|
| |||||
 |
| ||||
|
| |||||
|
|
Or follow on  LordCultural  LordCultural  LordCultural | ||||
|
| |||||
|
Diamond Schmitt Architects' colourful new Daniels Spectrum Canadian Interiors, 24 September 2012
TORONTO, ON - "A new performance space opened today in Toronto that creates a cultural hub for the ongoing renewal of Canada's largest public housing project, Regent Park. Daniels Spectrum, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, provides 60,000 square feet of stage, rehearsal, community and tenant space for seven grassroots organizations dedicated to artistic, cultural and social innovation and youth programming."[see also Hume: New cultural centre breathes life and colour into Regent Park, Christopher Hume, The Toronto Star, 17 September 2012]
Ryerson Image Centre focuses on photography Christopher Hume, The Toronto Star, 24 September 2012
TORONTO, ON - "In a world where images are taking over from words, it’s no wonder the camera is king. And now that most of us carry a camera most of the time, virtually everyone possesses the power to change that world. In this digital age, as never before, the photograph reveals all. But to grasp the full extent of what that means, and the essential role photography plays in our lives, you must visit the new Ryerson Image Centre. On September 29, when the RIC opens its new home at 33 Gould St., just east of Yonge, it will instantly become a global centre of photographic culture and scholarship. Encompassing the popular and the esoteric, journalistic and artistic, study and display, the centre brings vast resources to a field that never fails to yield rich fruit."[see also Ryerson Image Centre wins architectural design award, Daily Commercial News and Construction Record, 7 September 2012]
| |||||
|
| |||||
|
Cultural News, a monthly global round-up of what’s happening in culture, is a free service of Lord Cultural Resources. Excerpts are directly quoted from the articles – please click on the links to read the full articles on the original news sites. To receive it in your inbox rain or shine, please press the subscribe button above - it will take less than 30 seconds to become a subscriber. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest digest of cultural news.
| |||||
Our Clients and Lord Cultural Resources in the News
$14M, maybe more, still needed for human rights museum in Winnipeg Steve Lambert (CP), Canadian Press, 25 September 2012
WINNIPEG, MB - "Fundraisers for the Canadian Museum For Human Rights are $14 million short of their goal, but may need more money to pay interest on a government-backed loan. "The numbers could go up slightly, but we know we really want to focus in the next two years to get the funds raised as quickly as possible," Gail Asper, chairwoman of the museum's fundraising group, said Tuesday."
Le Centre Pompidou se prépare à une baisse de ses subventions Le Journal des Arts, 24 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Le Centre Pompidou se prépare à la baisse prévisible des subventions de l’État de 2013. Une exposition pourrait être annulée."
The Louvre unveils Islamic art wing FRANCE 24, 24 September 2012
PARIS, FRANCE - "The Louvre museum in Paris has opened a new, $131 million Islamic art wing with 3,000 precious artifacts dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries - including the oldest love letter in the Muslim world. Paris's famed Louvre museum on Saturday opened to the public a new wing of Islamic art in a bid to improve knowledge of a religion often viewed with suspicion in the West. Costing nearly 100 million euros ($131 million), it is funded by the French government and supported by handsome endowments from Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Kuwait, Oman and Azerbaijan."[see also L’investissement des mécènes étrangers au musée du Louvre, Le Journal des Arts, 20 septembre 2012; The Louvre’s New Islamic Galleries Bring Riches to Light, Carol Vogel, The New York Times, 19 September 2012; Hollande inaugure "les arts de l'Islam" au Louvre, Bernard Genies, Le Nouvel Observateur, 18 septembre 2012]
Smithsonian Seeks to Remake Stodgy Image Patricia Cohen, The New York Times, 20 September 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - "So what exactly does a bear do in the woods? That question and others like it are part of the Smithsonian Institution’s new branding and advertising campaign, the first in its 166-year history. Although the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex, is already a popular and trusted brand, officials there nonetheless decided they needed to raise awareness, particularly among young people, of precisely what they have to offer."
