Graffiti Artist Controversy, Boston

Thursday, 5^th February 2009

Brandeis President Apologizes For Handling Of Rose Museum Affair (Boston, Boston Globe)

 In retrospect, I wish I had handled the initial statements I made in a far more direct way. Unfortunately, those statements did not accurately reflect the Board's decision authorizing the administration to conduct "an orderly sale or other disposition of works from the university's collection." The statements gave the misleading impression that we were selling the entire collection immediately, which is not true.

Boston Globe 

Brandeis President: We'll Sell 'Minute Number' Of Artworks (Boston, Boston Globe)

The Globe's Tracy Jan interviewed Brandeis University President Jehuda Reinharz  about the school's financial situation and the possibility of the closing of the Rose Art Museum. Hear excerpts from the interview...

Boston Globe

Anti-Shushing Manifesto: Let Kids In Museums Make Noise (London, UK, The Guardian)

Museum attendants should be stopped from 'shushing' children and displays should be hung low enough for youngsters to see properly, according to a manifesto to make museums more family-friendly published today.

The Guardian (UK)

Shepard Fairey Is A Pretender, Cartoonist Says (Boston, Boston Globe)

Shepard Fairey is the artist who designed the now ubiquitous Obama HOPE poster, the semi-official iconic image of the candidate. A one-man show of his work opens Feb. 6 (members reception Feb. 4) at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Boston Globe

AP Seeks Credit, Compensation For Obama's 'Hope' Poster (Boston, Boston Globe)
Designed by Shepard Fairey, a Los-Angeles based street artist, the image has led to sales of hundreds of thousands of posters and stickers and has become so much in demand that copies signed by Fairey have been purchased for thousands of dollars on eBay. The AP says it owns the copyright and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees.
Boston Globe (AP)