance des Arts, 24 août 2012
DELME, FRANCE – "Le Centre d’art contemporain-la Synagogue de Delme en Moselle inaugure le 22 septembre Gue(ho)st House, une œuvre architecturale de Berdaguer & Péjus."
Le géant gazier Gazprom autorisé à construire sa tour Okhta Center à Saint-Pétersbourg Le Journal des Arts, 24 août 2012
SAINT-PETERSBOURG, RUSSIE – "Le projet de construction de Gazprom, Okhta Center, à Saint-Pétersbourg a finalement eu l’aval des services de l’État, le 17 août dernier. Initialement prévue dans le centre historique de la ville, la tour sera finalement construite à 9 kilomètres du centre, sur une rive du golfe de Finlande."
Avec son bio-musée, Frank Gehry arrivera-t-il à recréer l’effet Bilbao à Panama ? ArtInfo, 24 août 2012
PANAMA – "Quinze ans après la construction du Guggenheim Bilbao, un monument sinueux recouvert de titane, Frank Gehry est sur le point de terminer son premier projet en Amérique latine ; le Musée de la Biodiversité (ou Biomuseo) à Panama, où la croyance en le pouvoir d’une architecture emblématique vient d’être rétablie."
Architecture sacrée, sacrée architecture Le Point, 23 août 2012
FRANCE – "En Ile-de-France, l'architecture religieuse multiplie les réalisations."
Diller Scofidio + Renfro plans for Aberdeen city centre turned down by City Council WAN, 23 August 2012
ABERDEEN, UK - "Proposals to reinvigorate the city centre of Aberdeen, Scotland by High Line architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have been rejected by City Councillors. Entitled ‘Granite Web’, the ambitious £140m plans sought to bring the Union Terrace Gardens to street level and suggested vast swathes of concrete to punctuate the expanses of green. "
Serie Architects Designs Museum in China for Calligrapher's Art Clare Jacobson, Architectural Record, 23 August 2012
LINYI, CHINA - "Serie Architects—a young firm with offices in London, Mumbai, and Beijing—is designing a museum dedicated to the art of Yan Zhenqing. Christopher C. M. Lee, one of Serie's founding partners, says his team is still developing the design but expects to break ground on the museum at the end of 2012 and finish construction roughly a year later. He says the client learned about his firm from its design proposals for the Xi’an International Horticultural Exposition and the Xintiandi Factory H in Hangzhou."
Chinese symbolism and glacial Finnish design work in glorious harmony in Wuxi WAN, 23 August 2012
WUXI, CHINA - "The main idea of PES Architects' Wuxi Grand Theatre is based on its location. The man-made peninsula on the northern shore area of Taihu Lake and the highway bridge nearby make this location comparable to that of Sydney Opera House. Due to this location the building is an impressive landmark, rising up to a total height of 50m like a big sculpture from the terraced base. Its eight gigantic roof wings stretch far over the facades, giving the building the character of a butterfly, while protecting the building from the heat of the sun."
CNN to air interview with Zaha Hadid next week as part of 'Leading Women' series WAN, 22 August 2012
LONDON, UK - "Zaha Hadid has been named as one of CNN’s ‘Leading Women’, receiving worldwide recognition for her design of the Olympic Aquatic Centre, costing £269m to construct, housing two swimming pools and 22,500 seats. The full interview will air on CNN at 10.30 and 17.30 on 29 August 2012, and 05.30 and 19.30 on 1 September 2012. The Centre has been named by architectural critics as the Olympics ‘most majestic’ space, and Becky Anderson, CNN, met Zaha at her exhibition space to find out more about her achievements, recent projects, and winning the Pritzker Prize. The hot topic of the interview was, however, why are there so few leading women architects in the industry?"
Jean Nouvel Reportedly Beats Out Hadid and Gehry for China's New Art Museum Madeleine O'Dea, ARTINFO China, 21 August 2012
BEIJING, CHINA - "According to a well-sourced report in Architectural Record, Jean Nouvel has beaten out a high-profile short list including Zaha Hadid and Frank Gehry for the most prestigious architecture job in China since the Olympics: the new headquarters for the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC). The massive new building will be situated next to the Olympic “Birds Nest” stadium, and competing architects were reportedly told to aim for a building “so iconic that one day people will say the Birds Nest is next to it.” An official announcement on the winner is not expected until after the Chinese Government’s scheduled leadership transition in October, but short-listed architects are believed to have been told of the decision last month. The identity of the winner has been confirmed to ARTINFO China anonymously by sources within NAMOC." [See also Jean Nouvel for Chinese Art Museum?, WAN, 23 August 2012; Jean Nouvel selected to design new National Art Museum of China, Arch Daily, 22 August 2012; Nouvel Said to Win Big Job in China, Aric Chen, Architectural Record, 20 August 2012]
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects to design Utah Performing Arts Center Karissa Rosenfield, Arch Daily, 21 August 2012
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - "Salt Lake City is about to get a new, state-of-the-art performing arts center designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA), in collaboration with HKS Architects. The 2,500-seat venue “will capture the spirit of its place” and serve as the region’s premier entertainment venue, while anchoring a vibrant arts district on the city’s main street downtown. The selection committee of the Redevelopment Agency of Salt Lake City chose the PCPA/HKS team from a competitive pool that included designers of some of the most prestigious theaters in the world. “We are honored to be selected to design the Utah Performing Arts Center,” said Cesar Pelli, senior principal of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects. “Salt Lake City’s attractive downtown, vibrant cultural life, and wonderful views will all shape our design for what will be an important new venue for the entire city and state.”"
