Tag: 09.21.00

When the Getty opened its new billion-dollar home three years ago in Los Angeles, there were those who thought a period of more modest art acquisitions might follow. But though some Getty programs have quietly gone away, the museum is continuing to collect aggressively, says the museum’s new director. – The Art Newspaper

The Royal Academy’s “Apocalypse” is the successor to “Sensation” and the RA hopes to shock on the order of what the first show provoked. But a lot of what’s up is pretty feeble, writes one critic. – The Times (UK)

• Graffiti artists claim work in a new Brooklyn Museum show belongs to them and not the museum. – New York Times

Harvard University has plans to build two ambitious new museums. “One would be a museum of modern and contemporary art, the other would relocate Harvard’s Sackler Museum, with its rich collection of ancient, Asian and Islamic art.” But neighbors, worried about crowds and congestion, are protesting the plans. – Boston Herald

“The Tate Modern, which opened in May and is a branch of the older Tate Gallery up the river, is surely the most hyped building of the year. Modern art doesn’t thrive in demure surroundings, and the notion of placing it in the gritty venue of an abandoned power station seemed appropriate. Unfortunately, the architects of the renovation, Herzog & de Meuron of Switzerland, a respected firm, have succeeded in bleeding away most of what should have been a thrilling confrontation of art with architecture.” – Boston Globe