Six design firms vying for WAG Inuit art centre Winnipeg Free Press, 14 September 2012
WINNIPEG, MB - "The Winnipeg Art Gallery has shortlisted six architectural teams from Canada, the United States and Japan for the design of its Inuit Art and Learning Centre, to be erected next door to its current building. The teams will prepare expanded proposals, make presentations to the selection committee and vie for the contract to design the building. Any firm that doesn’t have a licence to practise in the province must partner with a Manitoba firm to undertake the project. Three of the six teams have already presented themselves as non-Manitoba/Manitoba partnerships. The shortlisted teams are Will Bruder Architects (Phoenix) with Peter Sampson Architecture Studio (Winnipeg); Diller Scofidio + Renfro (New York); Kengo Kuma & Associates (Japan); Michael Maltzan Architecture (Los Angeles); Patkau Architects (Vancouver) with LM Architectural Group (Winnipeg); and Preston Scott Cohen Inc. (Boston) with Number Ten Architectural Group (Winnipeg)."
Le Centre Pompidou adopte le web sémantique Christophe Castro, Inria, 14 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "«Au Centre Pompidou, l'approche du numérique consiste à accompagner le visiteur avant, pendant et après sa visite du musée. Ceci implique plusieurs projets ayant un versant communautaire et une approche de co-création», explique Gonzague Gauthier, chargé de projet numérique au Centre Pompidou."
Civil Rights Museum gets Gates Foundation grant Adrian Sainz (AP), The Knoxville News Sentinel, 13 September 2012
MEMPHIS, TN - "The National Civil Rights Museum is using a $549,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a social media strategy in efforts to spark a national discussion on equality in education. The grant, announced Thursday at the museum in Memphis, also will be used to improve the museum's website and add tidbits of information to some historical exhibits that illustrate how education influenced the civil rights movement, museum director Beverly Robertson said."
Les promoteurs de Lascaux 4 se mobilisent pour sauver le projet Romain Bouvet, Le Journal des Arts, 13 septembre 2012
PERIGUEUX, FRANCE – "Depuis l’annonce par Aurélie Filippetti du retrait de la subvention d’Etat pour la construction d’une nouvelle réplique de la grotte de Lascaux (4), chercheurs et élus se mobilisent pour poursuivre le projet."
Turkish 'Troy gold' at Penn Museum stirs up controversy Huizhong Wu, The Daily Pennsylvanian, 12 September 2012
PHILADELPHIA, PA - "The 24 pieces of 'Troy gold' jewelry that the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology lent to the Turkish government in a landmark agreement announced Sept. 4 may have a more complicated history than meets the eye. Archaeology professor Brian Rose, a curator in the museum's Mediterranean section, believes the artifacts arrived at Penn after they had been previously stolen. "I’m virtually certain they were looted," said Rose, who has spent time studying the jewelry. "The question is from which region were they looted." Penn had originally purchased the jewelry legally in 1966 from an antiquities dealer in Philadelphia without knowing all the details surrounding the artifacts’ history."
Le renoncement à Lascaux-4 passe mal en Dordogne Claude Canellas, édité par Yves Clarisse, Le Nouvel Observateur, 10 septembre 2012
BORDEAUX, FRANCE – "Le renoncement de l'Etat à participer au financement du Centre international pariétal dit Lascaux-4, haut lieu de l'art préhistorique, annoncé lundi dans le cadre d'un plan d'économie, suscite des remous chez les élus locaux."
Biosphère: Cuts cloud future of nature museum Donna Nebenzahl, The Montreal Gazette, 7 September 2012
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - "Four-year-olds can join the Eel Squad; at age 6 and 7, you can become a Water Explorer for an afternoon or an Urban Naturalist, combing the wilds of île-Sainte-Hélène. There’s The Circle of Life for 8-year-olds, focusing on the biodiversity of the wetlands. If you’re 10 or 11, you can be guided along the Water Trail to learn the importance of the St. Lawrence River."
