Ottawa

Science museum eyes Gatineau for new home

Canada's forlorn science-and-technology museum has ordered yet another study to help it find a new home after being stuck for more than 40 years in a suburban industrial park in Ottawa.  CBC, September 28, 2010

Canada

Taking a big gulp of art history
Six talented painters in Toronto met one evening in March 1920 to plot a major event in their careers. They wanted to define the vague landscape movement then known as the Algonquin Park School. (Book Review)  National Post, September 28, 2010

The other Canadian team en route to India

Lately, India has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. While athletes continue to the deal with the fallout from the troubled Commonwealth Games, a new exhibition that opened yesterday at the National Museum in Delhi hopes to make a better first impression.  National Post, September 28, 2010

United States

Tensions Flare Over Handling Of Holocaust Art Claims

"Among the issues that divide them are what exactly constitutes Holocaust art loot, who should adjudicate claims, and where and how final rulings should be made. But the major source of contention is the claims community's charge that museums are deliberately thwarting justice by wriggling out of ethical obligations through cynical legal maneuvers" ARTnews, September 2010

NEA Chief Rocco Landesman: Arts Jobs Count Too

"There are 5.7million full-time arts-related jobs in this country; they're a real constituency. We're tired of being on the defensive. We're going to be on the offensive." Columbus Dispatch, September 28, 2010

This Year's MacArthur Fellows

The so-called "genius" awards give each of the 23 recipients $500,000 over five years. This year fellows include installation artist Jorge Pardo and sculptor Elizabeth Turk.   MacArthur Foundation, September 28, 2010

London

London Sees Its First Outdoor Anish Kapoor Installation

"Four Anish Kapoor sculptures, creating distortions of their surroundings, have taken up residence among the trees and waters of Kensington Gardens for six months." The Guardian (UK), September 27, 2010  (slide show)

Phillips Auction House Reinvents (Again)

"No art auctioneering company has been through so many changes in the last twelve years as Phillips, the company founded in London by Harry Phillips in 1796." The Telegraph (UK), September 28, 2010

Dundee
Designs Unveiled For New Scottish Victoria & Albert Museum

 "Six designs for the V&A Museum planned for Dundee's waterfront will be unveiled at an exhibition in the city. The architects were shortlisted in May and asked to submit their designs for the building, due to be opened in 2014 as a centre of 21st Century design." BBC, September 28, 2010

Cairo

Egypt van Gogh theft inside job: police

Interior minister says museum staff involved in theft of $50-million painting.  Globe and Mail, September 28, 2010

Macao

Missionary to the Forbidden City

An exhibition in Macao celebrates the remarkable life of the Jesuit priest and Renaissance scholar Matteo Ricci, the first missionary welcomed into Beijing.   New York Times, September 28, 2010

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