The Happy Kingdom backs down on portrayal of Jerusalem and averts Arab boycott. Washington Post
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BRITAIN’S FIRST ART BIENNIAL
Where? In Liverpool of all places. Does the world need another biennial? The Irish Times sizes up the landscape. Irish Times 10/1/99
THE POLITICS OF VALUE
Museum shows make the art in them more valuable. The tangled relationship between collectors, dealers and museums. New York Times
NY Dealer speaks out about her arrest
Mary Boone, “Queen of the Art World” says it was an attack on the First Amendment. New York Times
PREVIOUSLY: Mary Boone, a prominent New York art dealer is arrested for “distributing live ammunition” and having unlicensed guns in her gallery as part of a Tom Sachs show. Also resisting arrest. Gallery visitors were encouraged to take 9 MM cartridges home as souvenirs.
New York Times 9/30/99
CHASING AFTER YOUTH
As arts groups chase after the youth audience, Theatre Communications Group director Ben Cameron suggests theater needs to reinvent the linear narrative. Chicago Tribune
TOP NY PHILHARMONIC EXEC goes to LA
Deborah Borda surprises the orchestra world by leaving the NY orchestra to manage the LA Philharmonic. – The New York Times
JET PILOT GIVES $60 MILLION to Smithsonian –
– for new annex for the Air and Space Museum. New annex will be four times the size of current A&S building on the National Mall. Washington Post
The Politics of Restoration
The Vatican’s St. Peter’s gets a facelift, restoring some original color to the facade. Critics decry the job as a post-modern tilt, “the desire to transform everything into a movie set.” New York Times
LATEST BROOKLYN SALVOS
New York mayor accuses Brooklyn Museum of conspiring with auction house to raise the value of works in controversial show. And your point is… – New York Times
PLUS: Legal analysis of Brooklyn brouhaha. NYT 9/30/99
GENDER BENDER: co-director of Stuttgart Opera named to head San Francisco Opera
Pamela Rosenberg will become the only woman currently running a major American opera house. – The San Francisco Chronicle