February 2012

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1. Eli Broad has confirmed rumours about his new museum, stating that it will be located on one or two sections of the Gateway, near the corner of Wilshire and Santa Monica boulevards. He also said that although Beverly Hills is the first choice for the proposed museum, the Beverly Hills site is not finalised and the museum could be constructed in Santa Monica or elsewhere.
- LA Times article

2. A Russian woman, furious about having recently been turned down for French citizenship, hurled a teacup at Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa at the Louvre. Fortunately for the painting, the cup shattered against the portrait’s bullet-proof casing, leaving the masterpiece unharmed. The woman was escorted out of the museum and taken to a psychiatric ward.
- BBC article
- Guardian article

3. The British Museum is deciding whether to appeal Camden Council’s rejection of a new extension to the building or conceive of an entirely new design. The new wing, drawn up by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and set to cost approximately £135 million, was rejected due to the proposed structure’s ‘excessive bulk’. However, it would have provided a means to address the museum’s urgent needs for exhibition space, conservation and research. The British Museum has six months to appeal the decision.
- Bloomberg article

4. Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron’s revised design for the Parrish Art Museum has been unveiled, after the original project proved too costly. The original design, formulated three years ago, consisted of a cluster of pavilions and interlocking galleries. However, after the museum could not raise enough money for its construction, it asked the architects for a cheaper and more modest proposal, resulting in a narrow one-story structure costing only a third of the original $80m.
- NY Times article

5. The Oakland Museum of California has received $3.1m from the National Endowment for the Humanities, grants that will help the museum renovate and expand its galleries, enhance its public spaces and develop educational tools and programs that will allow visitors to provide feedback based on their own experiences in California. The upgrades will be part of the museum’s initiative to encourage more engagement and dialogue with the public.
- Art Daily article

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6. Alison Cole, Director of Communications at Southbank Centre since 2005, has been chosen as the new Executive Director of Communications at Arts Council England. Cole’s previous experiences include her role as Director of Communications at the Art Fund and the authorship of several art history books. She will assume her position on 23 November 2009.
- Art Daily article

7. Former director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Deborah Gribbon has been appointed as the interim director of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Gribbon headed the Getty from 2000 to 2004, after joining the Getty’s staff in 1984 and serving as a curator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. She will lead the Cleveland museum for about a year until a permanent successor to Timothy Rub, who left after his three-year tenure to head the Philadelphia Museum of Art, has been found.
- LA Times article

8. Under the pressure of a sharply reduced endowment, the Cleveland Museum of Art has eliminated 14 jobs and left eight other positions vacant. These layoffs, which will save $1.2m, will help the museum to balance their budget for the next fiscal year of 2010 to 2011.
- Cleveland article

9. The Maryhill Museum of Art in Washington has appointed Steve Grafe to curator of art. Since 2004, Grafe has served as the curator of American Indian Art for the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. He will be replacing Lee Musgrave, who retired after working as the museum’s curator of exhibits for 14 years. Grafe will assume the post on 1 September 2009.
- Art Daily article

10. The winners of the Pauline and Daniel Auerbach Artists Without Studios Prize, will be working in pop-up studios at the Ben Uri Gallery from 11 to 31 August. Every weekday afternoon, visitors can meet the winners – Ting-Ting Cheng, photographer, Sophie Fishel, sculptor, Benedict Goodwin, painter and David J. Huglin, painter/installation artist – and see their works in progress. From 1 to 6 September a group show will feature the works of these emerging artists.

11. The Royal Academy Schools and the international real estate company Hines have awarded two photography scholarships to Fine Art students at the Royal Academy Schools. Dzenana Hozic is a Bosnian artist who explores the relationship between space and individuals in her photography, and Kraig Wilson shoots traditional portraits. They will be documenting the construction activities of Hines’ development of One Grafton Street in Mayfair. The scholarship is part of the One Spirit Showcase, a series of artistic collaborations between Hines and cultural organisations.
- Art Daily article

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