“It appears we had a local criminal who had an interest in art theft and was smart enough to develop a plan for a robbery. Beyond that, we don’t know what his motive was.”
Tag: 02.07.14
Removal Of A Picasso From A Historic Building Is A Tragedy
“In view of its exceptional attributes, its importance in Picasso’s development, and its close association with the Seagram Building almost from the moment of the tower’s completion, it seems astonishing that the painting is unprotected by the landmark status accorded the Four Seasons interior in 1990.”
CBC President Predicts Hard Times For Canadian Network
“We are projecting significant financial challenges: a weak advertising market across the industry, lower-than-expected schedule performance in the key 25-54 year-old demographic on CBC Television, lower than expected ad revenues from Espace Musique and CBC Radio 2, and the loss of the NHL contract.”
Six Canadian Museums Start Project To ID Nazi-Looted Art
“It’s unclear how many so-called “spoliated” cultural objects – paintings, sculptures, drawings, graphics, prints and decorative works obtained illegally or by force from European institutions and private collectors by Nazi German authorities between 1932 and 1945 – may be housed in Canadian art museums.”
The Real Fraud In The Japanese Ghost Composer Case
“It’s one thing to paint or write or compose something and pass it off as the work of an established, famous artist, like the fake Jackson Pollocks the Knoedler gallery sold to well-heeled buyers. That’s fraud. It’s another thing to create a work of art that is destined to enter the world under false premises, like the Mozart Requiem.”
Watching ‘The Lion King’ As a Blind Person Would
A visually-impaired patron and her reporter companion take in the Disney/Julie Taymor spectacular with the help of D-Scriptive, a service that “translates the visual language of raised eyebrows, waist-high leg kicks and soft kisses into the language of sound.”