Last week the artistic director of the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival quit. “Julian Armour is credited with turning the Festival into an event that draws top-name performers from around the globe. He’s also been a driving force behind the proposed $30-million Community Concert Hall on Elgin Street in Ottawa.” So supporters are trying to get a mediator to bring him back.
Tag: 03.12.07
The Canon Of Computer Games
Are video games art? And if they are, should they collected, studied, and organized into some sort of canon? Henry Lowood believes so…
Big Auction Houses Push Into Maastricht Fair
“Sotheby’s presence comes under the guise of Noortman Master Paintings, a Maastricht art gallery it bought in June for $82.5 million. Christie’s is represented by King Street Fine Art, a subsidiary it formed especially for the fair. The presence of these archrival companies, with booths directly facing each other, has caused a stir among dealers who have long considered the auction houses their biggest competitors.”
The Software Glenn Gould
New software “reads” old piano recordings and learns how to recreate those recordings on contemporary instruments. So is that really Glenn Gould you’re hearing? Alas, not quite, writes Edward Rothstein. But it comes close…