museum. my name is jay shee, the director of the asian art museum. on behalf of the staff and board, we welcome you in the backdrop of the upcoming exhibitions, ritual performances. it will be open to the public february 25. this is the first time in history of the united states that the indonesian culture, particularly the island of bali, will be presented to our public. this is a wonderful example of the value and service that a museum provides to our community. we are a platform for cultural exchange, as well as cultural diplomacy. this museum has served for many years this say and we continue to be more robust in our service to the public. as you know, our museum is governed by a couple of foundations. the foundation is a private fund-raising arm for the museum. that museum took out a loan in 2000. we have had some difficulty and this is the news lately. under the leadership of our city and our commission and foundation board, today we are pleased to present to the public a proposal to so

museum. this year it will be celebrating and abolishing those individuals through exhibition -- and acknowledging those individuals throughout asia. joining me is janet bishop, the curator. i understand you have been with the museum quite a number of years. you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect exam

museum. it has just been full-fledged for seven years. there are many growing pains, one of which is hard to address, the debt issue that enabled the foundation to help the city to refit the former public library building to offer to the public this wonderful collection and program. without this leadership, the city would not have a helpful structure that would enable the museum to move forward. we are profoundly grateful. this is a wonderful testament to the city leadership, both from the mayor's side and the board of supervisors. i think everybody has come together to make the structure work. we have confidence with the city leadership that it will indeed work. chairperson chu: thank you. a quick question for you, based on the agreement here. a large part of that is premised upon the foundation being able to have a successful capital fund-raising campaign that generates $20 million over the next three years. what is your sense of that, and how have you been making progress in that regard? >

i love the prada museum. it's one of the best museums in the world's age famously in russia. exhibitions from it's very few and we're waiting for them it's as important as the least of all the great painters of the italian renascence. we're also waiting for them in the pushkin museum. and how to use those words it's always been a secret to me. better ask them what they like best do you really ask them or do you decide on your own what we. receive from italy. is it your request from them do you have tools we ask you what we are interested in and they order from you yes they order from us do they ask people or make balls. judging but. this way officials gathered to discuss what to order i think of the mechanism so less complicated they also have the bass we have we can satisfy all their requests. for the best to you and the qualities equal. few words about languages russian italian and spanish they are an indispensable part of culture just because he has does a language constitute part of the cultural exchange. so we've italy we've arranged a year of the russian language and cu

, in the museum, in 1950. lot of great stories that the presentation tells. >> the most recent news was the incredible decision on the part of donna morris fisher to give their collection to sfmoma. >> think it is commonly understood that the fischer collection was 1100 works by some of the great contemporary works, one of the great collections in the world. in fact, the

to the average of three museums in california. that is the remedy here. that is the best outcome at the end of this if all the worst- case scenarios are met. no one intends to get there. but if you are asking for the maximum exposure, that is it. supervisor mirkarimi: with the dual objective of drawing down the debt after the transfer, how is it that a capital campaign enhances the attractiveness of getting greater visitation so that revenue is significantly increased, i assume, so that it is staving off the potential of us being in this position? >> i will return to jay shu. i think the financial nut to crack -- in all of the conversations we had with the museum, the foundation, and the board in the past couple of months, it is clear that long- term the asian art museum benefits from a much more robust endowment than they have today. it's standard museum practice is not to operate on an endowment as minimal as this one is. in essence, it is pledged to make debt service payments on the building we have already constructed. we are

unlike the fine arts museum or other institutions, the asian art museum did not have enough assets on hand. yes, there is an issue from the -- as is the cfo. >> good afternoon. thank you for the questions. i believe that our investments have been where the benchmark was. i think that the investment philosophy has been sound as pointed out by the comptroller. it is really the market downturn that started to make the problems. if you need more details -- i know a lot of people were severely hurt in the latest recession for a number of reasons. the city's one of you, having no voting authority under the assets that are held by the investment committee. are the conservatives in nature so that these don't go from 20 to $30 million? >> to give you a typical slice about what the investment portfolio consists of. >> i am the chief operating officer of the nation. we appreciate your support. the investment committee is comprised of really 15 professionals in their field. the individuals listed on the committee and he will feel good about those on our side. there is certain elements of private

