Museum Articles, Blogs & Headlines — November 2007
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Museums among 2007 IAM award winners
The Courier News
The Illinois Association of Museums (IAM) recently announced the winners of its annual awards for the state's cultural institutions at the IAM annual conference on Friday, Oct. 26, at the Hoogland Fine Arts Center in downtown Springfield...
Did the American Assoc. of Museums President Put His Foot in His Mouth?
Blogcritics.org
Did the new president of the American Association of Museums just say that Hispanics are not "experienced" with museums? Ford W. Bell, a former Minnesota Democratic candidate for the US Senate, is the brand new president of the American Association of Museums, replacing Edward H. Able, who retired last year after 20 years at the association. Bell may have already put his foot in his boca ...
Inversion Layer - A Denver Museum Rethinks Museums
Arts Journal
Rising star architect David Adjaye's design for Denver's new Museum of Contemporary Art is a fresh take on museum design. In "a mere 27,000 square feet spread over four levels, he methodically inverts long-held ideas of how museums -- especially contemporary art museums -- should work...
Art Museums Undergo Rapid Expansion
Chronicle of Philanthropy
As art museums around the world build expensive new facilities by big-name architects, their success varies in attracting visitors and reaping the benefits of their investment, reports The New York Sun...
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Britain gives no guarantees of return of paintings to be shown in London
Interfax
MOSCOW. Nov 10 (Interfax) - The future of an exhibition of paintings from four Russian museums in London remains unclear. "So far there has been complete silence. There is no progress on the issue and the museums have not applied to us so far for permits for taking these works to London...
Funds for 'Museum Mile' OK'd
The Post and Courier
King Street thrives as Charleston's premier shopping and dining scene, while the Market is known for its open-air vendors and restaurants. And soon, peninsular Charleston could be known for another key attraction called "Museum Mile." A coalition of museums and historic sites lining ...
Process to OK railyard at issue
The Sacramento Bee
The opportunity to finally develop the long-dormant, immensely toxic 240-acre downtown railyard into a neighborhood with shops, museums, and housing has put the city in a precarious balancing act...
Museum builds for our time
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The elegant and discreet design for its long-needed expansion unveiled Monday should give the St. Louis Art Museum most of what it wants as it moves into the 21st century. However, a $125 million capital campaign the museum has launched, with $100 million already pledged, is not enough to give it all it really needs...
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Jackpot - Five Museums Get A Windfall
Arts Journal
"Five museums and galleries yesterday won the art world's equivalent of the lottery: a jackpot of £1m each to spend on acquiring international contemporary art." The money is courtesy the UK's Art Fund...
Sprouting Like Fields Of... Museums
Arts Journal
New museums and museum expansion projects are everywhere. "In America, two dozen art museums have opened major expansions in the last decade, and a dozen more are currently engaged in building projects...
Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum celebrates 100 years
USA Today
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie wanted working-class people who couldn't afford trips around the globe to be able to see the world's architectural masterpieces...
Plans for monument to German unity cause some division
International Herald Tribune
With the 18th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall coming on Friday, plans for a new monument are causing a stir...
Want a painting with those pants?
Los Angeles Times
It's getting hard to tell a boutique from a gallery these days, as art and fashion invade each other's worlds. Think Murakami bags at MOCA, or indie artists in local stores. FASHION and art have long shared the same orbit, with many designers inspired by artwork and many artists donning designer creations. Increasingly, the two worlds are colliding at the cash register...
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Blockbuster exhibition raises questions for museums
Taipei Times
A boiling hot day in Philadelphia and I am standing on the steps of the Franklin Institute, a big and stately science museum and the temporary host of what is currently the world's most successful touring exhibition: Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs...
High bidder from Elvis' home state buys collection from The Elvis Is Alive Museum
USA Today
A collection of photographs, books and FBI files from The Elvis Is Alive Museum sold for $8,300 on eBay, and the 81-year-old proprietor of the roadside attraction hopes the bidder will carry on his theory that the King never died...
Nei Xue Tang to build world Buddhist museum featuring rare artefacts
Channel NewsAsia
SINGAPORE: A Buddhist Art Museum here is aiming to build a world Buddhist museum in three years' time. Nei Xue Tang said it has already raised the required 100 million Singapore dollars needed to build the museum...
Westinghouse Museum Joins Heinz Center
AP via Yahoo! Finance
The Senator John Heinz History Center merged with The George Westinghouse Museum on Friday, giving the Smithsonian-affiliated center artifacts and archival materials that tell the story of Westinghouse Electric Corp...
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