NY Arts + Art Fairs International: The Daily NewsletterWednesday, February 13
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International Top NewsBritish Curators Up in Arms Over Cut-Rate Public Art
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and public officials in Britain are saying too many commissioned public artworks have gone awry and calling for artistic controls to be imposed upon commissions, the Times (London) reports. Marjorie Trusted, senior curator of sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum called many of the works "disappointing, old fashioned, and awkward," while Tim Knox, director of Sir John Soane’s Museum in London said the bulk of the works were "horrors, Frankenstein monster memorials." (Artinfo, February 13, 2008) Read more >> Spielberg Quits as Olympic Ceremonies’ Artistic Advisor In Protest Against China
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a sign of the possible politicization of the Beijing Olympics, film director Steven Spielberg withdrew from his role as an artistic adviser to the Olympic Games’ opening and closing ceremonies, citing China’s connection to the government in Sudan and the controversy over Darfur, report Peter Sanders and Geoffrey A. Fowler in the Wall Street Journal. Spielberg had agreed to help design the Olympic ceremonies, but came under attack beginning last March, when actress Mia Farrow publicly accused him of helping to "sanitize Beijing’s image." (The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2008) Read more >>
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Openings and Art Events on Thursday, February 14
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Art Fair and Biennial Reminders from Art Fairs International – Utrecht Manifest, November 24, 2007�February 11, 2008, Utrecht, The Netherlands |
February 13, 2008
Date posted: February 13, 2008
Author: jolanta