. >> artifacts are still missing from the museum in cairo. authorities say a number of men have been arrested and that journalists have just been allowed inside since the unrest. >> it houses the secrets to the world's most mysterious and civilization. today, the egyptian museum is heavily guarded by the army, but on the first night of the uprising, the most priceless collection on her it was abandoned. thieves were busy planning a fire escape to the roof of the museum. this is arguably the greatest museum in the world, but it is also a very old building. according to egyptian authorities, the people that came into the building came through a skylight like this, dropping onto the museum floor. eight pieces are known to be missing and glass cabinets are smashed. three have since been recovered from the grounds of the building. among those still missing are a statue of a pharaoh and this one of touch and common being carried -- king that being carried by a goddess. >> they are faceless. they have no hearts. stupid. they will take a masterpiece.

of the treasure island museum association. the museum opened in 1975 as a temporary bicentennial and lasted until 1997. at that time, the navy had, as part of the closure, did closed the museum and carefully wrapped everything from that. they are stored safely. the areas in the exhibit was with how the island was built and to the bridges. there is the exposition which celebrated the opening half. then, the pan-american clippers. anything else, the navy. however, we were close to. we were able to go back there about three years ago and start having some -- and we are fortunate that we have started working closely with the developer. we have had meetings to discuss how the museum fits in with this plan. there shall be a museum on treasure island. i am very happy to say that we are going forward. there is enthusiasm from the developers because we understand that this island is too important to be without some kind of cultural core. we bring 21st technology, not just relying on the past but to dealing with the ideas of sustainabil

eight artifacts are missing from the museum in cairo. the museum is in the middle of tahrir square. it was never a target of the demonstrators' anger. in fact, during the chaos, they protected it, forming a human shield in front of the main gate. but two weeks ago, amid some of the worst violence, looters did manage to break in. egypt's minister of antiquities showed us the restoration work under way on 70 objects moved or damaged in the robbery. >> they damaged completely, dating back to 4,000 years ago. >> reporter: we were also able to retrace the steps of what could have been the greatest antiquities heist in egypt's modern history. the thieves first stormed into the museum's gift shop. they wanted cash and gold jewelry. then four thieves climbed onto the museum's roof. three stayed there for support. probably only one actually entered museum, came in through that broken window and lowered himself down on very thin cables, but fell off, then smashed through this case which has been repaired, badly injuries himself. the thief limped from case to case, breaking them with a metal p

museum was blocked. they would, andy hollinger denied me the right to speak to their use stash shi experts, their yugoslavian experts. and i'm very sad about it. i know that they've refused the people in this room, the survivors in this room the right to their own records. leo rechter here has been fighting this cause. our job here is to, once again, hope we can move forward progressively with the holocaust museum to broaden their point of view i -- view and stop their confrontation with survivors, give them their records and open up their files and their experts to anyone, not just me, but anyone who wishes to speak to an expert. because these are very complicated files, should be able to do so. i'll take a question. >> it's really not a question, it's a statement. >> we don't want any statements. you must ask a question. >> i just want to ask you, isn't it ironic that germany today has such an unbelievable problem with their arabs? >> excuse me? [laughter] i'm sorry? that's not something i'm going to a

computer and video games make it into the museum. german crooner. returning with a new album of 20 style songs. here's your host. >> and welcome to the show from here in the german capital. and that's where we begin with the latest venture of one of germany's best-known fashion designers. he is a very busy man indeed. he unveiled his new collection at the berlin fashion week. but that clearly wasn't enough work for him because he has also found the time to design a new fashion-themed bar for a top berlin hotel. ♪ ♪ >> cat wak is the name of the first bar designed. the interior design, the outfits worn by bar staff, and even the drink were all created by the german fashion designer. for many, the opening party was another highlight rounding off a busy fashion week in berlin. >> i'm extremely happy with the results. i'm happy that it's all done and also that the fashion week is over. the bar is inside berlin's marriott hotel. everything revolves around the world of fashion. and anyone who is anyone in the world of fashion was invited for the big openi

