Damien Hirst has agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to two children’s charities to settle a copyright suit sparked by his latest work, “Hymn,” a 20ft bronze sculpture (which recently sold for £1m) that is a larger-than-life replica of a well-known child’s anatomy set. – BBC
Tag: 05.19.00
VINTAGE FAKES?
Some of Louise Hine’s vintage master photographs appear to have been forged. Experts are investigating. – Chicago Tribune
MAN OH MANN
The governor of Virginia has objected to a slide show by photographer Sally Mann given earlier this month in a state-owned museum. In his letter to the museum’s interim director the governor wrote he was ‘shocked and dismayed that this type of exhibit occurred on state-owned property.'” – Fox News (AP)
HEY – IT’S ONLY A BUILDING
“And the opening of Tate Modern. My reaction? Stunned. Literally stunned. Suddenly, London has become the greatest city the world has to offer, the city that is positively buzzing with energy and optimism and sheer in-your-face modernity.” – The Guardian
TOP OF 1000 YEARS
Four American museum curators each have a go at picking their top ten artworks of the past 1,000 years. Two of them pick Chartres as No.1. – Christian Science Monitor
I THINK I CAN
No. 3 auctioneer Phillips comes back with another auction – and has better luck selling it after last week’s disaster. – New York Times
SITTING ON CEREMONY
Plans to erect a statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair stir controversy in Washington DC. – Washington Post
SITTING ON CEREMONY
Plans to erect a statue of Franklin Delano Roosevelt sitting in a wheel chair stir controversy in Washington DC. – Washington Post
LONGING FOR BREVITY
Not a lot of consensus about the offerings at Cannes this year except for this: many of the films are too long. “It’s like that old joke, I didn’t have time to write a short speech, so I wrote a long speech,” filmmaker Brian de Palma said here last week, commenting on the increasing length of movies. “If you’re not sure what you want to say, it takes longer to say it.” – National Post (Canada) 05/19/00
TRUCE TIME
Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin announced at Thursday’s annual shareholders meeting that he has reached an agreement with Walt Disney Co. that should end the dispute between the two companies over program transmission on Disney-owned networks. – New York Times 05/19/00