Australia: Michael Brand has been appointed director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, following the retirement of Edmund Capon after 33 years in the post. Brand was previously director of the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and is a consulting director of the Aga Khan Museum under construction in Toronto.
Belgium: Plans for a €52m museum charting the history of the EU have been criticised by Martin Callanan, leader of Britain’s Conservative MEPs. Callanan said the museum, which is set to open in Brussels by 2014, was “a shocking waste of money in such difficult times”.
Israel: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has jointly acquired with Tate in London and Paris’s Centre Pompidou Christian Marclay’s 2010 video work The Clock. The New York-based artist’s film comprises thousands of clips that run in real time over 24 hours. The work will go on rotating display at the venues.
Italy: The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has opened eight rooms dedicated to French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists from the 16th-18th centuries. The refurbishment is part of the Nuovi Uffizi expansion project, which aims to boost the exhibition space from 5,400 sq m to 12,000 sq m by 2014.
Spain: A copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered by conservators at the Prado in Madrid. The work, painted by a pupil working alongside Leonardo da Vinci in about 1504, will go on show at the Louvre later this month.
Turkey: The International Council of Museums (Icom) has ditched its Turkish committee, which is backed by the country’s ministry of culture. An independent association, Icom Turkey, will take its place, made up of museum professionals from across the country.
US: The opening of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York, scheduled for September, has been delayed because of a financial dispute between the Port Authority of New York and the museum’s foundation. The foundation says the port authority owes it $146m, while the authority claims it is chasing $300m from the museum foundation.
Seen in the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Art Newspaper and www.theparliament.com
Belgium: Plans for a €52m museum charting the history of the EU have been criticised by Martin Callanan, leader of Britain’s Conservative MEPs. Callanan said the museum, which is set to open in Brussels by 2014, was “a shocking waste of money in such difficult times”.
Israel: The Israel Museum in Jerusalem has jointly acquired with Tate in London and Paris’s Centre Pompidou Christian Marclay’s 2010 video work The Clock. The New York-based artist’s film comprises thousands of clips that run in real time over 24 hours. The work will go on rotating display at the venues.
Italy: The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has opened eight rooms dedicated to French, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists from the 16th-18th centuries. The refurbishment is part of the Nuovi Uffizi expansion project, which aims to boost the exhibition space from 5,400 sq m to 12,000 sq m by 2014.
Spain: A copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered by conservators at the Prado in Madrid. The work, painted by a pupil working alongside Leonardo da Vinci in about 1504, will go on show at the Louvre later this month.
Turkey: The International Council of Museums (Icom) has ditched its Turkish committee, which is backed by the country’s ministry of culture. An independent association, Icom Turkey, will take its place, made up of museum professionals from across the country.
US: The opening of the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York, scheduled for September, has been delayed because of a financial dispute between the Port Authority of New York and the museum’s foundation. The foundation says the port authority owes it $146m, while the authority claims it is chasing $300m from the museum foundation.
Seen in the Guardian, Sydney Morning Herald, Art Newspaper and www.theparliament.com