today, the egyptian museum is heavily guarded by the army. on the first night of the uprising, the most priceless collection on earth was abandoned. as attention focused on a fire at the ruling party headquarters next door, thieves were busy climbing a fire escape to the roof of the museum. this is arguably the greatest museums in the world. it is also a very old building. uc windows and skylights like these. according to the egyptian authorities, the people who came into the building came through a skylight on a row, dropping onto the museum floor. -- a skylight on the roof, dropping onto the museum floor. cabinets were smashed. among those still missing is a limestone statuette of the feral i cannot 10 and this one of two to uncommon being carried by -- a limestone statuette. >> they are faceless. they have no hearts. stupid. the reason that i disagree with you is that they would take a masterpiece. >> the most important is the funeral mass of 2 to commotuten. some might ask for the billions of tourist dollars have gone. the damage to this

museum. that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution through this incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting >> the museum has exciting anni impossible. announcer: when you open a book, you can explore new lands... [bird screeches] meet new friends, and discover new adventures. there are amazing possibilities when you open your mind to reading. [roar] you can log onto he library of congress website and let the

they just stayed, guarding the museum. the demonstrators managed t t push back the probe will bark mob, but neither -- to push back the pro mubarak mob. nearby, mosques or hastily converted into a field hospitals to treat the wounded from both sides -- into field hospitals. after nightfall, it was hard to get a clear picture of the event unfolding. others occupied a building across from the egyptian museum, and some threw molotov cocktails. in the confusion, it remained unclear which groups some belonged to. >> we are joined now in the studio. let's take a look back at wednesday's event, because this is really the point where events took a turn for the wars. do you think that it was a rogue elements behind this violence, -- event took a turn for the worse. do you think that it was rogan -- rogue elements? >> some of jobs that the government gave to them. most egyptians, some people laugh profited from him. we saw these people writing in to tahrir square on camels. this is almost an absurd scene. unfortunately, it appears t

the holocaust museum put a stop to it by sending out the mouse to all the other holocaust museum's because their narrative was that the holocaust experience, the hitler war against the jews was a european experience. i'm sure you all know. that does not mean that just the jews were not destroyed. of course jewish free cities, they are not horrible concentration camps in the north of africa. i always have to say that many jews who survived the holocaust and north africa did so because arab, muslims and north africa. some of them. but that does not mean that there were not multitudes, there were not multitudes of arabs. the holocaust was instructed. that move in the last several years, they have performed, made progress. there is now a page on their website. they are putting in information. i believe -- what was your involvement in pressuring the museum to come clean? >> at the time of was executive director of the international council, and i have asked peter black who was, i don't know if he still is, the chief historian. no relation. >> i went to the museum and ask him some questions. he

earlier this week, vandals broke into a museum and smashed statues and glass. the next wave will steal items. >> put them on the market. >> that has already happened at a site ee is excavating three hours south of cairo. it dates back to 10 b.c. >> they were looting it with big bulldozers. >> an exhibit continue to show here. she says she had planned to go to egypt in april but she is now watching and waiting. don sanchez, "abc 7 news." >> as he noted, precious artifacts are on display at c.b.hearst museum. for more, go to www.abc7.com. >> chicago was found had with nearly two feet of snow, third largest snowfall in the history. 250 drivers stuck for hours had to be rescued from their vehicles all along lake shore drive. at least 5,000 flights were cancelled today including 40 at sfo and another three at oakland. by this afternoon most of the streets in chicago had been plowed but tonight, temperatures could fall as low as minus 20. can you imagine? >> they are used to bad weather there but nothing like this. even they are overwhelmed by this. >> and wind shear

