“The Bloch Family Foundation will finance a nearly two-year, $11.7 million renovation … The new space will bring into public view 29 works from the personal collection of Henry and Marion Bloch, a gift of paintings promised by the family in 2010 in connection with the museum’s 75th anniversary.”
Tag: 04.08.15
The Asshole Theory Of Technological Advancement (And The Apple Watch)
“This is the closest thing we have to a law of portable gadgetry: the more annoying it is to the people around you, the ‘better’ the concept. The more that using it makes you seem like an asshole to people who aren’t using it, the brighter its commercial prospects.”
Pianist Who Was To Replace Lisitsa With Toronto Symphony Says Her Fans Bullied Him Into Withdrawing
Stewart Goodyear: “Words of bile and hatred were hurled in my direction from all sides. Suddenly I was accused of supporting censorship, and bullied into declining this engagement. What started out as one of the happiest moments of my life turned into a shattering display of mob hysteria.”
Here’s Our Kind Of Video Game: It Lets You Wander Through De Chirico Paintings
The Brazilian designer Carlos Monteiro has developed SURREALISTa, a free computer game tribute to the Italian artist that simulates it in three dimensions. The goal is to find the secret gateways from one level to the next (there are five), each just a bit more eerie than the one preceding it.”
Lost In Translation (The Art Of Translating Is All Around Us)
“There is clearly a tension between the varieties of “translation” happening all around us—every moment of every day, truly one of the fundamental activities that hold our world together—and the persistent recycling of platitudes about how this activity, so basic and ubiquitous, is impossible. If the platitudes are recalled more often than translation’s pervasiveness, it is only because translators are usually invisible, their work mysterious.”
How Neil MacGregor Transformed The British Museum
“Neil MacGregor transformed the reputation of the museum. It is now seen domestically and internationally as playing a vital role in understanding the human world – our shared past and present. And he achieved this without losing intellectual rigour. MacGregor has maintained the respect of scholars, and earned the esteem of modernisers – quite an accomplishment.”
Museum Of Modern Art Responds To Criticism Of Bjork Show
“As a museum that supports artists of all stripes, we accept the risk that accompanies this engagement even though we recognize some projects may not live up to our own expectations,” said MoMA Director Glenn Lowry. Amid the bad press, the Björk show is tapping into a broader vein of anxiety about the direction of the venerable art museum.
Artist Apologizes For Scary-Looking Lucille Ball Statue – Says He’ll Fix It
The level of invective directed at the work surprised him, Poulin said. He also acknowledged that when he created the sculpture, he struggled with the project, finding that he “came up short, and was not able to rise to the challenge.”
Is “Placemaking” Nothing More Than The New Jargon?
Placemaking sounds good and everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. Unfortunately, Placemaking, as promulgated by its chief advocate, the nonprofit Projects for Public Spaces, is largely bogus, even though PPS rather presumptuously claims it “has the potential to be one of the most transformative ideas of this century.”
How To Help Ward Off Cognitive Decline? Make Art, Says Study
The behavior that had the greatest protective effect, at least in this relatively small study, was “artistic activity,” such as painting, drawing, and sculpting.