“The heirs of the greatest czarist-era collectors, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morosov, called for compensation from the Russian government to redress the 1918 confiscation of their ancestors’ artworks.”
Tag: 01.21.08
The New Literate Bands
“This new breed have assumed the thinking person’s mantle, recognising that music can be a crucible for grand gestures and condensing big ideas nicked from literature, history and cultural icons into simple mantras.”
Chicago Sinfonietta Starts Minority Musicians’ Program
“Project Inclusion, as the initiative is called, will provide African-American, Asian and Latino musicians with apprenticeships lasting from one to two years. Participants will rehearse and perform with the orchestra, receive mentoring from senior members of the ensemble, attend master classes and mock auditions, and receive job-placement assistance after leaving the program.”
“Toy Symphony” Wins Sydney Theatre Awards
“The play which lured actor Richard Roxburgh from Hollywood back to the stage, has scooped the pool at the Sydney Theatre Awards. Michael Gow’s play about a playwright with writer’s block took seven awards at tonight’s ceremony in Sydney.”
The Allure Of Anonymity
“Every time I finish a play, I consider the possibility of making up a name, sticking it on the cover and sending the play off to theatres as an unsolicited manuscript. I always say I will. I never have. This, of course, is entirely about fear. I’d like to think my work has an inherent quality that will be recognised whatever name is on it, and that I’d be offered productions in all the same theatres. But then what if I slide right back down the literary ladders and receive a pile of rejection letters?”
Why Reforming UK’s Arts Funding Is Needed
“For too long, funding has been given regardless of quality and has been about which boxes – diversity and community in particular – applicants tick. This has led to an appallingly cynical attitude where some organisations appoint a staff or board member simply because they come from a minority, or, worse, inflict their rubbish on unsuspecting schools or care homes in the name of outreach.”
Figuring Out The Future Of British Orchestras
Leaders of British orchestras gather to talk about the state of their business. “The old issue of funding was a constant ghost at the feast, and another imminent concern was the European Noise at Work regulations that finally come into play in July.”
German Newspaper Attacks Daniel Barenboim
Die Welt,” the most conservative of Germany’s three national daily newspapers, might almost have borne the motto “Get Barenboim.”
After Controversy, A New Leader At American Indian Museum
Last month revelations about travel spending by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian outgoing director Richard West, rocked the museum. This month new director Kevin Grover takes over. “This isn’t my first rodeo,” he said last week. “I took a few poundings in the past.”
Worldwide Share – Where Art Belongs
“Now that American museums have acceded to demands for restitution, it’s time to ask not only what ‘universal museums’ can do for antiquities’ countries of origin, but also what the source countries can do for the world’s encyclopedic museums.”