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News From Tuesday, August 24, 2010
11:59:58 PM Transit fans critique museum plans
Toronto Star - Toronto,Ontario,Canada

Transit champion Steve Munro, a member of the museum's steering commitee, thinks a TTC museum should be located closer to other tourist attractions. .... [more]

9:13:54 PM It's Official: Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design Eli Broad's Downtown LA
mediabistro.com - New York,NY,USA

mediabistro.com (blog) It's the future downtown LA site of Eli Broad's contemporary art museum. As Willy Wonka (in the earthly form of Gene Wilder) said when regarding a young, ... [more]

8:41:02 PM Boston FBI chief says James 'Whitey' Bulger, art heist priorities
Boston Herald - United States

The largest art theft in history at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum remains unsolved 20 years after two thieves disguised as police officers made ... [more]

6:18:45 PM How to enjoy London — and save money
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA

But lately it's become a refuge for collections displaced by other museums. The Theatre Museum in Covent Garden closed a few years ago, and now its best ... [more]

5:11:29 PM Monster Mash: Eli Broad chooses Grand Avenue for new museum; Egypt still ...
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Official confirmation: Eli Broad announces that he will build his new museum on Grand Avenue in downtown LA, with Diller Scofidio + Renfro as the architects ... [more]

3:41:11 PM Critic's Notebook: A new life for the Broad Collection
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

the list of super-rich Americans who, since the mid-19th century, have established museums or galleries to house their personal art collections is as ... [more]

1:34:57 PM McElhone leaves his own legacy with museum
Ferndale/Berkley Mirror - MI,USA

Pam DeWeese, president of the board of directors of the museum, said of McElhone, “Bill is a man of many talents with an amazing knowledge of local history, ... [more]

1:33:21 PM Egypt to Improve Museum Security After Van Gogh Theft
BusinessWeek - USA

Culture Minister Faruq Hosni also has formed a committee to review security measures after the theft at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum, Hawass said in an ... [more]

11:08:29 AM A blues festival, free museum day and a breakdancing hot dog
Bridgeton News - Bridgeton,NJ,USA

Explore the Old Barracks Museum in Trenton, where British soldiers spent wintry nights during the French and Indian War, or view the vibrant African Art ... [more]

9:35:10 AM Minister is arrested in art mystery
The Mirror - UK

By Martin Newman 24/08/2010 A government minister in Egypt has been detained after a van Gogh painting worth around £32million was stolen from a museum. ... [more]

8:15:42 AM Judge Finds Fisk University Cannot Sell A Share Of Its Art To Wal-Mart
Luxist - Santa Monica,CA,USA

Luxist (blog) Crystal Bridges is the museum being built by Wal-Mart heiress Alice Walton. O'Keeffe donated the 101-piece collection of paintings, photographs, ... [more]

5:08:39 AM What the new Broad Collection means for downtown, LA's other museums --
Did White House fake link between Saddam and Al Qaeda?

Los Angeles Times (blog) The Broad Collection museum, to be designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will be the first building in the long-stalled Grand Avenue project to get underway ... [more]

5:02:01 AM Critic's Notebook: Eli Broad and the Diller Scofidio + Renfro museum design
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA

Because Broad from the start gave the six firms vying for the museum job such tight parameters, the high-powered private competition — which also included ... [more]

3:35:11 AM Tuesday Evenings at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fall 2010 Schedule
Dallas Art News - Dallas,Texas,USA

Tuesday Evening lectures are held in the auditorium at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and begin at 7 pm The Tuesday Evenings series brings artists, ... [more]

2:18:12 AM Billionaire picks downtown LA site for art museum
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Eli Broad said Monday he had chosen an expanding downtown cultural district for a new museum to showcase his collection of art ... [more]

12:28:48 AM All the Questions No One Ever Asked About the Broad Museum
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA

For close to half a year, the public was bombarded by inaccurate stories about the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation's offer to donate a $1.3 billion museum ... [more]



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