this is the san francisco quite museum out of maritime park. the museum was established in 1951, so it has been now refers. it is absolutely gorgeous, using the nicely redone, so the event last week was to promote itself to all kinds of the event planners, because it is going to take a while longer for the exhibits to be built out, so the facility is available for rental, and i have to tell you, it is going to be an amazing spot to watch anything related to the america's cup, so i think they will do very well. but if you get a chance to get in and see it, it is worth seeing. wonderful. very proud, and congratulations to them from all of us. later this week on thursday is the annual fishermans wharf merchants association dinner and silent auction. this is 8 already, so this is their eighth anniversary. this year, the restaurant out at the end of pier 39. it will begin at 7:00 p.m. as i said, thursday, february 10. the merchants association is honoring the family for their contributions to the rich history of fisherman's wharf. as you may recall,

young was introduced tonight at a museum event. it allows iphone users to view the museum's collections. the app is available for free until 9:00 tonight through the i tunes app store after that it will cost $1.99. >>> and mark joins us with the update on pebble beach. it was beautiful out there. >> nothing like last years when the rain took over the main store. great weather, great golf. and this tour is trying to lure some of golf's biggest names. seems to be hard a hard time but bill murray tends to be there every day. parker and points both make the cuts. so he's not just out there for show he's playing some golf. they are four back the leader that would be this man, marino. seven birdies. on to dubai we go. why is tiger woods not at pebble? because he's over there for 3 million bucks and he's playing some pretty good golf himself. a birdie at number four. he is 6-under par in that tournament. four back but this is your shot of the day. owen brown at the eighth hole after the tee. and i'm sure you will agree, you can't do it mu

it's collected for the past 25 years, the history museum is an i illuminate niet nate go life ofople gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the bay area. >> straight people learn about their history in school or from their families. gay people's families don't have gay histories to them them. >> they are donated to the museum, a drag queen gown with the jewelry. there is men in dresses. match books from many gay and lesbian bars. it's about life changing events. he wore these clothes when they were san francisco's first gay married couple.uple. and people remember it again. >> i often say that we are the community like grandma's attic where i can find traces of your ancestors. >> struggles, failures and triumphs. >> it's how people saw themselves. their ideals and fantasies. of the gay liberation of the 60s to 60s to the 70s and the tragedy of aids in the 80s. >> it was tragedy and when violence flared. they have 3,000 periodicals and 27,000 t-shirts. they validate the need for a permanent museum. >> a real san francisco story, it's about san francisco how we love all of ou

the museum itself features a jump simulator for tourists. hotel visitors can look forward to modern spa facilities and you can even try out some indoor surfing. trysil also has night-time skiing but unlike other resorts, it's not limited to one piste. obviously the pace drops in the evening and you can also travel in style with a horn-drawn sleigh ride. moose watching expeditions are only available in the summer though. that's for practical reasons, it's the most promising time of the year. trysil has a relaxing reputation but people here also know how to party. you can do an all-nighter and catch of trysilfjellet in all its glory at sunrise. >> and more reports on ski resorts and other stories around europe on our website dw-world-de-english-euromaxx. that's all for now. until next time, bye-bye. ===u=uu

obviously having a museum like base is very helpful. for departments but we do have a wonderful. and performance here and so the cloths and the cost streams basically come from those. six cost to the rest. and we have this this wonderful wealth. collaborator gentlest worked with stravinsky picasso and. just like many past and present artists whose work you celebrated and studied all over the world. culture is staggering in many ways and in most major cities around the world you can now find out for yourselves those who want to museums concert halls and you'll see that russia is closer than you think well unfortunately that's all that's how we have on this week's program i'll see the same time next week for more cultural adventures around the british capital until then for me and the rest of the team here at the victoria and albert museum bye bye for now. the more people we killed a happier our officers were it got to be like a game like to see who could chill the most people and the different ways you could prove maybe you killed would be like you know appears now if you brought