Picasso brings in the visitors at AGO James Adams, The Globe and Mail, 6 September 2012
TORONTO, ONTARIO - "King Tut rules still at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto but gallery officials also are feeling pretty good these days about Pablo Picasso. Thursday the AGO announced that its recently completed Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musee National, Paris exhibition drew almost 310,000 visitors during its 17-week run."
Un abri dans le jardin du musée du quai Branly signé Ateliers Jean Nouvel Le courrier de l’Architecte, 5 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Toujours soucieux du confort de ses visiteurs, le musée du quai Branly, conçu par Jean Nouvel, accueille un nouvel espace au coeur de son jardin, un abri végétalisé créé par... les Ateliers Jean Nouvel pour se protéger de la pluie et du vent, le temps d'une pause. Un espace sans doute déjà investi par bon nombre de visiteurs."
Les premières œuvres arrivent à Louvre-Lens Le Journal des Arts, 4 septembre 2012
LENS, FRANCE – "Les premières œuvres de l’exposition inaugurale « Renaissance » sont arrivées au Louvre-Lens, antenne du musée dans la région Nord-Pas-De-Calais, qui ouvrira ses portes le 4 décembre 2012."
Un collectif d’artiste veut offrir une installation qui critique un de ses mécènes à la Tate Modern Lucile Page, Le Journal des Arts, 3 septembre 2012
LONDRES, ROYAUME-UNI – "Le collectif Liberate Tate veut offrir à la Tate Modern son installation « The Gift », une pâle d’éolienne de 16,5 mètres, installée dans le Hall des turbines et qui dénonce les activités de l’entreprise pétrolière BP (British Petroleum), partenaire financier de l’institution."
Museums
After a Sputtering Start, the Louvre Abu Dhabi Project Gathers Pace Sarah Hamdan, The New York Times, 26 September 2012
ABU DHABI, UAE - "As recently as a year ago, it seemed likely that the much-acclaimed Louvre Abu Dhabi project would never see the light of day. The gleaming white, U.F.O.-like building, designed by Jean Nouvel and originally due to open in 2013, had been on hold since the global financial crisis flattened the Gulf property and financial markets in 2009. Only last October, the $27 billion cultural hub of Saadiyat Island, the site of the proposed museum, announced yet another in a string of delays for the planned museum and other ambitious cultural projects, like the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. Yet in January the Louvre Abu Dhabi finally confirmed a new opening date of 2015, and starting next month the public will be offered an opportunity to see how the museum’s permanent collection is being shaped by investments in new acquisitions."
MoMA Plans to Be Open Every Day Carol Vogel, The New York Times, 25 September 2012
NEW YORK - "Two weeks after the Metropolitan Museum of Art said it was considering staying open seven days a week, the Museum of Modern Art announced that starting in May it would be open every day, including Tuesday, the one day it has traditionally been closed. The main reason is growing attendance, said Glenn D. Lowry, MoMA’s director, in a telephone interview. The number of visitors has nearly doubled, to nearly 3 million annually from around 1.5 million, in the eight years since MoMA reopened after its expansion and renovation in 2004."
Are Cultural Olympiads good for the arts? Robert Everett-Green, The Globe and Mail, 25 September 2012
LONDON, UK / VANCOUVER, BC - "There are no warm Olympic memories at London's museums and art galleries. Attendance at the British Museum, National Gallery and others in the city's cultural centre plunged during the run-up to the summer games, by as much as 40 per cent. The museums might have hoped for some of the jam promised during the grand sweets-table of the Cultural Olympiad and its climactic London 2012 Festival, which cost a combined £97-million ($154-million). But even museums that laid on games-related events, such as the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of Olympic photographs, were expecting to take a pasting at the turnstile, and did. They knew their kind of tourist would skip the city this summer. The same no-show problem depressed business in the whole West End, heart of London's arts and entertainment district."
