http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 30 Jan 2007 15:44:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/vietnam-memorial-wins-architecture-prize/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/vietnam-memorial-wins-architecture-prize/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:56:18 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/vietnam-memorial-wins-architecture-prize/ ]]> Days after marking a significant milestone, The Vietnam Veterans Memorial will receive the 25-Year Award from the American Institute of Architects. The prize is given to designs that have stood the test of time for 25 years.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/vietnam-memorial-wins-architecture-prize/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/backlash-over-return-of-looted-art/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/backlash-over-return-of-looted-art/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2006 16:44:47 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/backlash-over-return-of-looted-art/ ]]> The debate over restitution for looted art is
heating up in Germany. Museums are questioning the motives of claimants as they face the loss of expensive works.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/backlash-over-return-of-looted-art/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/art-to-see-before-you-die-ii/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/art-to-see-before-you-die-ii/#comments Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:09:43 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/art-to-see-before-you-die-ii/ ]]> The Guardian’s Arts Blog readers have finished thier list of 50 works of art to see before you die. If you’re reading this from my art website, then you’ve only 49 left ;>

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/08/art-to-see-before-you-die-ii/feed/ 1 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/metro-seeks/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/metro-seeks/#comments Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:45:42 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/metro-seeks/ ]]> Rather than fixing the escalators, Metro is seeking to vet street performers. A new proposal would select and pay, ensuring that they all sound the same IMO.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/metro-seeks/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/sackler-sets-record-as-multitudes-flock-to-bible-exhibit/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/sackler-sets-record-as-multitudes-flock-to-bible-exhibit/#comments Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:40:43 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/sackler-sets-record-as-multitudes-flock-to-bible-exhibit/ ]]> With 40-minute waits, the Sackler is drawing record crowds to ‘Bibles Before the Year 1000′, an exhibit of the development of the Christian Bible.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/04/sackler-sets-record-as-multitudes-flock-to-bible-exhibit/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the-creation-myths/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the-creation-myths/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:34:25 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the-creation-myths/ ]]> Very little thought is typically given to the work/life balance of artists. Here’s an interesting article about artists striving to create amid the demands of family and personal life.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/the-creation-myths/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/city-plans-rival-to-eiffel-tower-guardian-unlimited-arts/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/city-plans-rival-to-eiffel-tower-guardian-unlimited-arts/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:39:45 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/city-plans-rival-to-eiffel-tower-guardian-unlimited-arts/ ]]> Paris’s “mini-Manhattan” is planning a building to rival its beloved Eiffel tower. The Phare tower will be the centrepiece of an ambitious overhaul of its business district.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/28/city-plans-rival-to-eiffel-tower-guardian-unlimited-arts/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/4/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/4/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 18:42:19 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/4/ ]]> The Afghanistan Museum in Exile is returning home after seven years in Switzerland. Its collection will be sent back to Kabul as Unesco has deemed it safe enough. The museum left after the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas and many other cultural artifacts.

]]> http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/4/feed/ 0 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/exhibiting-good-taste-washingtonpostcom/ http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/exhibiting-good-taste-washingtonpostcom/#comments Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:01:41 +0000 Vincent Farquharson http://shallowdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/11/21/exhibiting-good-taste-washingtonpostcom/ ]]> Here’s an interesting article
on the evolution of the museum shop. It’s not what it used to be.

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