“As a way of asking God to forgive her father [King Henry II of England], Eleanor commissioned paintings of the murder of Becket to adorn the walls of a church in the northern Spanish town of Soria. … [T]hree decades ago, builders were stabilising the ruin when they re-discovered these medieval paintings in excellent condition.” This week, protective wood and glass were removed temporarily to reveal these paintings and raise finds for their restoration.
Tag: 05.15.09
Adrien Brody Tries Not To Get Recognized In Central Park
“He’s ‘all hooded up’: black sweatshirt, black cashmere sweater, and black baseball cap. Of course, there’s really no hiding the hooked nose and green eyes, and one suspects total anonymity is never an actor’s endgame anyway. The question is how much time remains before this particular jig is up.”
Video Games Exploring The Edge Of Reality
“Where do fictional characters ‘live’? “That is, when you’re not reading them on the page or watching them on the screen? Do they go back to a design document? Are they stuck in a sketchbook? Do they lumber around your subconscious? When nobody’s thinking about them, do they vanish, until a trade paperback or a lost film reel brings them back to mind?”
Orchestras Get Into The Technology Of Audience Participation
“Vaudeville, cabaret, they’ve been taking requests for centuries now, and we’re a little late in getting on board. We’re giving the patrons really their only opportunity to impact the programming, and it is very small, but it’s a nice gesture.”
Hockney: Report On Boys And Art Is Wrong
“David Hockney has condemned school inspectors for saying boys are turned off art by lessons that are too focused on drawing and painting.”
Video Game Sales Dive
“Overall, industry sales in the U.S. stumbled 17% in April over the previous year, with console sales dropping 8% and games sliding 23%.”
End Of UK Arts Programs Leaves Critics Pondering TV’s Arts Effects
“If, as many writers and publishers hope, people turn to books in times of social difficulty, let them do so without the unpredictable patronage of television executives.”
Canadian Regulators Warn TV Networks On Fees
“CTV and Global have been seeking for nearly three years to charge cable and satellite carriers 50 cents a subscriber for their signals in an effort to drum up new revenue. However, CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein told the networks the idea was akin to ‘hammering a dead horse’.”
Minnesota Legislators Debate Who Should Get Arts Funding
Minnesota voters approved new funding for the arts in the amount of about $45 million a year. Question is: how to spend it?
At Anemic Auctions, The Buyers Are Back — With Caution
“The art market may have just laid down its new floor. The major spring art auctions that conclude Friday in New York were the smallest round in terms of total sales in five years, but collectors have begun venturing back into the market in search of art bargains.”