US Museums See Rise In Attendance (But There's A Catch)
"When times get tough, Americans apparently take respite in museums." - WSJ
Has Titian Purchase Damaged The UK's Ability To "Save" Other Art?"A lack of funding - thanks to 100m being spent on 'saving' two Titians - is going to deprive the British public of several more outstanding works." - UK Independent
Tattoo Removal Technique Being Used For Art Restoration
"A laser technique best known for its use to remove unwanted tattoos from the skin is finding a second life in preserving great sculptures, paintings and other works of art, according to an article in the American Chemical Society's monthly journal, Accounts of Chemical Research." - Science Daily
Colossal Head Of King Tut's Grandad Discovered At Luxor"A multi-national team of Egyptian and European archaeologists excavating at the site of Amenhotep III’s enormous funerary temple in the Kom El-Hettan area of Luxor’s West Bank have uncovered the 3,000-year-old head of a massive statue of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh, the king of Egyptian kings, whom DNA testing has recently proven was Tutankhamun’s grandfather." - UK Independent
"In an effort to safeguard the original record copies of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the National Archives has decided to ban all photography in the Rotunda, where the historical documents are displayed." - NPR
"Blackbaud, Inc. is offering a free web seminar series to help nonprofits build strategies for mobilizing, soliciting, and stewarding supporters during and after times of disaster. Blackbaud nonprofit experts and partners developed the seminars based on their work with nonprofits that are involved in Haiti relief efforts. The free series, entitled Lessons Learned from Haiti, includes five seminars that will kick-off on March 11 and will continue through May." - PR Web
Getty, Disney To Study Deterioration Of Animation Cels"Snow White and the seven dwarfs -- along with other classic Disney characters-- are heading to the Getty. The Getty Conservation Institute said Wednesday that it is partnering with a division of Disney to study the deterioration that can occur in plastics -- specifically, the kind used in animation cels." - LA Times