Guy Cogeval: «Le mécénat doit être encouragé» Eric Bietry-Rivierre, Le Figaro, 25 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Le patron d'Orsay souligne l'importance des mécènes et de l'étranger alors qu'il attend sa lettre d'orientation budgétaire."
Cinq musées récompensés pour leur accessibilité aux handicapés Le Journal des Arts, 25 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Depuis 2011 la direction des patrimoines du ministère de la Culture décerne le prix «Patrimoines pour tous, patrimoines pour chacun», qui récompense des établissements patrimoniaux en matière d’accessibilité généralisée pour les personnes en situation de handicap."
Liza Foreman, The New York Times, 24 September 2012
ANTWERP, BELGIUM - "Just as it prepares for the future by helping to coordinate Europe's digital fashion archive, ModeMuseum (MoMu) is celebrating a bit of the past: its debut 10 years ago this month. MoMu opened in 2002, the brainchild of Linda Loppa, who taught the legendary Antwerp Six designers, including Dries Van Noten and Martin Margiela, at the Fashion Department of Antwerp's Royal Academy of Art during the late 1970s. MoMu began with 17,000 pieces from the Textielmuseum Vrieselhof, a textile museum housed in a castle outside of Antwerp and about 11,000 square meters, or 118,400 square feet, of free space on the lower half of a building called ModeNatie, or, in English, Fashion Nation. (The academy is housed in the top half.)"
Star-studded open letter pushes for new VAG building in Vancouver Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail, 24 September 2012
VANCOUVER, BC - "An online letter supporting a proposed new Vancouver Art Gallery has been signed by an impressive list of artists, curators, gallerists and others connected to the visual arts. Among those who have put their name to the letter calling for a "new, stand-alone, iconic building" and pledging support for gallery director Kathleen Bartels are artists Jeff Wall, Roy Arden and Ken Lum; and director/curators Reid Shier (Presentation House Gallery), Nigel Prince (Contemporary Art Gallery) and Scott Watson (Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC)."
Clark lance Montréal-Brooklyn: Regarts croisés Éric Clément, La Presse, 21 septembre 2012
MONTREAL, QUEBEC / BROOKLYN, NY – "Montréal et Brooklyn se sont mariés! Organisées par le Centre Clark, leurs noces artistiques ad hoc réuniront cet automne et cet hiver 16 institutions d'arts visuels et 40 artistes des deux métropoles dans une série d'événements gratuits, Montréal-Brooklyn, qui se dérouleront à Montréal entre le 19 octobre et le 6 janvier et à New York du 10 janvier au 24 février."
François Hollande inaugure le nouveau Mémorial de la Shoah à Drancy Lucile Pages, Le Journal des Arts, 21 septembre 2012
DRANCY, FRANCE – "Le président de la République François Hollande inaugure vendredi 21 septembre le Mémorial de la Shoah à Drancy, situé en face de la Cité de la Muette, ancien camp d’internement des juifs en France."
Inauguration du camp des Milles d’Aix-en-Provence Diane Elguer, Connaissance des Arts, 18 septembre 2012
AIX EN PROVENCE, FRANCE – "Le camp des Milles, unique lieu d’internement français pendant la seconde Guerre Mondiale, transformé en lieu de mémoire, a été inauguré le 10 septembre par Jean-Marc Ayrault."
Le Louvre Abu Dhabi s’enrichit Lucie Agache, Connaissance des Arts, 17 septembre 2012
ABU-DHABI, EMIRATS ARABES UNIS – "Le musée du Louvre Abu Dhabi, dont l'ouverture est prévue en 2015, a annoncé avoir acquis dix-huit nouvelles œuvres, qui seront présentées pendant le second volet du cycle de conférences «Louvre Abu Dhabi: Talking Art Series» (du 3 octobre 2012 au 26 juin 2013), puis montrées dans l’exposition inaugurale du musée, «Birth of a Museum»."
