The British government is setting up a panel to resolve disputes about artwork looted by the Nazis and now housed in British museums. – Washington Post
Tag: 02.17.00
SAINTHOOD DESERVED?
Georgia O’Keeffe has long been elevated to the role of secular American art saint, particularly by those in search of a great female artist to worship. New retrospective strips away decades of rhetoric to take a fresh look at the artist’s work. – San Francisco Examiner
MASTER DOUBT
An Old Master painting sold at auction in January was a rags to riches story. But now experts have come forward to say they had expressed doubts about the authenticity of the painting before it was sold. Why weren’t those doubts disclosed by the auction house? – New York Times
PAY-OFF
- Detroit Institute of Arts pays artist Jeff Bourgeau $12,500 in compensation for canceling his controversial exhibition last fall. – Detroit News
NO MEMORY FOR DESIGN
Why aren’t America’s museums interested in collecting the archives of its famous designers and architects? – New York Times
CANADIAN MUSICIAN organizes campaign –
– to ship 2000 musical instruments to Cuba. – CBC
US AND THEM
The Berlin Film Festival is still struggling for identity ten years after the Wall fell. “When this was a divided and occupied city, the West Berlin festival had a clear political mission, first as a showcase of democratic freedom, then as a cultural bridge between East and West. Now, with Berlin reunited and the Soviet bloc a thing of the past, the festival seems to be adrift in the no man’s land that divides the global movie industry between the United States and the rest of the world.” – New York Times 02/17/00
RUSSIAN ACTOR IN ORBIT
Russian space officials have agreed to send an actor up to the Mir Space Station and to film scenes for a movie there. “The film is among several projects aimed at keeping the aging space station aloft. Starved of government funding, Russian space officials have been forced to entertain unorthodox proposals for commercial use of the Mir.” – Detroit News (AP) 02/17/00