Eungie Joo, the curator and head of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), was fired from her position on Tuesday (17 December) for allegedly violating the museum’s policies governing workplace conduct. - The Art Newspaper
"Eungie Joo, who served as head curator of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art for seven years, was fired after what the museum described as a violation of its workplace conduct policy. … No further details were given." - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
Free general admission was introduced in 2000 under the directorship of Elizabeth Ann MacGregor with the aid of a Telstra sponsorship. But stagnant government funding has forced the museum’s hand, with the introduction of a $20 entry fee from 31 January. - The Guardian
“We work a lot with trauma and survivors who maybe are struggling to find the words to be able to describe what they’ve endured. Art is an incredibly effective way to channel some of the angst that they’ve experienced.” - Hyperallergic
“What museums are known for is not their architecture or their shows but ultimately their collections." But building great collections takes time, patience and determination. Together with Emily Braun, an art history professor at Hunter College who has been Lauder’s curator for 37 years, they know where all the great Cubist works are. - The New York Times
Its host, Lorser Feitelson, would become the interlocutor between the avant-garde and the country’s first generation of television viewers. He was personable, pedigreed and principled. Now, 60 years since its final episode, Feitelson’s show feels prophetic of a fact of visual life today. - The New York Times
The series of 11 grass-covered mounds, titled The Sound We Travel At, is a physical representation of Doppler waves. It's right in busy Kendall Square; people regularly walk past and even sit on it. MIT spent $1.3 million on it. Yet almost no one realized that it's there. - The Boston Globe
"Designs for six new stained glass windows in fire-damaged Notre-Dame cathedral were unveiled for the first time on Wednesday, with contemporary French painter Claire Tabouret chosen for a project intended to add a modern flourish to the 12th-century masterpiece." - AFP (MSN)
His entire life was built around knowing what to leave out, from both his art and his modest billets (he only ever owned a handful of books). A similar commitment to concision eludes his biographer. - Literary Review
The works of art had been gathered and stored by Spain’s former government after Franco, an army general, participated in a 1936 military coup against the country’s fledgling republican government that would lead to his rise to power as the self-stylized “caudillo” of Spain within three years. - Artnet
"Portrait of Dr. Gachet," painted just weeks before van Gogh's suicide in 1890, had a clear chain of ownership, including years on display at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt and the Met in New York. In 1998 the painting was sold privately; almost nobody has seen it since. - The New York Times
Whether, and how well, the swirls in the painting's night sky accurately depict the phenomenon of turbulence has been a matter of interest to some researchers for quite come time, and there has been serious disagreement about it. Two scientists recently tried to settle the question. - The Washington Post (Yahoo!)
"The mid-century building sustained damage from Hurricane Beryl, which devastated the area in July, however, and left the chapel closed indefinitely. A team of art conservators and engineers repaired damage to the walls and ceiling, as well as four (of fourteen total) damaged Mark Rothko paintings." - ARTnews