Lanie Goodman, The New York Times, 17 September 2012
MARSEILLE, FRANCE - "In a scorching summer day in Marseille, France, the architect Rudy Ricciotti races down a dirt path in his battered black vintage Porsche and pulls up in front of a dusty construction site on the city’s port-side docks. Amid the deafening hammering and metallic screech of cranes, Ricciotti strides up the wooden planks leading to the entrance of the future MuCEM (Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée), at the edge of the once-abandoned J4 pier."
Museums international – let's share what we know Katie Childs and the London Museums Group, The Guardian's Culture Professionals Network, 17 September 2012
UK / WORLD - "In May 2012, the National Museums Directors' Council (NMDC) published a short paper entitled World Collections, which illustrated the breadth and impact of our members' international work. We wanted to show that working internationally has become business as usual for many museums, and that there's a huge variety and depth of engagement taking place."
Musée d'art contemporain: projet d'agrandissement de 25 à 30 millions Nathalie Petrowski, La Presse, 13 septembre 2012
MONTREAL, QUEBEC – "Lorsque Alexandre Taillefer, le nouveau président du conseil d'administration du Musée d'art contemporain (MAC), a annoncé en juin la mise au rancart du projet de reconstruction de 88 millions de dollars du musée, il a semé tout un émoi dans le milieu des arts. Certains ont cru que c'en était fait d'un musée qui, bien qu'il soit le seul consacré à l'art contemporain au Canada, peine à attirer des foules et à soulever l'enthousiasme."
Les travaux de construction du Musée du 11 septembre à New York vont pouvoir reprendre Le Journal des Arts, 13 septembre 2012
NEW YORK, ETATS-UNIS – Le maire de New York, Michael Bloomberg, a annoncé la reprise des constructions du Musée du 11 septembre.
Met Museum Considers Opening on Mondays Carol Vogel, The New York Times, 11 September 2012
NEW YORK - "Every Monday streams of would-be visitors climb the grand stairs to the Metropolitan Museum of Art only to discover that it is closed. Now the museum’s director is proposing to open the doors on Mondays, starting next July, so that the Met would be open every day for the first time in more than 40 years."
Art Museum $162 million expansion to open in June Matthew Hibbard, St. Louis Business Journal, 11 September 2012
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI - "The East Building of the Saint Louis Art Museum will open during a two-day celebration on June 29, according to an announcement made by the museum’s Board of Commissioners. The East Building will feature more exhibit space, 300 below-grade parking spaces and a 140-seat restaurant overlooking Art Hill in Forest Park. The 200,000 square-foot expansion cost $162 million and was funded by the largest capital campaign in St. Louis history."
$540 million museum project raises experts’ concerns Tuoi Tre News, 11 September 2012
HANOI, VIETNAM - "The Ministry of Construction has recently requested that the Ministry of Planning and Investment assess the proposed construction of a National Historical Museum in Hanoi this November.Under the plan, the 10-hectare museum, costing VND11.27 trillion (US$540 million) will include four main venues: the main building, a notable memorial area, an outdoor exhibition area and a campus. It is also planned to be built at the new Tay Ho Tay urban area in Tu Liem District."
Nouveaux locaux au Musée des beaux-arts: éducation toute! Éric Clément, La presse, 11 septembre 2012
MONTREAL, CANADA – "Après un an de travaux, le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM) inaugurera vendredi ses nouveaux locaux éducatifs destinés aux écoliers, aux familles et aux organismes communautaires."
Meet you at the MOE? Advocates push for new Museum of Edmonton Elise Stolte, Edmonton Journal, 10 September 2012
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - "Edmonton has a great story. It just needs a place to talk about it, says the Edmonton Heritage Council, which is pushing for a new city museum. Consultants for the heritage council are finishing a strategy for a city museum that could cost an estimated $45 million, and with a draft version in hand, heritage council executive director David Ridley is trying to talk it up."
PR Newswire, 10 September 2012
HAMDEN, CONNECTICUT - "Quinnipiac University President John L. Lahey today announced that Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Museam An Ghorta Mor, home to the world's largest collection of visual art, artifacts and printed materials relating to the Irish Famine, will open this fall at 3011 Whitney Avenue, near the university's Mount Carmel and York Hill campuses. The museum will open to the public on Oct. 11."
