Thursday, June 30, 2011

Maine Murals to Become Museum

I'm sorry, but you can file it in the "Who cares?" department.

Removing walls for art’s sake
Glenn and Norma Haines are allowing a construction crew to cut up and cart away a group of 18 mural-covered walls in their Maine home, which will be installed in a nearby museum for display.

Another front-page item you can deposit in the same place:

MFA makes amends in probable plundering
The Museum of Fine Arts has agreed to pay restitution to the heir of a Jewish art dealer killed at Auschwitz after determining that a 17th-century Dutch painting in its collection was once owned by him and was probably plundered by the Nazis. (By Geoff Edgers, Globe Staff)