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Parthenon frieze will be recreated in New Acropolis museum
LONDON. The long-awaited formal opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens has now been scheduled for September, after a series of delays. The gallery housing the Parthenon marbles, at the top of the museum, with a view towards the actual Parthenon 300m away, will be finally unveiled, although many of the other displays are not expected to be completed until next year.
After years of discussions, the museum has now decided how it will present the marbles. The originals are being displayed alongside plaster casts of the pieces removed from Greece, most of which are in the British Museum in London.
An earlier plan was to place gauze curtains in front of the casts, to make it obvious they are not originals. The museum has now opted for a simpler solution. The casts will be lighter in colour than the museum’s originals, which have a patina.
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China’s top collector of contemporary art
Guan Yi, 42, has assembled the most important holdings of contemporary art in China. He comes from a family which made huge sums of money in chemical manufacturing in Qingdao but in 1997 ceded management of the family business to his brother to concentrate entirely on collecting. At the time most contemporary art was going abroad to foreign buyers and he believed that “we Chinese should recognise that this art of our time is important”.
Guan Yi believes he is collecting art as a mission, doing the work that public institutions and the Chinese government are failing to carry out. He now owns “700, maybe even 800 works” of Chinese art including pieces by Huang Yong Ping, Wang Guangyi, Zhang Peili, Wu Shanzhuan, and Yan Lei. Around one third of the collection consists of large-scale installation pieces. He says he is increasingly frustrated by the rampant speculation in the Chinese art market which is making it difficult for talented young artists to emerge today. He also sees the lack of professional art critics in China as another big problem. The tendency in China to equate high prices with art historical importance is hampering the development of significant work, he says.
Although Guan Yi prefers to stay out of the limelight, he granted us a rare interview at his warehouse in Song Zhuang, on the outskirts of Beijing, to discuss his project to build a museum for his collection as well as a sculpture park for works commissioned from international artists.
Guan Yi, 42, has assembled the most important holdings of contemporary art in China. He comes from a family which made huge sums of mo... more -
One third of Brooklyn Museum’s Coptic collection is fake
LONDON. A third of the Coptic sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum of Art are modern fakes. Its collection of late Egyptian sculpture was, until now, the second largest in North America. Brooklyn curator Dr Edna Russmann, who is concluding a study of the works, warns that other museums which acquired Coptic sculptures in the past 50 years are likely to face similar problems.
The unmasking of the forgeries will be revealed in an exhibition on “Coptic Sculpture in the Brooklyn Museum”, opening on 13 February 2009. The Art Newspaper can reveal that ten of Brooklyn’s 30 sculptures are now deemed to be complete fakes, with over half the remainder having been recarved and repainted in modern times.
The fakes were mainly bought in the 1960s and 70s, and can be traced back to major antiquities dealers in New York and in Switzerland, to where they were shipped from Egypt. Dr Russmann believes that the dismissal of these works will encourage scholars to “re-evaluate Coptic art”.
What is striking about the fakes is that they place a greater emphasis on Christian iconography than the authentic works. This reflects market demand for such imagery in Europe and North America.
LONDON. A third of the Coptic sculptures at the Brooklyn Museum of Art are modern fakes. Its collection of late Egyptian sculpture was... more -
50,000 pieces 'missing' from Russian museums!
A government audit has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces are missing from Russia's museums, everything from Pre-Revolutionary medals and weapons to precious works of art.
Former Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the survey after his government was deeply embarrassed in 2006 by hundreds of thefts from the crown jewel of Russia's art world, St. Petersburg's Hermitage gallery.
Over 1,600 museums have been inspected since then, and most of them have items missing, Interior Ministry Col. Ilya Ryasnoi told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
The lost items were worth a total of "several million dollars," he said, adding most of the disappeared inventory was pre-Revolutionary and Soviet-era medals, weapons and clothes.
Precious works of art were among the missing items but separate investigations were being conducted for those, Ryasnoi said.
