“Glafira Rosales pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to nine charges, including wire fraud and money laundering, in connection with a scam in which she and her boyfriend conspired to sell more than 60 fake paintings … as genuine works by renowned artists such as Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.”
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Why Is DC’s Highly Successful Shakespeare Theatre Company Fighting To Avoid Eviction?
Blame an urban renewal plan that sort of ran out of plan.
Dancers’ Union To San Francisco Ballet: We’re The Product, So Pay Us Like It
Alan Gordon, national executive director of AGMA: “Orchestras have always been paid better than opera singers or ballet dancers, and we think that’s wrong. People don’t go to the ballet to hear the orchestra. They go to the ballet to see the dancers. … We don’t want you to give less to anybody, but we don’t care what you give them because we want more.”
Madrid’s Teatro Real Replaces Cancer-Stricken Director Gerard Mortier
“The opera house Teatro Real put an end on Wednesday to an unusually public and tense leadership dispute by replacing Gerard Mortier as its artistic director with Joan Matabosch.”
Art Stolen In The Holocaust Wa Supposed To Be Returned. Why Hasn’t It Been?
“Nearly 15 years later, however, much of the worldwide momentum for art restitution embodied in the Washington Principles has been lost and replaced by malaise, indifference, and frustration, experts say.”
The Best Ideas From Anywhere (Just Asking)
The arts are supposed to be about ideas. And yet are they just our ideas or should we be seeking the best ideas from outside the arts?
A Fake Van Gogh In The Attic Turns Out To Be The Real Thing
“Sunset at Montmajour – which depicts trees, bushes and sky – had spent years in a Norwegian private collector’s attic after he had been told the work was not by the Dutch master. [The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam] said the painting was authenticated by letters, style and the physical materials used.”
City Opera May Cancel The Rest Of This Season And All Of Next
George Steel, general manager and artistic director: “We’ve had balanced budgets for the last two years and we’ve been doing, I think, incredible work onstage. But we can’t forge ahead without a significant infusion of capital.”
Minnesota Orchestra CEO: Well, Of Course We Want Osmo To Stay, But …
Michael Henson: “Ultimately, if Osmo decides to go, that is his decision. We want him to stay through to the end of his contract. However, in the longer term, we have to look after the health and well-being of this orchestra. … [We] cannot let two concerts at Carnegie Hall determine the future of the organization.”
Algerian Dancers Seek Asylum In Canada Following Islamist Threats
“Seven members of the Algerian National Ballet have been granted refugee status in Canada, and the claim of an eighth is being reviewed, after they deserted and asked for asylum following performances in Ottawa and Montreal. The dancers sought refuge on the grounds they had been threatened by Algerian Islamists, whom they said equate ballet with homosexuality and ‘depravity’.”