“Twenty-four of the paintings and drawings which vanished from the great collection of the Rouart family, who are descendants of Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot, have mysteriously turned up in the Swiss bank vault belonging to the Renoir expert, François Daulte, who died in April 1998.” The Art Newspaper
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I CAME TO BE AMAZED AND ASTOUNDED
And, let’s face it, also to sneer and feel superior. But the art in London’s Millennial Experience -supposedly by Britain’s best and brightest – is underwhelming. The Guardian
A REAL MESS
The Millennial Dome is a mishmash more at home in the 70s. This is looking ahead? This is visionary? “Asking clever architects to do their bit here was rather like giving children boxes of very different glitterballs and fairy lights and asking them to decorate a Christmas tree.” The Guardian
A FIGHT OVER “LEONARDO”
“Cultural organizations were some of the first people on the Net, and certain names are very valuable. And now there are people who are trying to cash in.” Wired
A CULTURAL ZONE FOR TOKYO
The northeast corner of Tokyo boasts the biggest concentration of museums in the country. Now a plan to make a cultural zone out of them. The Art Newspaper