Some 6000 people answered CBS’ call for participants for the real-life “Gilligan’s Island” game show. Who would want to be dropped on an island to survive the elements and each other? The show is being described as MTV’s “The Real World” meets “Lord of the Flies,” and this week 50 of those still in contention met to try and impress producers. – Philadelphia Inquirer 01/12/00
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INVESTMENT STAKE
A recent change in British tax law may prove a windfall for arts groups. Donate fast-rising internet stock and save on the tax bill. This could revolutionize arts funding in the UK, writes Norman Lebrecht. – The Telegraph (UK)
GETTING AHOLD OF MODERN DANCE
“The story of western dance is in part a tale of squabbled-over dichotomies: virtuosity vs. expressiveness, dance that emphasizes mute narrative vs. dance that presents itself as movement and form.” Today one can see (and appreciate) it all. – Village Voice
STILL STRUGGLING TO LIKE “GATSBY”
Bernard Holland wants so much to like John Harbison’s “Great Gatsby” at the Met, you almost feel sorry for him. It has everything going for it, he writes. So why does it seem so small? – New York Times
INTERNET GUITAR
Log in and tune up. New internet site offers interactive group guitar lessons over the internet. – Seattle Post-Intelligencer
RETHINKING THE 20TH CENTURY
The Royal Academy’s fascinating new show looking at what was happening in art at the turn of 1900 recreates the famed Exposition Universelle, that most glamorous of art fairs in Paris. “The idea is to show what was happening in Tokyo and Melbourne, Helsinki and New York at the very moment when Monet was painting Charing Cross Bridge and Picasso was exploring the dives and dance halls of Montmartre.” – The Telegraph (UK)
AUCTIONING THE CONSTITUTION
Sotheby’s will auction off one of 25 original 1776 copies of the US constitution on its website. The document is expected to bring $4-6 million. – Baltimore Sun (AP)
- See the document online and read about this copy. – Sotheby’s
EURO-TRASHING
- Charles Saatchi’s at it again, reaching across the Channel for artists for the next big Sensation. – The Times (UK)
TOO HOT TO PUBLISH?
The libel suit between Penguin books and David Irving, the controversial second world war historian, over his version of the Holocaust, began on Tuesday in the High Court in London. “The case raises a number of questions: When are the ideas of historians or academics so appalling that their work should be forever banned from public consumption? What limits do you place on free speech? And what makes a good historian anyway, especially when their subject is that most emotive one in 20th century history?” –Financial Times
HE SAID, SHE SAID
The New Yorker is 75 in February and no fewer than seven books about the legendary magazine are about to grace the world. Who didn’t like someone’s writing, who cut another one’s article…these people keep their grudges. – New York Times
- “I’m one of the bad guys,” Robert Gottleib discovers in Renata Adler’s New Yorker book. – New York Observer
- Review of the Adler book. – New York Observer