Alice Oswald, a British poet who won the International Griffin poetry prize for her collection Falling Awake, said, “Most of my favourite poets (both dead and alive) have never won prizes. However, in the spirit of carnival, it’s important for all people to wear a crown and ride on a float for a day – as long as they don’t turn up for work in it.”
Tag: 06.09.17
Will 19th Century European Art Ever Regain Its Popularity?
Maybe not. Sorry, Jean-Léon Gérôme. “‘The issue is that this period is just not sexy any more,’ said Wendy Goldsmith, an art adviser based in London, who was formerly the international head of 19th-century European art at Christie’s. ‘So many collectors have moved through Impressionism and now over to contemporary.'”
The Dungeonmaster In The Running At The Tonys
When the playwright J.T. Rogers (of Oslo fame) hangs out with his son, this is exclusive narrative he spins: “His characters, a dwarven king, a 12-foot-tall mountain giant and a half-elven chef, were not interested in brokering peace; they and their army were a bloodthirsty lot, with dwindling food stores, hellbent on conquering a nearby population of gnomes.”
Yes, Occupy Wall Street Has A Literary Legacy
Sure, some nonfiction addresses the impact of Occupy (remember “the 99%”?), but there is also fiction, poetry, and more that describes, pictures, and sums up the legacy (at least so far) of the very large social movement.
Nero Rock Opera Is Not So Welcome In Rome
So state officials allowed a 3,000-person theatre to be constructed smack dab in the middle of one of Rome’s main archaeological sites so the opera could run this summer. “This may not be the first grave abuse perpetuated against Rome’s monuments, but it is certainly the most serious.”
Will ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Clean Up At Tonys?
Peter Marks of Washington, DC: “It comes down to the two shows with Washington pedigrees, both of which I feel great affection for. They’re both exciting, superbly staged and have powerful emotional cores. ‘Come From Away’ is a heartbreaking production about an extraordinary incident; ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is an extraordinary production about a heartbreaking incident. In the end, the more award-worthy achievement is the show that wrecked me more.”
This Year’s Cannes Was Deeply Conflicted About Art And Technology
“Every year it’s getting more and more intense, and that’s in part because companies such as Netflix and Amazon are part of the Cannes machine, so to speak. They’re financing, producing, distributing films, often with an eye to getting them to Cannes. So now we are in the business of negotiating prebuys, too.”
Italian Court Throws Out Plan For Coliseum Archeological Park
“The judges ruled that creating an independent archaeological park would disturb the unity of Rome’s Unesco-protected historic centre and deprive the city of the proceeds from ticket sales to the monuments.”
How An Obscure Eastern European Symphony Sold A Million Copies And Changed The Classical Record Industry
William Robin traces the history of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony No. 3, from its unhappy premiere at a French avant-garde festival 40 years ago (allegedly, Pierre Boulez shouted “Merde!), through the release, 25 years ago, of the surprise hit recording by conductor David Zinman and soprano Dawn Upshaw, to the major labels’ attempts to repeat the work’s success.