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Mystery Bug found in a museum..
random mystery bug found in a museum. ...
they don't know what it is... personally I Think it is in the same family as a stink bug http://current.com/clipper.htm
Clipper // Current random mystery bug found in a museum. ... ... more -
Listen with your elbows? Interactive Exhibit Uses Bone Conduction Technology
Most large museums and art galleries today provide some kind of personal audio device that visitors can carry with them if they wish to learn more about the various exhibits on display. A similar idea has been implemented at the Brühl’s Terrace in Dresden, Germany, but instead of having to wear headphones or hold some device to their ear, visitors simply need to rest their elbows on a metal rail and cover their ears with their hands. Using bone conduction technology (or what they call ‘Touched Echo’) the sounds of airplanes and explosions simulating the air raid that occurred on February 13, 1945 are transmitted from the metal rail through the visitor’s arms and directly into the inner ear. The sounds are completely inaudible to someone who isn’t touching the rail, and since the terrace is located outside the bone conduction system is a perfect solution because it’s completely weatherproof. I’ve also included a video that demonstrates how the system is used and what the simulated air raid sounds like.
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Poop Museum
Finally, I can say a museum is sh*tty and mean it. From the same country that brought us used panty vending machines (Japan) comes the Poop Museum.
Yes, poop, as in feces. The museum features a gallery of pictures showing animals squatting and an interactive display in which brave visitors can pick up, smell and examine different “samples” in order to guess what animal the poop belongs to. The museum also offers plenty of crappy books (pun intended), including one made from elephant dung.
Finally, I can say a museum is sh*tty and mean it. From the same country that brought us used panty vending machines (Japan) comes th... more -
Saudi Arabia to get stunning new centre for "knowledge and culture"
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz held a competition to design a new cultural centre for Saudi Arabia that would reflect the history of oil that has made the country so rich. This awe-inspiring design by Snøhetta won over other entries from world renowned architects including Zaha Hadid and Rem Koolhaas.
The building which is due to open to the public in 2012 will contain a world-class library with a "cafe-like" atmosphere, a cinema, a "Children's Education Centre" aimed at 2-12's, a museum and much more. The site is located on Dammam Dome next to Prosperity Well No.7, the first oil well in Saudi Arabia to yield commercially viable quantaties of oil. King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz held a competition to design a new cultural centre for Saudi Arabia that would reflect the history of oil ... more -
Sea No Evil art show benefit
We are excited to announce, this year the art show will be held at the prestigious Riverside Art Museum in the historical downtown area of Riverside CA.
On the night of July 12th, 2008, the art show will completely take over the entire art museum, 3 floors, including special guests Matt Costa playing music on the roof (3rd floor) and Shepherd Fairey spinning records. The first two floors will display donated art from noted artists, available for purchase through silent auction bidding the night of the show.
It promises to be an event to remember giving the opportunity to raise increased awareness and funding for Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
Captain Paul Watson, founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be the featured speaker, giving an update on what is happening globally with oceanic conservation.
www.SeaShepherd.org We are excited to announce, this year the art show will be held at the prestigious Riverside Art Museum in the historical downtown are... more -
Okinawa, Japan 25: WW2 Peace Memorial
Visit http://StrayCompass.com for more great travel videos. The Battle of Okinawa in WW2 devasted the island. Over 100,000 Okinawan civilians were killed in the fighting. Today a very fitting peace memorial sits in southern Okinawa. Visit http://StrayCompass.com for more great travel videos. The Battle of Okinawa in WW2 devasted the island. Over 100,000 Okinawan ci... more
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New study of B.C. dinosaur bones is unable to match them to any recorded species
The Sustut dinosaur may be a new species, but we won't know for sure until more fossils can be found. It's very distinct from other dinosaurs that were found at the same time in southern Alberta."
The Sustut dinosaur may be a new species, but we won't know for sure until more fossils can be found. It's very distinct from other di... more -
Madame Tussauds Defends Its Plan For Wax Hitler Statue In Berlin
Madame Tussauds is defending its decision to include a wax likeness of Adolf Hitler at its new Berlin museum, arguing that it doesn't make any sense to ignore his role in German history.
In a statement, the museum said Hitler's rule "stands for an important, though also appalling, turning point in the development of modern Europe. To ignore Hitler's role in this era would allow a strange gap to develop in the German and Berlin history that we show from chancellor Otto von Bismarck to the present day." Madame Tussauds is defending its decision to include a wax likeness of Adolf Hitler at its new Berlin museum, arguing that it doesn't... more -
Istanbul opens Museum of Islam, Science and Technology
Turkey's PM has opened the worlds first Istanbul Museum of the History of Islam, Science, and Technology which is backed by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in cooperation with the Greater İstanbul Municipality.
