David Mamet doesn’t have a high opinion of producers: “They watch while the lowly make bricks and suggest, at regular intervals, that the brick-makers begin to gather their own straw. And they propound heresy. They sell all parts of the pig but the squeal. And then they sell the squeal.”
Tag: 04.09.04
Iraq Art Treasures Deteriorating In Storage
Some of Iraq’s most valuable antiquities are deteriorating in storage. “The exquisitely carved Nimrud Ivories have been suffering from dampness, following flooding by sewage-contaminated water last April, during the fighting. It is now clear that this has already caused some fragmentation and mould.”
Christo And Jeanne-Claude In Central Park
Next February, Central Park will be home to a Christo and Jeanne-Claude. “After two and a half decades of refining the work and banging on official doors for a hearing, they are about — thanks to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s approval — to achieve their goal, with a project called “The Gates.” It is logistically one of the team’s most complicated to date, and certainly, at 25 years, the longest in gestation.”