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Film / Visual Art The Art of the Steal
Posted by Ed M. Koziarski on Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 1:05 PM
- Albert C. Barnes
Albert C. Barnes used the fortune he amassed from his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol to amass one of the world's preeminent collections of Impressionist and Modernist art. Valued at $6 billion, the collection includes 181 Renoirs, 69 Cézannes (more than in the entire city of Paris) and 59 Matisses.
Barnes stipulated in his will that the collection could be viewed only by private appointment at an out-of-the-way Philadelphia museum. So it was for 50 years, until in 2002 the Barnes Foundation board resolved to move the collection to a new public location in Center City, near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The decision incited a lawsuit from advocates of the Barnes Museum's current location, and a fiery debate about the public value of art and when it's legitimate to defy a dead philanthropist's intentions.
Don Argott covers the controversy like an art heist in his documentary The Art of the Steal, screening Wednesday 3/10 at Northwestern's Block Museum.
Film / Free Shit Moolaadé and My Daughter the Terrorist
Posted by Ed M. Koziarski on Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Moolaade
A woman defies her village in Burkina Faso and casts a spell to protect four girls from ritual circumcision in Ousmane Sembene's 2004 drama Moolaadé, screening for free, Tuesday 3/9 in the College of DuPage's Women's Rights Day Film Festival.
"Among Sembene's strengths as a storyteller are deceptive simplicity and apparent looseness, which allow his drama to steadily gather momentum and political force," Jonathan Rosenbaum writes.
Chicagoland / Food Chain / Film / Music / Food & Drink / Performing Arts Dinner & a Show: Saturday 3/6
Posted by Whet Moser on Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Matana Roberts
Show: Matana Roberts returns to Chicago with one of her most durable and satisfying ensembles, the Chicago Project. "On its self-titled 2008 debut for Central Control the quartet refracts a postwar blues feel (a la 50s Chicago bop) through avant-garde ideas laid out by the AACM in the 60s to create rippling, muscular music that's aimed squarely at the future," writes Peter Margasak. She's joined tonight by flutist Nicole Mitchell.
9:30 PM, Velvet Lounge, 67 E. Cermak, 312-791-9050, $15.
Dinner: Golden Bull The Bull has something for both the beef-and-broccoli set and those seeking a challenge like frog with yellow chives.
242 W. Cermak Rd., 312-808-1668
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