“A masterpiece by Pieter Bruegel the Younger will remain on public display in the Yorkshire mansion where it has hung for centuries after it was saved through an appeal that raised £2.7m in three months.”
Tag: 01.06.11
China And India To Get Permanent Pavilions At Venice Biennale?
Argentina, Chile, Mexico, the UAE and Bahrain are also in talks for new permanent spaces…
The 100 Most-Powerful In British Theatre
“This is the first time in the 15-year history of the Stage 100 that neither Andrew Lloyd Webber nor Cameron Mackintosh has placed in the top two.”
Raphael Hillyer, Founding Violist of Juilliard Quartet, Dead at 96
“Mr. Hillyer was the last of the original members of the Juilliard String Quartet to commit to the project, and in some ways he had the most to lose. … [He] at the time was a 32-year-old violinist with a solid job: he was in his fourth year as a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Serge Koussevitzky.”
Peter Martins Busted for DWI
“The head of New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, was arrested on misdemeanor drunken-driving charges in the early hours of the New Year.”