In the initial stages, the museum will display 140 different pieces, though over time the number of displayed items is expected to rise to 800 & will exhibit works produced by Turkish and Muslim scientists well in advance of the industrial revolution. A special Science History Library will also be included as part of the museum.
Items to be displayed include examples of devices and tools used in geography, astronomy, oceanography, machinery, geometry, optics, medicine, chemistry, mining, physics, mechanics, war and architecture. Turkey's PM has opened the worlds first Istanbul Museum of the History of Islam, Science, and Technology which is backed by the Turkis... more -
The "Rosa Parks" bus
This is actual bus that Rosa Parks reused to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. The bus in now in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. This is actual bus that Rosa Parks reused to give up her seat to a white passenger in 1955. The bus in now in the Henry Ford Museum in... more
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Kennedy assassination limo
This is the actual limo that President Kennedy was riding in when assassinated in 1963. It's now at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MI. This is the actual limo that President Kennedy was riding in when assassinated in 1963. It's now at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn,... more
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Dolly the cloned sheep preserved
Dolly the ewe, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell at Royal museum Scotland
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Mouse Jacket Grown, Euthanized In Museum Lab
In one of the odder stories we've spotted in some time, an installation called "Victimless Leather" was on display at NY's MoMA. The piece was actually a living jacket crafted from mouse embryonic stem cells, fed nutrients through tubes. But after five weeks, it grew too large for its containment flask and had to be killed.
The exhibit's curator cut the coat off from nutrition and it died thereafter. But the decision haunted her.
I've always been pro-choice and all of a sudden I'm here not sleeping at night about killing a coat...That thing was never alive before it was grown.
Personally, it's the image of a pulsating living rat coat that's going to keep me from sleeping. Did anyone see the exhibit? In one of the odder stories we've spotted in some time, an installation called "Victimless Leather" was on display at NY's MoMA. The p... more -
Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center
The Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center provides a new way of learning about fire safety and the history of volunteer firefighters in Nassau County through interactivity. This is a family museum, but also caters to many different age groups including senior citizens. Their major goal is to educate and inform the public about fire safety and prevention.
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Canary in a Coal Mine MWV16
Coral reefs are dying a death of a thousand cuts and their disappearance threatens not only the incredibly diverse ecosystem that depends on them, but also human health and welfare.
In this episode of MicrobeWorld Video marine scientists Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Ph.D., chair of marine studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and Kiho Kim, Ph.D., director of the environmental studies program at American University, explain the important relationship between microbes and corals, and how this delicate symbiosis that sustains life on and around reefs is facing numerous threats from human interactions to global climate change. In addition, Tundi Agardy, Ph.D., founder and executive director of Sound Seas, discusses the need for public policy and community-based conservation efforts that may help stave off the degradation of these vital ocean ecosystems.
According to a 2004 report issued by the World Wildlife Fund, 24% of the world's reefs are under imminent risk of collapse through human pressures; and a further 26% are under a longer term threat of collapse. If nothing is done to protect these resources, many scientists estimate that reefs around the West Indies in the Caribbean will be gone by 2020, while the Great Barrier Reef may only last for another three decades.
Please visit the following sites for more information about coral reefs:
www.climateshifts.org
www.reefrelief.org
www.coralreef.noaa.gov Coral reefs are dying a death of a thousand cuts and their disappearance threatens not only the incredibly diverse ecosystem that depe... more -
Leatherheads Train, North Carolina Transportation Museum
N.C. TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM "STARS" IN "LEATHERHEADS" FLICK
SPENCER, N.C. When rail fans and residents of Spencer and Salisbury flock to see the George Clooney movie "Leatherheads" opening today, they might keep their eyes peeled for glimpses of the N.C. Transportation Museum. Known for evoking America's bygone romance with trains, the site was used by Universal Pictures for the film. "Leatherheads'" final scene even features megastars Clooney and Renee Zellwegger silhouetted against the museum's historic backshop and its "Be Careful" sign, as the characters ride away together on a vintage motorcycle.
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