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The Faculty Lounge
Robert Post on Who Owns America’s Past
Belated congratulations to Robert Post on his re-appointment as dean at Yale Law School. I want to talk now about a book by another Robert C. Post. This is a…
Intellectual Property
Detroit’s DIA Thriving – Attendance Up Since Bankruptcy Filing
In a previous post, I wondered if attendance was up at the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) since news of Detroit's bankruptcy filing broke. Indeed, according to a recent report,…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Status of Lawsuit Over 9/11 Museum Cross
CBS News, following up on stories from other media outlets, reports that the National September 11 Memorial and Museum has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by American Atheists…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Everything Must Go!
Who knew that local governments were in the business of museum acquisitions? Not necessarily a great idea, if Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's experience is any evidence. According to this article, in an effort…
La Revue
Musées et accrochages
• La complète rénovation de son bâtiment et le nouvel accrochage de ses tableaux sont terminés, le Musée Massey, aussi Musée international des Hussards de Tarbes, a été inauguré samedi…
La Revue
La rentrée des musées et les ouvertures annoncées
Robert Badinter veut créer un musée de la justice, Soulage aura de son vivant le sien, Emdé vient de nous narrer sa visite au musée Lalique qui a ouvert en…
Other
New Whitney to Open
The groundbreaking for the new Whitney Museum in downtown New York has commenced. Here is an article about the festivities that accompanied the groundbreaking. Here is an article about the…
The Faculty Lounge
Odd Redundancy on the Holocaust in the New York Times
I can understand why the New York Times would want to let Edward Rothstein make this important point about Holocaust commemoration. What I can't understand is why they decided to…
La Revue
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, Marseille…
Une idée de visite, celle du musée départemental des Nabis à Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Le prix d’entrée est tout à fait compétitif, vous ne paierez, si vous êtes senior, que 2,50 euros,…
Other
DIA Exhibits Art Outdoors
According to the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit Institute of Arts is putting up ornately framed reproductions of some of its most significant paintings on the streets of southeast Michigan as…