Modern Art NotesTyler Green's modern & contemporary art blogQ&A with UIMA interim director Pamela White- June 18, 2008 Today I spoke with University of Iowa Museum of Art interim director Pamela White. Read more about the floods in Iowa City here. Artworks featured in the post are from UIMA's collection and are identified at the bottom of the post. Yesterday I featured the museum's most famous work: Jackson Pollock's 1943 Mural. To donate to the museum, click here.MAN: I'm never quite sure where to jump in on something like this, so I guess tell me about how the flood started for you. Pam White: The university..http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2008/06/qa_with_uima_interim_director.html Five things I think I think- June 18, 2008 1.) Check back around 2pm EDT for a Q&A with Pamela White, the interim director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art. 2.) I don't often do summaries of reader mail, I thought the replies I received to this post about Richard Misrach at the National Gallery of Art were particularly interesting: Curators and museum professionals who wrote in overwhelmingly agreed with my position. Readers who disagreed with what I wrote hit upon a common question: Who cares as long as it gets populist...http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2008/06/five_things_i_think_i_think_25.html Iowa updates- June 17, 2008 Yesterday I made an oblique reference to the quality of the University of Iowa Museum of Art's collection. Check out highlights from the museum's post-1900 European and American art or print collections. This is Jackson Pollock's 1943 Mural.In Davenport, Iowa, the new, David Chipperfield-designed Figge Art Museum has water on its doorstep. viaPBS' NewsHour says that the UIMA collection has been moved to Chicago; andThe university is insured for flood damage, but it's not yet clear how much...http://www.artsjournal.com/man/2008/06/iowa_updates.html |