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Record Donation Given--Josephine Ford, a sister of Henry Ford 2d, is the donor of the largest gift ever given to any private college of art and design. Beneficiary of the $20 million gift is the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, with a reputation for turning out car designers. It will fund a three-story building to include studios and classrooms for computer-based design and will be the centerpiece of a campus expansion plan.
Close Encounter--It wasn't a case of like father, like son. Although painter Paul Cezanne's father wanted him to also become a banker, Cezanne, of course, chose to be a painter. New to France's monetary system is a 100-franc bank note which includes a portrait of Cezanne on one side and a copy of his "Pommes et Biscuits" on the other. Touch‚!
Process Exhibited--An exhibition on public sculptures from commissioning through installation may be viewed at the National Academy Museum, NYC. Included are drawings, models, photos and finished figurative and abstract sculptures representing works by 32 artists. Through March 8. (212) 369-4880.
Sculpture Vandalized--A woman tourist at the White House recently used a 3" can of spray paint to deface two historic sculptures. The marble busts of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci date to 1815 and are among the oldest in the White House collection. Her motive is unknown and she was charged with destruction of property.
Awards Made--The recipient of this year's Wolf Prize for the arts is sculptor James Turrell of Flagstaff, AZ. The $100,000 prize will be presented in Jerusalem in May. And among the winners of the Eisies, the Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography given by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia U., are: Matt Mahurin for Cover of the Year Award (Rolling Stone); Bruce Weber for Individual Portraiture (W); and David LaChapelle for Style-Fashion (Vanity Fair). Winners of the Eisies in 20 categories will each receive $1,500 and a keepsake designed by Steuben. Winning photos will appear in a special issue of Life available March 30.
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Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 8 No. 4 -- February 1998