Posts Tagged ‘Eli Broad’

C.A.N. Condensed

Monday, August 23rd, 2010
van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers"

van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers"

• A Vincent van Gogh still life, "Poppy Flowers and Vase with Flowers,” was stolen on Saturday from the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo, Egypt. It has been reported that only seven of the museum’s 43 security cameras were working at the time, and five people have been arrested for “negligence” concerning the theft. The painting is valued at $50 million, and is still at large. Click here to learn more. • Philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad has chosen the New York firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design his museum, to be built on LA’s Grand Avenue next to Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall. It will house the majority of his vast collection of contemporary art. The decision would seem to end years of public debate over where and how Broad's art should ultimately be exhibited. From ArtInfo. • UK choreographer Michael Clark and his Company are publicly developing a large scale performance piece for the Tate Modern’s gigantic turbine hall, to be premiered in July of 2011. Part I of the commission has been progressing for the past seven weeks, as Clark has been instructing both trained and untrained dancers during regular museum hours. Part II will commence at the end of the company’s residency next summer with a “site-specific dance event” incorporating film, light, and sound. Part of the Tate Live series. Check out e-flux for more information.
Michael Clark Company in the Tate turbine hall

Michael Clark Company in the Tate turbine hall

C.A.N. Condensed

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
Henningsvær's caviar factory-turned-art gallery

Henningsvær's caviar factory-turned-art gallery

• The Norwegian village of Henningsvær is now home to an art space occupying an old caviar factory in the Lofoten archipelago. Venke Hoff, the owner of the building, has amassed one of the largest contemporary art collections in the Nordic countries alongside her husband, but they claim their “aim is not establishing a venue for showing parts of our own collection, but inviting international artists for shows.” Read more at The Art Newspaper. • Eli Broad, the 76 year-old Los Angeles financier, philanthropist and art collector, has offered to lease a piece of city-owned land in order to build a space for his large collection of contemporary artwork. Although the funding for the lease, museum building and its endowment would come out of Broad’s own pocket, the idea has been criticized by some L.A. county officials. Head to the LA Times website for more.
Dennis Hopper "Bomb Drop"

Dennis Hopper "Bomb Drop"

Dennis Hopper Double Standard is the name of the new retrospective at the Los Angeles MOCA of the late actor’s prolific 60-year career as an art maker. More than 200 photographs, paintings, assemblages, sculptures, and film pieces will trace Hopper’s obsessions with popular culture and the American relationship to art. Read a review of the exhibition at Art Knowledge News.