Austria: A museum dedicated to the film star and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has opened in the village in which he was born, Thal. The museum, located in the bodybuilder’s former family home, houses his childhood bed, dumb-bells and a sword from the film Conan the Barbarian.
China: Budi Tek, a Chinese-Indonesian collector, plans to open his own museum complex in Shanghai by 2013, which will show works from his holdings and host temporary exhibitions. The new institution, with 8,000 sqm of display space, will be called De Museum. Tek’s collection includes works by Maurizio Cattelan and Anselm Kiefer.
France: The French Culture Ministry has given €6.4m towards the refurbishment of the Rodin Museum in Paris. Work is due to start in 2012 and last two years. New rooms will be dedicated to Rodin’s collection of Middle Eastern drawings and sculptures.
Greece: US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Greek minister of foreign affairs, Stavros Lambrinidis, making it illegal for protected works of art to enter the US without the approval of Greek authorities. The new agreement, which has yet to be ratified by the Greek government, aims to curb looting.
Ivory Coast: Artefacts worth about $6m were stolen from the Museum of Civilization in Abidjan during a recent battle for the city between forces loyal to current president Alassane Ouattara and former leader Laurent Gbagbo. Among the items taken were a 19th-century royal sabre and 35 18th-century gold pendants.
US: An exhibition devoted to the fashion pieces of the late UK designer Alexander McQueen, which closed last month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, attracted 661,409 visitors, placing it among the institution’s top 10 most visited shows. During the three-month run, more than 23,000 new members joined the museum.
US: New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is raising its admission fee this month to $25, an increase of $5, as a result of escalating costs. Visitors aged under 16 will continue to get free entry. MoMA director Glenn Lowry received an $830,000 salary in 2009 along with $403,635 benefits and housing in the museum’s luxury condominium valued at $318,000.
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China: Budi Tek, a Chinese-Indonesian collector, plans to open his own museum complex in Shanghai by 2013, which will show works from his holdings and host temporary exhibitions. The new institution, with 8,000 sqm of display space, will be called De Museum. Tek’s collection includes works by Maurizio Cattelan and Anselm Kiefer.
France: The French Culture Ministry has given €6.4m towards the refurbishment of the Rodin Museum in Paris. Work is due to start in 2012 and last two years. New rooms will be dedicated to Rodin’s collection of Middle Eastern drawings and sculptures.
Greece: US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Greek minister of foreign affairs, Stavros Lambrinidis, making it illegal for protected works of art to enter the US without the approval of Greek authorities. The new agreement, which has yet to be ratified by the Greek government, aims to curb looting.
Ivory Coast: Artefacts worth about $6m were stolen from the Museum of Civilization in Abidjan during a recent battle for the city between forces loyal to current president Alassane Ouattara and former leader Laurent Gbagbo. Among the items taken were a 19th-century royal sabre and 35 18th-century gold pendants.
US: An exhibition devoted to the fashion pieces of the late UK designer Alexander McQueen, which closed last month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, attracted 661,409 visitors, placing it among the institution’s top 10 most visited shows. During the three-month run, more than 23,000 new members joined the museum.
US: New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is raising its admission fee this month to $25, an increase of $5, as a result of escalating costs. Visitors aged under 16 will continue to get free entry. MoMA director Glenn Lowry received an $830,000 salary in 2009 along with $403,635 benefits and housing in the museum’s luxury condominium valued at $318,000.
Seen in the Art Newspaper, New York Times, Bloomberg, BBC Online and the Guardian
