The Vancouver Art Gallery now has two years to prove that the site is the “best for a new gallery, that the VAG has a viable business plan, and that gallery officials can raise the funds to build the new facility – estimated at $250-million to $300-million.”
Tag: 02.02.11
South Carolina Governor Proposes Eliminating Arts Commission
“The state’s annual appropriation for the Arts Commission is less than 0.04 percent of the state’s total $5.1 billion budget. Why would Gov. Haley single out such a small agency? If the Commission is eradicated the budget savings will be minimal. And we would immediately lose $900,000 in matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.”
Official: Most Of Egypt’s Antiquities Are Safe
“A vast majority of Egypt’s museums and archaeological sites are secure and have not been looted, Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s chief antiquities official, said.”
Should Art Museums Take Another Look At Rules For Selling Art?
“In the first place, the current guidelines fail to accomplish their intended purposes– namely, to protect the public interest and to encourage prospective donors to donate art works to museums.”
‘It’s All About the Art, Not the Architecture’: Ada Louise Huxtable on the Boston MFA’s New American Wing
“[A] well-wrought container that accommodates [museum director Malcolm Rogers’s] program perfectly. There are no subtleties or surprises, no risks taken. The new wing is an unassailably logical solution, superbly executed and singularly lifeless, largely redeemed by curatorial and installation expertise.”