Louis Godart, advisor on culture to Italy's President, has now made good on his promise to send me the list of works relinquished to his country by Shelby White and now on display at the Palazzo Poli in Rome. I already published the list here, but now I've also got the images. All are catalogued as having come from "clandestine excavations" in Italy, except for the last fresco, … [Read more...] about The Shelby White Files: Images from a Restitution
Archives for April 2008
Murakami Meets the Press
Takashi Murakami, speaking at the Brooklyn Museum's press preview today. Director Arnold Lehman listens.Sorry I've been away all day, art-lings, but I've been prowling the Murakami press preview at the Brooklyn Museum, on which I'll be commenting soon (if all goes according to plan) on New York Public Radio (WNYC). I think I'll save my first (mostly favorable) takes on the art … [Read more...] about Murakami Meets the Press
Management Shake-Up at Edith Wharton’s Estate, The Mount
The Mount, Edith Wharton's Berkshires Mansion Upon hearing in February of the impending bank foreclosure of The Mount, Edith Wharton's idyllic estate in the Massachusetts Berkshires that I had visited in 2006, I wrote: I think Stephanie Copeland, The Mount's president and executive director, has made this site a joy to visit. But now emergency-campaign donors need a level … [Read more...] about Management Shake-Up at Edith Wharton’s Estate, The Mount
Banksy Performs for YouTube? You Decide. UPDATED
UPDATE: Yikes! They took it down. If you click the video, below, it now says: "We're sorry, this video is no longer available." Does that mean it was done by a Banksy hoax-ster? Or was it created under professional auspices and not intended for free sharing?Here's what I wrote right after I viewed the video:There are lots of YouTube videos about Banksy, but now there's one on … [Read more...] about Banksy Performs for YouTube? You Decide. UPDATED
Italy Posts the Shelby White List of Relinquished Objects
Red figure calyx krater with Zeus and Ganymede, attributed to the Eucharides painterThe Italian Culture Ministry has at last published on its website a list of the objects relinquished by Shelby White and now on display at the Palazzo Poli in Rome. (Go here, click on "Cartella Stampa" and then on "oggetti in mostra." The White objects are interspersed among the others in this … [Read more...] about Italy Posts the Shelby White List of Relinquished Objects