“Only an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the royal dancers survived — about two dozen people who reconstructed what they could of an oral tradition and taught it to new generations.”
Tag: 04.05.13
The Grey Market For Salvaged Art
This is the little-known world of “salvage art”, which raises a host of questions about valuation, the art market and its integrity.
American Folk Art Museum Rises Again After Nearly Being Sunk By New Building
“Clearly we made an error of judgment in spending that much money on that building… Where we made a mistake — and I’m as guilty as anyone — we misjudged the cost embedded in the building, and we misjudged our ability to support the building.”
American Indians Attempt To Stop Paris Sale Of Artifacts
“While foreign nations routinely rely on international accords to secure American help in retrieving antiquities from the United States, Washington has no reciprocal agreements governing American artifacts abroad. And the United States laws that provide some protection against the illicit sale of Indian artifacts in this country have no weight in foreign lands. So tribes reaching overseas to recover objects that they view as culturally important are left to do battle on their own.”
Sergei Polunin Walks Away From Yet Another Ballet
The charismatic 23-year-old made headlines worldwide when he abruptly left the Royal Ballet in the middle of last season. was back in London to dance the lead in a new adaptation of Midnight Express. But on Wednesday he simply didn’t show up for rehearsals and didn’t respond to calls.
Angels In America Flies Right Into The Midst Of Hungary’s Political Divide
Andrei Serban’s production of Tony Kushner’s epic at the Hungarian National Theater “may be the biggest hit ever in Hungarian theater history.” It has also led to the replacement of the house’s artistic director “by a man who has sworn to return the theater to its Hungarian roots and make the National ‘a sacred space’.”
At Berlin’s Jewish Museum, ‘Ask Me Anything” With A Jew In A Display Case
“For two hours every day except Saturdays, a Jewish person sits in the box and answers questions.” The show, titled “The Whole Truth”, is “intended to demystify Jewish life for a curious but largely uninformed German public.”
What’s Really Wrong With LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art?
“Why was Deitch having such a hard time when two other New York transplants–Govan, who had come to lacma from the Dia Art Foundation, and Hammer Museum director Annie Philbin, who had run SoHo’s Drawing Center–were succeeding so spectacularly?”