News roundup 10/16 a new da Vinci, Obama curator
October 16th, 2009 by Menachem Wecker
A “ghost of a fingerprint” is apparently da Vinci’s.
WaPo’s Blake Gopnik likes the Obamas’ WH art selections so much he practically awards a Nobel; not so Terry Teachout. I’m with TT (and TG).
RIP Warhol photographer Nat Finkelstein (a Jew? no word from Wikipedia, yes according to this book), born in Brooklyn in 1933.
NBC’s artist in residence program: probably bad for art and for residents.
Surprisingly, this comparison of Ed Ruscha and Giorgione actually might work. Though Giorgione never looked like a “Jehovah Witness leaflet.”
$16.3 to $13.7m: the story of the Jewish Museum’s annual budget.
In two weeks, Jewish art will be celebrated in Morocco.
A very high-tech. looking bible. Would love to get a copy!
And a great piece to end on a comic note.