The grand great contemporary arts of Europe – observations by David White. New York Times
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SAUL BELLOW WONDERS –
– how many true lovers of literature there are in the day of movies and high technology. – New York Times
“A NATION OF BACKYARD WEEKEND DABBLERS?”
Australian artists need to engage with the political process or be marginalized, writes a critic. Sydney Morning Herald
“NOSTALGIC LONGING FOR THE PAST”
American opera struggles to build a viable new repertory, but William Bolcom’s A View From the Bridge, which just premiered in Chicago, shows links to the past. – Chicago Tribune
(ALSO: Reviews from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle, New York magazine)
CONCERT AS MEGA-WEBSITE
Net-Aid – the largest global concert ever points up the differences between haves and have-nots. – The New York Times
(ALSO: Promoters will announce today whether the concert reached one billion listeners, as they hoped. – BBC 10.11.99
AND: The AP news report of the concert – AP via The Dallas Morning News 10.10.99
AND: Tuning in on the web was like “watching the shaky output from a slow-motion security camera.” – Wired 10.11.99)
THE OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION
Last week’s gathering of Glenn Gould fans in Toronto has one observer pondering the relationship between those fans and their artist. – The Sydney Morning Herald
HOT CUBAN BAND VAN VAN –
– plays Miami Saturday to protests from thousands of demonstrators. Miami Herald
CROSSFIRE
Schuyler Chapin, New York’s commissioner of culture, is caught between a peeved mayor and arts supporters clamoring for Chapin’s support in the Brooklyn Museum debacle. New York Times
HOT CUBAN BAND VAN VAN
plays Miami Saturday to protests from thousands of demonstrators. Miami Herald
RENAISSANCE FANTASY
What if the word had never existed? The myths of rebirth in British art. London Sunday Times