Keith Williams Architects' newest museum project welcomes its first visitors WAN, 20 August 2012
CHICHESTER, UK - "The Novium, Chichester’s new museum which opened to the public 8 July 2012, is the culmination of a 10 year endeavour by Chichester Council to replace the city’s former museum with a new building that would more effectively display the breadth of its collection. Designed by Keith Williams Architects after winning the 2007 RIBA design competition, the Novium, located in Tower Street in sight of the city’s cathedral. At 1,100 sq m it is 2 and a half times larger than its predecessor; a small cellular 18th Century building elsewhere in the city. Listen to a podcast interview between Keith Williams and WAN’s Editor in Chief, Michael Hammond."
Subverting the principles of surveillance Lugo's Former Prison is rehabilitated into a Cultural Centre by CREUSeCARRASCO WAN, 20 August 2012
CORUNA, SPAIN - "The redevelopment - also named the ‘rehabilitation' - of Lugo's former prison is now underway with the space being transformed into a new cultural centre. The architects, CREUSeCARRASCO arquitectos, have taken the original spatial arrangement with the small space of cells and the prominence of discipline into the design concept. Unlike its past, the prison will now be open to the public and act as a display for the appreciation of cultural and social values."
Porsche Pavilion by HENN Architects Contemporist, 17 August 2012
GERMANY - "HENN Architects have completed the Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany. The organically shaped building is sitting – in mirrored location to the Volkswagen Pavilion- at the central axis of the theme park and offers 400 m² of space for exhibitions and presentations. Its characteristic silhouette will become a distinctive icon amid the lagoon landscape of the Autostadt." [See also Porsche Pavilion unveiled in Wolfsburg, WAN, 23 August 2012]
Ce chantier qui fait renaître Ramsès II Le Figaro, 17 août 2012
LOUXOR, EGYPTE – "Malgré les soubresauts de la révolution égyptienne, une équipe dirigée par le Français Christian Leblanc participe à la création de «Louxor 2030», le plus grand musée à ciel ouvert du monde."
Les chiffres délirants du musée des Confluences de Lyon Capital, 10 août 2012
LYON, FRANCE – "C'est ce qu’on appelle un accouchement au forceps. Lancé en 1999 par le conseil général du Rhône, le chantier du musée des Confluences devrait enfin être achevé en septembre 2013, pour une ouverture au printemps suivant."
Jean Nouvel, le monde à portée d'équerre Le Figaro, 8 août 2012
FRANCE – "L'architecte français, qui dénonce la globalisation du style, est un vrai globe-trotteur qui tient à suivre lui-même ses grands chantiers."
C.J. Hughes, Architectural Record, 3 August 2012
NEW JERSEY, USA - "A Hillsborough, New Jersey, house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that’s been ravaged by floods over the years is looking for a buyer who can relocate it. The 1954 concrete-and-mahogany structure, known as the Bachman-Wilson house, sits next to the Millstone River, which has jumped its banks seven times in the last two decades, according to owner and current resident Sharon Tarantino. And the last time, in August 2011, during Tropical Storm Irene, the flooding was extreme; six feet of water surged through the two-story house, forcing Tarantino to enter it by canoe." [See also Buyer Sought for Threatened Frank Lloyd Wright House in Phoenix, David Hill, 26 July 2012]
[BUENOS AIRES] New Contemporary Art Museum Competition Results Arch Daily, 30 July 2012
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - "Hosted by [AC-CA], the results were recently announced for their [BUENOS AIRES] New Contemporary Art Museum competition. With the aim of a design for a new art museum in the heart of the city, Shelby Ponce & Eduardo Ponce took the first place award, which successfully engages and establishes a cultural dialogue with the urban fabric surrounding it. As the capital of Argentina and located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, the city is an important economic center. Its architecture is a combination of different styles which gives it a unique architectural beauty. More images and information on the winning proposals after the break."
The renowned Spanish engineer and designer is the subject of an exhibition opening today at Russia's Hermitage Museum—the institution's first retrospective devoted to a contemporary architect. Calatrava speaks candidly with Architectural Record about the show, his work, and the criticism he often faces. Interview by Fred A. Bernstein, Architectural Record, 27 June 2012
SPAIN - "Is it the best of times, or the worst of times, for Santiago Calatrava? One of the few architects whose name is recognized around the world, he lives like a pasha (with no fewer than three town houses on Park Avenue in Manhattan, and lavish homes in Spain and Switzerland), while shuttling to building sites in Europe, Asia, and both North and South America. His bridges draw tourists to cities as diverse as Venice, Jerusalem, Calgary, and Dallas. And he is about to be the subject of a show at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Santiago Calatrava: The Quest for Movement, June 27 to September 30, 2012)."
David Hill, Architectural Record, 26 July 2012
DENVER, CO - "Curtis Fentress had just three weeks to come up with a design for Denver International Airport. Completed in 1995, the airport—with its distinctive peaked white-fabric roof—helped put Fentress and his Denver-based firm in the architectural spotlight. Since then, the 64-year-old North Carolina native has built a reputation as a forward-thinking designer of airports and other civic buildings. His airports, including South Korea’s Incheon International, are consistently top-rated in passenger surveys. Currently under construction is a $1.4 billion expansion of Los Angeles International Airport, the first major addition to LAX since 1984. With two-story jetways, it will accommodate nine double-decker Airbus A380 airliners at one time. Fentress spoke to Architectural Record about this project and the changing nature of air travel. The firm’s airports are the focus of an exhibition at the Denver Art Museum. "Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight" runs through Oct. 7, 2012."
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