David and Gladys Wright House, 1950-52, designed by Frank Lloyd WrightPhoto from the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy's preservation petition We are not going to let them demolish that building!Brendan Mahoney, senior policy advisor to Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, today made this unequivocal declaration to CultureGrrl, regarding the endangered Frank Lloyd Wright house … [Read more...] about News Flash: Police Guard Phoenix’s Wright House; “Stand Still” Agreement Forestalls a Knock-Down
Archives for October 2012
MOCA’s “Attack” Press Release: Two New Trustees and a “Support[ive]” Board
Late this morning, this intriguing announcement landed in my inbox from LA MOCA:This seemed eminently newsworthy, especially since director Jeffrey Deitch had promised to the LA Times that he would beef up his battle-scarred board with "two significant new trustees...within days." (That was on Aug. 4.) I was even more interested in learning what the press release would say … [Read more...] about MOCA’s “Attack” Press Release: Two New Trustees and a “Support[ive]” Board
BlogBack: Executive Director of DC Preservation League on the Corcoran Filing
Worth Preserving: A staircase at the CorcoranPhoto by Lee RosenbaumRebecca Miller, executive director of the DC Preservation League, responds to Preservationist Battle: National Historic Places Designation Sought for Interior of Corcoran Gallery: Although I appreciate the coverage of our filing, I'm concerned by the perception that it was a hostile act. Your … [Read more...] about BlogBack: Executive Director of DC Preservation League on the Corcoran Filing
Preservationist Battle: National Historic Places Designation Sought for Interior of Corcoran Gallery
"One Way" to the Corcoran Photo by Lee Rosenbaum When I visited the Corcoran Gallery during a brief sojourn in Washington two Saturdays ago, I was forcefully struck by how sadly inappropriate it would be for this grand, skylit art palace to be relegated to more mundane commercial purposes, as would likely happen if the financially pressed museum and school were to opt for … [Read more...] about Preservationist Battle: National Historic Places Designation Sought for Interior of Corcoran Gallery
“National Arts & Humanities Month”: President Obama Reasserts His Arts Support
President Obama in the Oval Office (with a bronze on the left that looks inauspiciously like an "end of the trail" piece)Ordinarily I ignore Presidential (and Gubernatorial and Mayoral) proclamations as more ceremonial than substantive. But in this election year, with Mitt Romney repeatedly expressing his commitment to ax federal arts support, it's worth noting that in addition … [Read more...] about “National Arts & Humanities Month”: President Obama Reasserts His Arts Support