Museum of Architecture opens in Haifa Museum of Architecture opens in HaifaIsrael’s first museum devoted to architecture puts spotlight on the Bauhaus style. Viva Sarah Press, israel21c.org, 10 September 2012
HAIFA, ISRAEL – "Israel’s museum of architecture will open its doors on September 14, in the former studio of prominent Bauhaus architect, the late Munio Gitai Weinraub. Israeli film director Amos Gitai, Weinraub’s son and owner of the property, said the museum is a “homage to this generation of architects, like my father and his friends from the Bauhaus.”"
SA's liberation heritage in the spotlight SouthAfrica.info,, 10 September 2012
SOUTH AFRICA - "South Africa's Heritage Month celebrations will focus this year on the role of the country's rich and diverse liberation heritage in fostering social cohesion, economic development and inclusive citizenship. The month will also be dedicated to honouring those who dedicated their lives to ensuring that the country achieved freedom and democracy, Arts and Culture Minister Paul Mashatile said on Monday. "
Nigeria: PTDF Okays N33.945 Billion for Oil and Gas Museum in Oloibiri Chuks Okocha, All Africa, 10 September 2012
NIGERIA - "The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has approved the proposal made by former President Shehu Shagari for the construction and building of Oil and Gas Museum in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State. Based on this, Federal Executive Council (FEC) is expected to give final approval for the release of funds for the take off of the project. In a letter by the Director General of the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr. Emeka Eze, dated July 17, 2012 to the Director General of the PTDF, the Due Process office reduced the price quotations for the construction of the Oil and Gas Museum from N36,315 billion to N33,949 billion. It also approved the award of the contract to seven contracting firms."
Éric de Chassey reconduit à la tête de la Villa Médicis Le Journal des Arts, 10 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Le mandat d’Éric de Chassey à la direction de la Villa Médicis a été renouvelé par la ministre de la Culture pour une durée de trois ans."
Un musée virtuel à Guantanamo en souvenir de la prison Chantal Valery, La presse, 8 septembre 2012
WASHINGTON, ETATS-UNIS – "Un musée imaginaire, né de la collaboration d'une trentaine d'artistes et d'agitateurs, a poussé virtuellement dans la baie de Guantanamo, à Cuba, sur le site même de la prison controversée, où il entend être un lieu de mémoire dans la perspective encore lointaine de sa fermeture."
Rijksmuseum to reopen after a decade BBC News, 7 September 2012
AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND - "Amsterdam's famous Rijksmuseum, home to Rembrandt's The Night Watch, will reopen to the public in April 2013, after a 10-year closure. The museum shut its doors in 2003, as part of 375m Euro project to restore and modernise the main building."
Éric de Visscher reconduit à la tête du Musée de la musique Le Journal des Arts, 6 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – " Par arrêté du Ministre de la Culture, Éric de Visscher a été reconduit à la direction du Musée de la musique (cité de la musique), institution qu’il dirige depuis 2006."
Alain Lombard, administrateur général des musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie Diane Elguer, Connaissance des Arts, 5 septembre 2012
PARIS, FRANCE – "Alain Lombard est, depuis le 3 septembre, administrateur général des musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie et succède ainsi à Thierry Gausseron, parti pour Versailles."
Same Museum, but a Brand-New Look Ted Loos, The New York Times, 5 September 2012
NEW YORK, NY - "FOR a few years there, museum construction projects seemed to be synonymous with lavish and expensive new architecture. But lately the thoughtful renovation of existing buildings has enjoyed something of a renaissance, and this fall a few notable examples are coming to fruition."
Art contemporain : six nouveaux musées voient le jour en région Martine Robert, Les Echos, 4 septembre 2012
FRANCE – "Six Fonds régionaux d'art contemporain (FRAC) se dotent de bâtiments de nouvelle génération signés d'architectes de renommée internationale pour accueillir le public. Ces structures financées par l'Etat et la Région s'exposent à partir de mercredi au Centre Pompidou."
