Michael Conforti, director of the Clark Art Institute, will be scurrying to Indianapolis from this Sunday's Picasso Looks at Degas preview party at his Williamstown, MA, museum, to turn over the presidency of the Association of Art Museum Directors to the Minneapolis Institute's Kaywin Feldman at AAMD's annual meeting, June 6-9.Will Feldman eye Conforti in the same way that … [Read more...] about AAMD Meeting: My Suggested Agenda CORRECTED and UPDATED
Archives for June 2010
Louise Bourgeois: MoMA’s Instant Memorial
When I was at the Museum of Modern Art on Wednesday, I came upon this tribute to sculptor Louise Bourgeois, 98, who died on Monday---an installation of these ghostly sentinels at an entrance to the 4th-floor permanent-collection galleries:Louise Bourgeois, "Quarantania, I," 1947-53, reassembled by the artist in 1981In addition to the usual object label, there was this one:By … [Read more...] about Louise Bourgeois: MoMA’s Instant Memorial
More on the Virginia MFA: Last-Minute Frenzy, First-Rate Displays
Alex Nyerges, director, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts"There are two things that I need by the opening," Alex Nyerges, director of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, impatiently told the contractors whose work on outdoor amenities, related to the museum's Rick Mather-designed expansion, wasn't proceeding fast enough to suit him. "I need blue [the reflecting pool] and I need green … [Read more...] about More on the Virginia MFA: Last-Minute Frenzy, First-Rate Displays
Deitch Assumes Directorship: What He Needs to Do at LA MOCA
Jeffrey Deitch, center, at the LA MOCA press conference announcing his appointment, with (left to right) museum co-chairs David Johnson and Maria Bell; LA Councilwoman Jan Perry; MOCA's founding chairman, Eli BroadLA Times art critic Christopher Knight offers some practical advice for NYC dealer-turned-director Jeffrey Deitch, as he takes the helm at LA MOCA today: Change the … [Read more...] about Deitch Assumes Directorship: What He Needs to Do at LA MOCA
Online Now: My WSJ Piece on the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Expansion
You can read today's Wall Street Journal "Leisure & Arts" piece now---Virginia is For Art Lovers, about the well articulated Rick Mather-designed expansion of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The photo accompanying the piece, also published on the VMFA's website, makes the atrium appear more barren than it feels when in use:Just add people (and more sculpture, soon to be … [Read more...] about Online Now: My WSJ Piece on the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts’ Expansion