[CPProt.net] The Art Newspaper newsletter, July 15, 2005

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The Art Newspaper newsletter, July 15, 2005

>From News: 

Loss of Pinault collection is “catastrophe” for Paris 

A top museum director and a dealer react to the billionaire’s decision to
show his contemporary art collection in Venice - By Roxana Azimi and Gareth
Harris 

PARIS. Jérôme Sans, co-director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, has spoken
out against French billionaire François Pinault for abandoning plans to
establish a museum for his contemporary art collection on the Ile Seguin in
Paris. Mr Pinault, the owner of Christie’s and the fashion house Gucci, has
instead decided to display his collection at the Palazzo Grassi ... 
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Pinault sells Rauschenberg to MoMA for $30 million 
French billionaire has recently sold works by Rothko, Warhol and Mondrian-
By Gareth Harris 

LONDON. The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA) has confirmed that it
has purchased Robert Rauschenberg’s three-panel 11-foot long Rebus, 1955
(detail, right), for around $30 million (E24.7 million) from French
billionaire François Pinault... 
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>From Features: 

A brief guide to the Venice Biennale 

The curators have given the event a feminist spin this year; much of the
best art is outside the Giardini and the Arsenale- By Franco Fanelli
(Translated from Italian by Gareth Harris) 

In trying to “be all things to all men”, previous Venice Biennales have
become blandly homogenised (like their counterparts worldwide) with vague
titles and the lack of any defining themes. For the first time in its
110-year history, the 51st Venice Biennale (until 6 November) has been
organised by two women who have put a distinctly feminist spin on the
exhibition. The curators are... 
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>From Museums: 
Smithsonian faces $2 billion repair bill 

A government report has found that many of the institution’s buildings have
fallen into disrepair - By Jason Edward Kaufman 

WASHINGTON, DC. A report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
has found that the Smithsonian Institution requires urgent funding if it is
to maintain its 660 buildings and care for the millions of objects,
documents, and photographs in its collections over the next decade. The
study describes “a broad decline”... 
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