Ouverture d’un musée d’art chinois sur le site de l’Exposition universelle Art Media Agency, 3 septembre 2012
SHANGHAI, CHINE – "Après 10 mois de rénovations, le Pavillon de la Chine de l’exposition universelle de 2010 va rouvrir ses portes au public le 1er octobre 2012, sous la forme du Musée d’art de Chine." [See also China Art Museum to open at Expo site, china.org.cn, 31 August 2012]
'Need to introduce specializations in vital areas of museums in India', says Selja ANI News, 30 August 2012
NEW DELHI, INDIA - "Union Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Minister Kumari Selja today stressed the need to introduce specializations in vital areas of museums in India, such as preservation, conservation and collection management."
Christie’s lance un « think tank » de l’art et des musées Magali Lesauvage, Exponaute, 29 août 2012
LONDRES, ROYAUME-UNI – "Le financement des musées, le comportement des visiteurs, les nouvelles technologies... des sujets bien trop sérieux pour les laisser aux seuls professionnels de l'art. Christie's lance l'Art Consortium, un think tank réunissant des « penseurs » provenant de divers champs d'expertise."
$6 million JICA grant awarded to establish Petra museum Jordan Business Journal, 29 August 2012
PETRA, JORDAN - "The Petra Development and Tourism Authority (PDTRA) on Wednesday signed a $6 million grant agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to establish a modern museum showcasing the antiquities of the Nabataean city of Petra. Under the agreement, which was signed by PDTRA Chief Commissioner Mohammad Abul Ghanam and JICA representative in Jordan Miyoshi Hiroki, the Japanese government will finance the establishment of a modern museum of antiquities outside the Petra Archaeological Park."
Architecture
Robert Fulford: Objects and the city Robert Fulford, National Post, 25 September 2012
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - "There's nothing more impressive in modern Canadian sculpture than the rows of astonishing shapes that you can see outside the Canadian Centre for Architecture, above René Lévesque Boulevard in downtown Montreal. They are unlike anything else in the world. They depict churches and factories, houses and farms, Greek columns and grain elevators. They speak to us of cities and in particular Montreal. They proclaim the centre's purpose and at the same time suggest that we think about architecture and what it means in our lives. Melvin Charney, the artist behind those rows of sculptures, died last week at age 75, after an illustrious career in Canadian culture. He was an architect, a sculptor, a teacher, a photographer and a painter."
'The Bathtub': The expansion and renovation of the Stedelijk Museum by Mels Crouwel World Architecture News, 21 September 2012
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - "The complete renovation of the Stedelijk Museum, located in Amsterdam's Southern district in the Museum Quarter, had just been unveiled this month. The construction by architect Mels Crouwel involved creating a new building, distinctively different to the original building completed by A.W. Weissman, in 1895. However it has been designed so that the scales of both buildings are identical, creating a direct and seamless connection between all floors. The project aimed to improve the building so it meets current museum standards and additionally convert all the program spaces into galleries for the well known permanent collection housed there." [see also Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum finally reopens, Philip Smet, Radio Netherlands Worldwide, 22 September 2012]
Spanish design chosen for museum to house Afghanistan's treasures Reuters, 19 September 2012
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - "The winning design for a new museum in Kabul to showcase a growing collection of centuries-old Afghan treasures was selected this week, throwing forward plans sponsors hope will restore Afghanistan's sense of identity after decades of war. The United States has committed $5 million to the project that will be run by a Spanish architect and includes state-of-the-art security and climate control features that will keep artefacts safe while on display to the Afghan people."
Un vaisseau en béton tricéphale de Zaha Hadid à Montpellier Céline Piettre, ArtInfo, 14 septembre 2012
MONTPELLIER, FRANCE – "Fraîchement inaugurée le 13 septembre en présence du président du conseil général de l'Hérault, son commanditaire, la Cité des savoirs et du sport (Montpellier-ouest) confirme la présence de Zaha Hadid sur le sol français."
