Art Museum Update

Reshaping the Art Museum
http://www.artnewsonline.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2692

Art museums have not been very good at communicating. Science and natural-history museums have done a much better job of remaking themselves to adapt to the 21st century by creating interactive, educational, and family-friendly spectacles. Art museums can succeed by doing the reverse. Not apologizing for the fact that the picture doesn’t move—you do the moving. What’s lacking is the ability for visitors to understand it because they’re not given information or training.
- Peter Marzio
Director, Houston’s Museum of Fine Arts

Useful link:
www.aamd.org

I completely agree. Great post. Thank you, Robin.

René Magritte

New René Magritte Museum
www.musee-magritte-museum.be
www.magritte.be

The world's biggest collection of works by the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte opens this week in his home city Brussels. More than 40 years after his death, René Magritte remains one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. Don't miss!

Space Rocks

Space Rocks
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/212/description

Interesting finding via pyrolysis-FTIR.

Garavelli

Garavelli = Eco-conscious (ethically mined gold + diamond) jewelry collection
www.garavellialdo.com

Gary Hamel Viewpoint

Why Good Companies Go Bad
http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/06/01/gm-why-good-companies-go-bad

Useful link:
www.garyhamel.com

Fact is, most businesses were never built to change—they were built to do one thing exceedingly well and highly efficiently—forever. That’s why entire industries can get caught out by change—industries like big pharma, publishing, recorded music and the major U.S. airlines. In a world where change is shaken rather than stirred, the only way a company can renew its lease on success is by reinventing itself root and branch, before it has to—a feat that even the smartest companies have trouble pulling off.
- Gary Hamel

How true! Thank you for the insightful article.

The Art Of Viktor Deak

Meet Viktor Deak, one of the world’s leading paleoartists + explore his favorite objets d’art.
www.anatomicalorigins.com
www.amnh.org

Living Artwork

You Had to Be There
http://www.artnewsonline.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=2691

Useful links:
www.jeremydeller.org
www.jeremy-deller.co.uk
www.newmuseum.org
www.walkerart.org
www.fondazionenicolatrussardi.com
www.centrepompidou.fr

No retelling can fully capture what transpires between art and its audience at any given time. You just have to be there. Linda, you were spot on. I thoroughly enjoyed your article.

Richard Long

The Richard Long / Heaven and Earth @ Tate Britain
www.tate.org.uk
www.richardlong.org

It's different. Don't miss.