UPDATE: Over a year ago we reported that Fisk University wanted to sell a half share of their Alfred Stieglitz Collection to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, AK to raise general operational money. While contested by Attorney General Robert E. Cooper, Jr., the University was allowed to proceed but was told it…
An engineering professor from the University of Southern California has lead a multinational group charged with saving Leonardo’s iconic fresco The Last Supper. One problem maintaining the fresco is the way it was painted: directly on a dry wall, which caused it to begin deteriorating almost immediately. Subsequent restorations haven’t helped the matter. However, the…
It seems the pepper-spraying incident at UC-Davis last Friday has brought out the creative side of some people. The Tumblr page PEPPER SPRAYING COP offers readers a place to upload images where “peace officer” Lt. John Pike has been spotted in works of art, film, and popular culture. Note that much of the accompanying text can…
These collections have been added to ARTstor’s Digital Library: Contemporary Architecture, Urban Design, and Public Art (ART on FILE Collection): 1,000 of contemporary architecture in Shanghai, including the Expo 2010 Shanghai (this last installment completes the total 13,033 images from ART on FILE) Smith College Museum of Art: 1,000 images of works from the museum’s…
Over the years here at The Red Dot we’ve followed the economic tug-of-war between Brandeis University and its Rose Art Museum. It appears that the war is now over and thankfully the Rose emerges the victor. Brandeis University has posted on its website that the suit between four museum supporters and the university — who…