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Prize Winners Announced--The Japan Arts Association has announced the winners of the 10th Praemium Imperiale for outstanding lifetime achievement in the arts. Winners, including Robert Rauschenberg (U.S.) in painting and Dani Karavan (Israel) in sculpture, will receive approximately $110,000 from this annual award.
Court Makes Ruling--The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided to uphold a decency test for Federal arts grants. The law requiring the NEA to take "decency" into account when making grants to artists does not violate the first amendment. The question of who will determine "decency" remains.
Millions for Monet--At a recent auction at Sotheby's, London, a painting by Monet set a record for the artist's work. "Waterlily Pond and Path by the Water" sold for $33 million, more than three times the estimate.
Statues Dedicated--The Irish famine has been commemorated with the dedication of two new statues in a downtown Boston park. The sculptures by Robert Shure depict a starving family on the Irish shore and a hopeful one landing in Boston.
--The National Park Service will add a sculpture of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a wheelchair at the entrance to the new memorial in Washington, D.C. The National Organization on Disability led the effort to demonstrate that disability is not a barrier to achievement.
--The African-American Civil War Memorial has been unveiled in downtown Washington. It features a bronze statue called "Spirit of Freedom" by Ed Hamilton in front of three semicircular granite walls covered with plaques listing over 200,000 names of all the black soldiers who served in the Civil War, plus the 7,000 white officers.
Election Year Turnabout for Arts Funding--Former opponents joined in a House endorsement of continued support for the National Endowment for the Arts. A vote of 253-173 provides $98 million for the NEA in 1999, the same amount funded in 1998.
Paintings Recovered--After a seven-week search, Italian police have recovered two Van Goghs and a Cezanne stolen from the National Gallery of Modern Art.
Artist's House Dedicated--King Juan Carlos of Spain recently dedicated the house in Malaga, Spain, where Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 as a museum. After renovation, it will include exhibitions of paintings, ceramics, and engravings.
Artists for Goodwill--The 1998 Goodwill Games, an international, multi-sport invitational, was held in the New York metropolitan area in July. Official artist for the games, Michel Delacroix, designed the official greeting card, which is expected to raise about half a million dollars for UNICEF. In addition, Leroy Neiman's painting of the New York skyline appeared on the souvenir program.
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Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 8 No. 10 -- August 1998