Category: visual

With a tenth anniversary show of the work of “Lion Kinger” Julie Taymor, Columbus’ Wexner Center wonders if the gulf between art and entertainment exists at all. Cleveland Plain Dealer

Frank Gehry designs his first major laboratory as University of Cincinnati dedicates architect’s $46 million Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. “We drank some wine while we worked on it,” kidded Gehry. Chicago Tribune
     ALSO: Local reaction. Cincinnati Enquirer 9/23/99 

A Painting bought in a Nebraska junk shop for $225 and said to be a Monet is put up for auction on the internet. CBC

One of two Egon Schiele paintings looted by the Nazis and ordered returned to Austria earlier this week has been seized by supoena for US Customs. New York Times 9/23/99    

PREVIOUSLY: Return to Lender: Two paintings by Egon Schiele, looted by the Nazis, kept in the US after they arrived in the United States from Austria two years ago for a show at the Museum of Modern Art, must be returned to Austria while their ownership is investigated. So says New York’s highest court. New York Times
     ALSO: New York art dealer to stand trial in France for buying painting looted by Nazis. CBC 9/22/99
     ALSO: FOR SHOW OR FOR SHOCK: Critics debate work at Canada’s National Gallery. CBC 9/23/99
     AND: YBA (Young British Artists) show opens in San Francisco SF Examiner 9/23/99

– is accredited by the American Association of Museums for its art scattered throughout the terminals, making it the only airport museum so honored. San Francisco Chronicle

– at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor SF Examiner
PREVIOUSLY: FILLING IN THE DOTS: Are entrepreneurs making money off the art of Australian indigenous people without their consent? Sydney Morning Herald 9/21/99 

An 80-year-old London artist, once described as “the best kept secret in British art” has won England’s most prestigious art prize. Prunella Clough tells the BBC that she has never won a prize before but believes in them in principle. BBC

– reports the Art Newspaper. The latest round of auctions found a lot of Asian buyers. ARTNewspaper.com

As the world’s biggest democracy heads for the polls, party symbols – bicycles, flowers, trees – provide crucial guide to India’s 374 political parties. National Post (Canada)

Contemporary art finally has a label. Charles Saatchi’s second show on the subject confirms his tag on the new generation of Brits. Financial Times