July-August 2010

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1. Tate appoints its first photography curator:
Simon Baker has been appointed as the Tate’s first curator of photography and international art. Baker was previously associate professor in art history at the University of Nottingham, specialising in history of photography and Surrealism. He is co-curator of 'Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera', a photographic exhibition which will open in May at Tate Modern.
Art Forum

2. Eli Broad expands plans for the Broad Art Foundation building:
Art collector Eli Broad has nearly doubled the size of the museum he plans to build in California to house his collection of contemporary art, bringing the planned exhibition space of the building from 25,000 square feet to almost 50,000 square feet. Broad will also create a $200 million endowment for the museum. At least two sites are currently being considered for the Broad Art Foundation: one in Beverly Hills and the other in Santa Monica.
The Los Angeles Times

3. Getty Museum announces acquisition of two drawings by Klimt:
The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced the acquisition of two major drawings by Klimt: Portrait of a Young Woman Reclining (1897-98; above) and Two Studies of a Seated Nude with Long Hair (1901-02). These are the first Klimt drawings to enter the Getty’s collection. Lee Hendrix, senior curator of drawings, said that they 'epitomize two quintessential elements of [Klimt’s] work: portraiture and erotica. […] They represent the achievement of his highest level of abstraction – both in terms of style and content.' The drawings are now on view in the Museum’s South Pavillion Pastel Gallery at the Getty Center.
Art Daily

4. UC Berkeley scales back on its museum building project:
A shortage in funds attributed to the economic downturn has prompted UC Berkeley to abandon its plan to build a new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive designed by Tokyo architect Toyo Ito. Ito’s design, which had been chosen by the university in 2006 and was set to cost $143 million, was to replace the museum’s present, seismically endangered quarters. Although Ito’s architectural plan for the building is scrapped, the museum's director Lawrence Rinder declared that he hoped to announce an alternative plan for the museum by early January.
San Francisco Chronicle

5. Georg Baselitz awarded the Cologne Fine Art Prize:
Georg Baselitz has been announced as the winner of the 2009 Cologne Fine Art Prize. Worth €10,000, the prize is awarded every year in recognition of outstanding achievement and innovation in the fields of printmaking, photography, serial imagery and graphic reproduction techniques. The award will be marked by an exhibition showcasing prints from Baselitz’s early career juxtaposed to important examples of his later graphic work.
Art Daily

6. Paris’ 104 looking for a new director:
Robert Cantarella and Frédéric Fisbach, the two current directors of the Paris artist residence site '104' have announced that they will not be seeking to renew their contracts, which end in March 2010. Opened just one year ago, the '104' is facing financial problems. It is currently running a deficit of over half a million Euros and is unlikely to receive extra funding from the city of Paris, whose revenues have been hit by the collapse of the real estate market.  
Art Forum

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