“Art history is being rewritten through the prism of abuse, too. So it was that the Tate gallery has announced that it is ‘reviewing’ its policy on the display of prints by the artist Graham Ovenden and has already taken them offline.”
Tag: 04.10.13
NYT Book Review Gets A New Editor
The New York Times has named Pamela Paul the new editor of the Book Review section, as current editor Sam Tanenhaus takes on a new assignment as writer-at-large, according to a staff memo.
Why Women Don’t Have More Power In New Music
“At first glance, you might think that the field of contemporary classical music doesn’t have a whole lot in common with the high-powered corporate tech world. And you might also think that, in the arts, women have an easier time rising to the top. But in the art music world outside of the American orchestral scene, it’s harder to quantify how far women have or haven’t come. “
California Proposes HUGE Boost In Arts Funding
“An Assembly bill introduced by Adrin Nazarian (D-Sherman Oaks) would dedicate $75 million a year from the state’s general fund for the California Arts Council — up from the current $1 million.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Ends Musician Lockout
“After six months of a lockout, musicians and management of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra have a tentative contract deal.”
TV Networks Threaten To Go Cable-Only If Aereo Isn’t Shut Down
Aereo “scoops up the free signals of local television stations and streams them to the phones and computers of paying subscribers. Because Aereo cuts off the stations from the retransmission fees that they have grown to depend on, they are determined to shut down the service – even, the station owners say, if they have to take their signals off the airwaves to do so.”
What Will Chile Gain From Digging Up Pablo Neruda?
“A statute of limitations, along with the likelihood that culpable figures are dead, make an authoritative verdict on Neruda’s death improbable. The exhumation is creepy. … The decision, which followed a request by Chilean Communists, seems motivated more than anything by a present-day desire to bury the past by, paradoxically, digging it up.”
Jesse Eisenberg And Vanessa Redgrave On Sharing A Stage
A coversation with the two stars, both appearing in Eisenberg’s play The Revisionist – a script he sat on until he could convince Redgrave to appear in it.
Christie’s To Begin Operating In China
“Christie’s auction house said Tuesday it had been granted a license that would enable it to become the first international auction house to operate independently in China, which has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest art and auction market.”