Fred Wilson will represent the U.S. in the Venice Biennale in June, 2003. Fred "animates" history by using paintings,furniture, decorative arts, etc., often juxtaposing these objects with audio or video. Some of you will know his "Mining the Museum" project for the Maryland Historical Society. For the Venice exhibition we a seeking to borrow paintings and/or other appropriate objects that are or look like they were painted in Europe from the 15th-18th Century and have black figures somewhere in them. Blacks do not have to the main subject of the work. We understand the difficulty in borrowing such works because of time constraints and the location and nature of the exhibition but we are not looking for masterworks and they do not have to be in perfect condition. If you have knowledge of such works we'd appreciate it if you would contact us. Thank you. Kathleen Goncharov U.S. Commissioner to the 50th Venice Biennale -- Kathleen Goncharov Public Art Curator MIT List Visual Arts Center Wiesner Building, E15-109 Cambridge, MA 02139 Tel: 617.253.9478 Fax: 617.258.7265 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).