later this hour, we will take you to a bay area museum that specializes in egyptian art. see artifacts, much like the priceless antiquities that are now threatened in cairo, coming up at 10:30. we will be monitoring the live pictures out of cairo throughout this news hour for any developments and you can go to ktvu.com for the very latest, including a slide show of pictures from there. >>> we have new information about the death of giuliani calinas the little boy died from drowning. an autopsy shows the 4-year- old's cause of death was drowning. the body of the kidnapped boy was pulled from the delta mendota canal yesterday. authorities say his mother's ex- boyfriend kidnapped him two weeks ago. they suspect that rodriguez also died in that canal. >>> from drunken brawls, to public urination. on game nights, thinks can get pretty rowdy outside at&t part in san francisco. the question, who should pay for it? this is a story knew at 10:00 tonight. heather holmes is live at the ballpark. the police union doesn't want officers pulled from their normal duties. >> reporter: tha

later this hour, we will take you to a bay area museum that specializes in egyptian art. see artifacts, much like the priceless antiquities that are now threatened in cairo, coming up at 10:30. we will be monitoring the live pictures out of cairo throughout this news hour for any developments and you can go to ktvu.com for the very latest, including a slide show of pictures from there. >>> we have new information about the death of giuliani calinas the little boy died from drowning. an autopsy shows the 4-year- old's cause of death was drowning. the body of the kidnapped boy was pulled from the delta mendota canal yesterday. authorities say his mother's ex- boyfriend kidnapped him two weeks ago. they suspect that rodriguez also died in that canal. >>> from drunken brawls, to public urination. on game nights, thinks can get pretty rowdy outside at&t part in san francisco. the question, who should pay for it? this is a story knew at 10:00 tonight. heather holmes is live at the ballpark. the police union doesn't want officers pulled from their normal duties. >> reporter: tha

and the museum actually sponsored the sex pictures. they--they gave me a large amount of money to do the work. in return, i gave them some prints for their collection. but it was very refreshing to be able to deal with people who, you know-- the only pressure they ever put on me there-- mark wilson, the curator of the museum, the only pressure he ever put on me was to go out there and do stuff. he would say to me, "andres, you haven't shot a picture in two months"-- rather, "in two weeks." and i'd say, "well, you know, mark, i was thinking about taking a photograph of a woman pissing into a man's mouth. and he'd say to me, "great, go ahead; book the car; do it." has the climate and receptivity for your work changed in america over the last decade? do you feel that-- do you think about it a lot? you know, i don't really know. it's been three years since my last show, so i really don't know, you know, what the weather's like out there. but i imagine it's pretty much the same, you know. i see, you know, the larger picture, you know. thing

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victoria and albert museum a simply exhibition on the influential russian artistic director sergei the eggless founded one of the most exciting dance companies of the twentieth century. douglas imaginatively combine dance music and arts to create theater his dramatic performances transforms dance reawakening interest in ballet across europe and america knowledge of the company's revolutionary ballets filtered through theatre fashion and to daily life including interior design and style all around the world . jageler starts company was created a century ago in the productions of various ballets revolutionize twentieth century arts and still continue to influence cultural activity today celebrating the company's keep period of activity this major exhibition reveals jugglers influence on twentieth century arts design and fashion and includes hundreds of objects including giant theater costs original costumes set designs props and post is an impressive collection so where did they get all the exhibits items from what i think the remarkable thing is actually two thirds of the chair will com

way obviously having a museum like base is very helpful because there are different apartments but we do have a wonderful. and of performance here and so the cloths and the cost streams basically come from those and you borrowed six cost to the rest. and we have this this wonderful wealth a consummate collaborator jackal it works with stravinsky chanel picasso and. just like many past and present russian artists whose work is celebrated and studied all over the world russian culture is staggering in many ways and in most major cities around the world you can now find out for yourselves go to one of your nearest museums constant halls and you'll see that russia is closer than you think. fortunately that's all that's how we have on this week's program i'll see the same time next week for more cultural adventures around the british capital until then for me and the rest of the team here at the victoria and albert museum bye bye for now. well when one deals with water it has to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical en

korea and albert's museum bye bye for now. well one one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemical city whether it's a sonic boom so factoring in marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or destroyed reefs in the pacific for ramming purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that they are shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that. line in motion little beasts in which brightened if you knew about sound from finest impressions. means for instance on t.v. dot com. we use special old. previously. to soak. in a free flight. to nuclear arms reduction deal between russia and the us finally comes into

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