Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Inclusive Museum Journal listed in Ulrichs

The International Journal of the Inclusive Museum has been accepted for inclusion in Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.

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London’s ‘Faceless’ Science Museum Redesigned

Nkki May Young of worldarchitecturenews.com reports….

Plans revealed for the redesign of the ‘faceless’ Science Museum on London’s Exhibition Road are to recreate the space as a ‘Museum of the Future’, aiming for completion by 2015. As part of a wider regeneration of the Exhibition Road revitalisation as the ‘cultural heartland of London’, the Science Museum will undertake a redevelopment designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects which incorporates a new facade, new galleries, lifts and SkySpace - a cavernous rooftop space and ‘destination cafe’ dedicated to cosmology. More….

The New India: 5th-18th June, Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Following on the success of MoMA’s 2007 India Now exhibition, The New India presents sixteen contemporary Indian feature and short-length films, including eight New York theatrical premieres. The selection captures the astonishing range of fiction and documentary styles and genres in Indian cinema today. Among the celebrated actors and directors who will present their films are Naseeruddin Shah, Nandita Das, Abhay Deol, and the Academy Award–winning documentarian Megan Mylan. The New India opens with the New York premiere of Megan Doneman’s Yes Madam, Sir, a riveting portrait, narrated by Helen Mirren, of one of India’s most inspiring and controversial public figures, Kiran Bedi. Both Doneman and Bedi will introduce the opening-night screening. More…