“On a recent day, at least three security officers with holstered guns and batons guarded the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art addition. One carries a 9-millimeter pistol. Another, armed with a .38-caliber pistol, is assigned to stand a few feet in front of an artwork with a dead lamb, embalmed in a tank filled with formaldehyde and water, created by British artist Damien Hirst.”
Tag: 06.04.08
London To Be Open On Sunday (Finally)
To American theatregoers, it seems almost unbelievable that London’s world-famous theatres are dark every Sunday. That tradition is about to change, though, as the UK’s National Theatre is preparing to offer Sunday matinees, with other venues sure to follow. Many in London are wondering what took so long.
National Gallery Plans Blockbuster Renaissance Show
“If London’s National Gallery, under its new director Nicholas Penny, has hinted at the demise of the blockbuster, perhaps that death has been somewhat exaggerated. Its big autumn exhibition, announced yesterday, will be devoted to Renaissance portraits – a subject more or less guaranteed to attract visitors in droves.”
Hemingway The Poet
Two short poems scribbled by Ernest Hemingway in the back of a first edition volume of short stories are making headlines “as one of the most eye-catching attractions of this weekend’s antiquarian book fair at Olympia.”
Boozing In The Wings: The Unspoken Scandal
“Substance abuse among concert musicians has been going on for decades but has been kept under wraps… Between 25 and 30 per cent of musicians regularly take tablets or alcohol to combat performance anxiety,” according to one expert. So how widespread is the problem, and are there solutions?