Daniel Libeskind: Maze centre 'can showcase Northern Ireland' BBC News, 11 September 2012
NORTHERN IRELAND - "The architect designing a conflict transformation centre on the former Maze prison site has said it is an opportunity for Northern Ireland to show how far it has come recently. Daniel Libeskind oversaw the building of the 9/11 Ground Zero memorial in New York and the Jewish Museum in Berlin. "
Dewan Architects & Engineers wins prestigious design contract – Construction of Basra Culture Center Kuwait Times, 10 September 2012
BASRA, IRAQ - "Engineers, the region’s leading architectural and engineering consultancy firm, has been awarded the contract to design and supervise the construction of the Basra Culture Center by the Basra Governorate in Iraq. This is another very prestigious achievement for Dewan’s newly established Basra branch office and comes soon after the award of the Basra Governorate Building and the 5-star Shatt Al- Arab Hotel and further entrenches Dewan Basra as the premier architectural and engineering design firm in the province."
Qatar To Build Giant High-Tech Rotating Structure Klektek.com, 9 September 2012
QATAR — "Qatar is planning to build a massive rotating crystal ball to match with the world’s best architectural marvels, a report said. Designed by Croatia-based telecom and PR firm Apriori Communications, the Crystal Ball Light of the Future will feature a shopping complex and a sports museum, the Peninsula quoted Al Sharq Daily a saying in a report."
Frank Lloyd Wright Archives relocate to New York Karissa Rosenfield, Arch Daily, 4 September 2012
NEY YORK, NY – "The Museum of Modern Art, Columbia University and The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation have announced that the vast archives of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) have been jointly acquired by the University and the Museum and will become part of their permanent collections. The archive, which includes some 23,000 architectural drawings, 44,000 historical photographs, large-scale models, manuscripts, extensive correspondence and other documents, has remained in storage at Wright’s former headquarters – Taliesin (Spring Green, WI) and Taliesin West (Scottsdale, AZ) – since his death. Moving the archives to New York will maximize the visibility and research value of the collection for generations of scholars, students and the public."
La Galleria dell’Accademia de Venise recherche toujours des fonds pour terminer ses travaux Le Journal des Arts, 4 septembre 2012
VENISE, ITALIE – "Faute d’argent, la Galleria dell’Accademia peine à achever la restauration de son bâtiment entamée en 2005."
Un musée et son créateur : un mécène à la hauteur Philippe Mesmer, Le Monde, 3 septembre 2012
TOKYO, JAPON – "Sa silhouette arrondie domine le quartier des noctambules de Roppongi, au cœur de Tokyo. Avec ses 238 mètres de haut, la Roppongi Hills Tower est l'un des plus hauts gratte-ciel de Tokyo. Mais ce n'est pas à sa hauteur qu'elle doit sa célébrité. Aux 53e et 54e étages, la tour abrite le Mori Art Museum."
Museum releases schematic design for new building Michael Armstrong, Homer News, 29 August 2012
ALASKA, USA - "At an informal reception last Thursday, the Pratt Museum released the schematic design for its new 13,000-square-foot building. The latest design phase includes a general floor plan, exterior perspectives and a site plan. Most significant, the design now includes a detailed illustration of the exterior — a tool museum fund raisers can use to get potential donors excited about the new building."
Rem Koolhaas receives recognition RIBA name the founder of OMA and Pritzker Prize-winner Rem Koolhaas as the latest recipient of the Jencks Award 2012 WAN, 29 August 2012
UNITED KINGDOM - "The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has just announced that Rem Koolhaas, founder of OMA, is to receive the 2012 Jencks Award, given annually to an individual (or practice) that has recently made a major contribution internationally to both the theory and practice of architecture. The award will be presented to Rem Koolhaas on Tuesday 20 November at the RIBA in London, where he will give a public lecture chaired by Charles Jencks."
| |||||
|
Creating Cultural Capital |
||||
|
|
|||||
