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The Art Newspaper newsletter
June 2, 2005


>From News:


Pinault pulls the plug on Paris

The French billionaire has ditched plans for a contemporary art museum on
the Ile Seguin and has instead bought the Palazzo Grassi in Venice- By
Gareth Harris 

LONDON. The French billionaire François Pinault has abandoned plans to build
a E150 million ($191 million) contemporary art museum on the Ile Seguin in
Paris. Instead, he has decided to make the 18th-century Palazzo Grassi in
Venice, which he recently acquired... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11808> 


>From Museums:
Guggenheim opens Prince house to public

The New York museum will display works by the artist Richard Prince in his
own house in upstate New York- By Jason Edward Kaufman 

NEW YORK. The Guggenheim Museum has acquired a dilapidated, single-storey
house in upstate New York from the artist Richard Prince, who spent three
years turning its four rooms and garage into an installation entitled Second
house. It includes 11 sculptures fashioned... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11806> 


>From Conservation:

Now you see it, now you don’t

After 30 years, Robert Smithson’s famous Spiral Jetty has re-emerged from
the water, but only intervention will keep it visible- By Jason Edward
Kaufman 

SALT LAKE CITY. Since its creation in 1970 by Robert Smithson, Spiral jetty
has become a legendary earthwork‚ representing the movement that arose in
the anti-establishment 1960s to try and escape the realm of commercial
galleries by making sculptural interventions directly in the landscape. But
if it is one of the most famous earthworks, it is also one of the least
visited... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11805> 


>From Books:

The UK government must act now

The director of the British Museum reflects on the looting of the Iraq
Museum, Baghdad, and what now needs to be done- By Neil MacGregor
Director, The British Museum 

Another day, another report of death in Iraq. Or probably, several. As I
write this review, the German press has announced that Fuad Ibrahim
Mohammed, head of Baghdad University’s Institute of German Studies, who for
the last two years has been working to re-build its library, destroyed by
artillery when American troops entered Baghdad, has been murdered... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11804> 


>From News:

In a Royal Palace, everything you want to know about how to organise an
exhibition

TURIN. A two-day conference next month in Turin, Italy, is bringing together
leading figures from the world of art to discuss what makes for a successful
exhibition... 
go to article <http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/article.asp?idart=11803>