Tuesday 27 May 2008

Cuno Controversy

Art Institute of Chicago (and former Courtauld) Director James Cuno's new book Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle Over Our Ancient Heritage has been causing a bit of an uproar. Critic Lee Rosenbaum responded scathingly on her blog CultureGrrl a few days ago. The best response yet has come from the Times today, in an article well worth a read here.

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Robert Rauschenberg, 1925 - 2008


Robert Rauschenberg died yesterday evening. The New York Times obituary can be found here.