“The Oakland Museum is especially ambitious among Bay Area institutions. But there is no other local museum so out of date.” Now the museum is undergoing an extensive $53 million renovation.
Tag: 05.12.08
Needed: A Parliament For Artists
I like the idea of artists debating publicly about the arts – wider cultural questions as well as specific funding decisions – and for these open debates to form a key part of arts council thinking.
Next-Gen Cellphone Wars: Music
iPhone users use their phones for music. Much more than users of other cell phones. The music industry sees big possibilities in mobile music streaming.
Broadway Mermaid Actor Breaks Both Wrists In Stage Fall
Adrian Bailey, 51, was taken from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday, the Fire Department said. The Broadway veteran was being treated at Bellevue Hospital Center.
The Best-Of-Booker Shortlist
Iris Murdoch, William Golding and Kingsley Amis are among some of the 20th century’s foremost writers who have failed to make the shortlist. The nominees are Sir Salman Rushdie, Pat Barker, Peter Carey, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer and J. G. Farrell. Four of them were born outside Britain.
The Youngest Winner
A 12-year-old trombonist last night became the youngest winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award.
A Record Freud?
If the estimate is correct, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping by Lucian Freud is about to become the most expensive work by a living artist to change hands at auction. If the Freud makes or exceeds the estimate, it will be a double triumph for the previously underappreciated.