Las Vegas’s MGM Mirage has launched a $40 million public art program designed to position the gambling and glitter capital as a true destination for the art world. “For many people, the debate over whether fine art belongs in Las Vegas seems to be tired or over.”
Tag: 03.08.08
Indie Kimmel Cutting Back
“Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, the producer of an eclectic string of upscale movies including “Lars and the Real Girl” and “The Kite Runner” but not a single commercial hit, said on Friday that it was scaling back its ambitions. The company now plans to make two or three movies a year, instead of five or six, and laid off its marketing staff and other workers.”
Tracing The Lineage of Literary Liars
In an era when the internet has made fact-checking easier than ever, it sometimes seems as if high-profile cases of plagiarism and faked memoirs pop up every week. “But the history of literary fakers stretches far, far back, at least to the 19th century,” and the hoaxes only become more incredible with time.
What’s Behind Choir Director’s Departure?
It’s becoming clear that there is more to the abrupt departure of the director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir than meets the eye. Craig Jessop apparently told choir members that he was “at a major crossroads in my life,” but neither he choir officials are saying much publicly.
Fisk Fiasco Could Have Positive Impact
Fisk University “tried to break up and sell part of the Alfred Stieglitz Collection of modern art, given to the university by Stieglitz’s widow, renowned painter Georgia O’Keeffe,” but a judge ruled that O’Keefe’s rules prohibited such a transaction. Now, some are hoping that the ruling might actually bring Fisk together with Nashville’s wealthy elite to put the school on firmer fiscal footing, without selling a bunch of art.