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...that? You could start with the Metropolitan Museum. The nation's largest and wealthiest art museum is in no danger of disappearing. But having watched its mighty endowment shrink last year from $2.9 billion to $2.1 billion, its administrators decided a few months ago to cut staff 10%. The Met is not alone. Endowments have shrunk everywhere, and sizable budget cuts have been the rule at museums in Atlanta, Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Diego. In February the 35-year-old Las Vegas Art Museum simply gave up and shut its doors for good...
That's what the Art Institute of Chicago--venue of that Obama first date--discovered recently. In April the museum, which gets about $6.5 million a year in support from the city, announced plans to increase admission for adults from $12 to $18 while eliminating its separate charge for special exhibitions. In response, Chicago alderman Edward Burke threatened to end the museum's city-supplied free water. Eventually a compromise was reached: the institute would charge out-of-town visitors the full amount, but Chicagoans would get a $2 discount. James Cuno, the institute's director, says he's very...
...people who are dealing with economic policy [in the White House] are not talking to the people who are dealing with cultural policy, because they don't see any connection," says David A. Ross, former director of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "What's clear is that there is a direct connection between economic recovery and cultural spending." Ross would like to see a federal rescue mission for the arts, a $250 million fund to stabilize museums and libraries. That would be only a small fraction...
...Antichrist (Lars von Trier) Mutilation, masturbation and a delicate appendage spurting blood made this the festival's official outrage and won Charlotte Gainsbourg the Best Actress prize. It's art-porn at its nuttiest...
...laces his guides with short and vivid histories and a scholar's appreciation for Renaissance art yet knows the best place to start an early tapas crawl in Madrid if you have kids. His clear, hand-drawn maps are Pentagon-worthy; his hints about how to go directly to the best stuff at the Uffizi, avoid the crowds at Versailles and save money everywhere are guilt-free. He pushes his readers to picnic for lunch and save their money for dinner. He sketches out amusing walks through commercial quarters from Antibes to Venice that link the ancient world...