“[The] Getty Research Institute has acquired her archives … [and] those of her husband, industrial designer L. Garth Huxtable, who died in 1989. In addition to the written materials, Huxtable also donated her entire estate to the Getty, including her New York City apartment and a house in Marblehead, Mass.”
Tag: 01.08.13
UK Education Dept. Launches Poetry-Memorizing Competition
“Poetry by Heart, a Department for Education-funded contest, will see school champions fight through to regional heats, which in turn will select the best reciters for a weekend of finals in London this April.”
Rem Koolhaas To Curate 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale
“[The] responsibility involves curating a central show in the 300m-long Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice’s former rope-making factory, as well as co-coordinating a number of national pavilions in the sprawling biennial extravaganza – which will open from 7 June – 23 November 2014.”
Toronto’s Peripatetic Crow’s Theatre Gets Permanent Home
“On Tuesday, Crow’s Theatre will announce plans to open a 200-seat theatre in the heart of Toronto’s east-end Leslieville neighbourhood, an $8-million home built into the base of a new condo tower being erected by Streetcar Developments.”
UK To End Performance Licence Requirements For Small Venues
When changes to the Licensing Law are enacted this spring, “it will no longer be required to have a licence to host a play or dance performance, between the hours of 8am and 11pm, where the number of people in an audience is fewer than 500. ”
Blessed Virgin Mary To Appear On Broadway, Courtesy Of Fiona Shaw And Colm Tóibín
“Drama Desk Award winner Fiona Shaw (Medea) will play the Virgin Mary in the Broadway debut of Irish novelist Colm Tóibín’s The Testament of Mary.” The piece “takes place after the crucifixion. Mary is hounded by her son’s disciples who want to write a new book claiming her son as the ‘Son of God.’ But Mary’s not buying it.”
What Will Be New In Architecture This Year
“In Vancouver, New York, and Portland, Ore., cars are being rerouted to make way for an efficient, elegant flow of pedestrians, cyclists and skateboarders. Inside buildings, elevators are being tucked behind centrally located, exhilarating stairways, requiring people to exercise while making more room for the disabled in mechanical lifts.”
Meet The Oscars Prognosticators
“Oscar bloggers, whose take can be saltier and more vociferous than established print organs — no institutional necessity to pretend you didn’t like the movie to preserve access! — have also been eating the Hollywood trades’ lunch, as the old papers no longer have exclusive claim on lucrative “For Your Consideration” ads.”
A Video Game That Has You Battling Old Age
“Authorial intent is always a tricky thing to wrangle with, but it seems this obscure title might be the first videogame about the struggle against uselessness and old age.”
What Life of Pi’s Global Success Says About The New Movie Biz
“As its triumph in Asia suggests, Ang Lee’s Life of Pi navigates cultural boundaries between east and west with ease.”