WSB
The New York Public Library is expected to announce today that it has purchased the Burroughs archive for its Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. The acquisition will make the Berg Collection, which also includes Kerouac’s literary and personal archive, perhaps the premier institution for the study of the Beats. (source: New York Times) This seems right on a number of levels – great decision by the NYPL. Is this the kind of moves they were planning as they sold off the artworks this fall? If so, great great strategy and implementation.
Big layoffs at the Corcoran
(check Modern Arts Notes for more details).
This is sad, I think the Corcoran should be able to keep getting people into the museum, however the curatorial decisions over the last 5 – 10 years have been somewhat strange – also the museum feels to have lost it’s vision. It serves brunch with gospel music (which I enjoy) but it’s also a serious museum. It’s so serious it has a show on the banjo on display right now.
The Whitney Biennial.
It seems like everyone else has something to say, so I’m going to stay quiet about it.