Archives for September 2010

Fisk History Department Chair Reavis Mitchell says Stieglitz Collection is part of university's "educational mission"The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, officially breaking its silence, has agreed to participate in a Nashville-only proposal, championed by the State Attorney General's office, for the maintenance and display of Fisk University's Stieglitz Collection at the … [Read more...] about Fisk at Frist: AG Proposes “Temporary Arrrangement” for Stieglitz Collection

Saatchi Gallery, LondonThis is an "I told you so" post.When I skeptically inquired last July whether MOCA London---Charles Saatchi's announced gift to Great Britain of more than 200 artworks from his collection (as well as his Saatchi Gallery building}---would definitely happen, Rachel Duffield, the megacollector's spokesperson, replied: The gift has definitely been made.Maybe … [Read more...] about London MoCA Poker: Saatchi’s “Gift to the Nation” Folds UPDATED

I wanted to acknowledge publicly (as I have in private messages) how very grateful I've been for all your expressions of support during this difficult time for me. I'm still discombobulated by the loss of my father and the aftermath, but I've got another post in mind (although not yet in type) that I may manage to get up tomorrow, before the Jewish High Holidays put CultureGrrl … [Read more...] about “Body and Soul”: A Note of Thanks to My Readers

Derrick Cartwright, Seattle Art Museum's new director, inheritor of its expansion-related financial problemsThe story of the Seattle Art Museum's expansion-related financial shortfalls---largely the result of the collapse of Washington Mutual Bank (WaMu), its development partner in the mixed-use building project---keeps getting worse. On Aug. 30, the museum filed a 27-page … [Read more...] about WaMu Whammy: Seattle Museum May Tap One-Third of General Operating Endowment

There are various figures with artworld connections on Vanity Fair's annual list of the world's 100 most influential people (to be published in the October issue, but online now). Only two, however, were selected expressly for their visual art creds. This VIP roster is peopled by moguls and mega-celebrities. Influential visual artists, museum officials, scholars and critics … [Read more...] about Artworld Luminaries Make Vanity Fair’s “100 Most Influential”

Alexander Flasterstein at the piano, entertaining the WW II troops If you've been wondering where I've been for the last week, here's the reason for my absence: My father, 96, died peacefully on Friday at the apartment he shared with my mother. I'm their only child. Until now, the only writing I've done since last Wednesday was his eulogy. It was from Dad, a Harvard-trained … [Read more...] about “Body and Soul”: Music and Grieving