“The transformation of London, a sleepy backwater for two decades, into an art capital that rivals New York has never been more apparent than in this past fortnight of auctions, with record prices fetched for works by artists ranging from Monet to Francis Bacon.”
Tag: 07.04.08
London Surges As Art-Buying Capital
“The transformation of London, a sleepy backwater for two decades, into an art capital that rivals New York has never been more apparent than in this past fortnight of auctions, with record prices fetched for works by artists ranging from Monet to Francis Bacon.”
Tucson Chamber Music Group Puzzled By Actors’ Union Ban
Equity warns its members not to work with Tucson’s Chamber Music Plus Southwest. But “we’re not a theater organization. It doesn’t fit. If we were a theater organization, where actors came in for a week at a time and you had costumes and sets, that’s Equity. What we do is no different than what the New York Philharmonic does. . . . It’s a guest appearance by an actor; it’s not an Equity situation. But they don’t seem to understand this.”
Strike.TV Takes To The Web
“Strike.tv plans to launch this summer with more than 40 shortform programs, including comedies, dramas and a game show. Some programs will be serialized while others will be standalone; the site has yet to secure advertising. The impetus for the online network came from writers who wanted to generate revenue for out-of-work colleagues.”
Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre Becomes A Hot Venue
When Chicago’s Drury Lane Theatre opened on Michigan Ave. in 2005 it had a rocky start. Now not so much. “A lot of shows are now circling red-hot downtown Chicago looking for a venue. We don’t have enough theaters with more than 500 seats. A whole lot of in-town and out-of-town producers want a piece of Drury Lane. So does Broadway in Chicago, which would dearly love to program all the shows at the Drury Lane Water Tower and would probably do a fine job.”
Prado’s Claim That One Of It’s Goyas Is Not Authentic Has Experts Buzzing
“The Prado’s announcement last week about the Colossus, a large oil painting depicting the torso of a giant bursting through the clouds as he marches above a terrified village, is causing a furor among experts, some of whom still believe the painting is genuine.”
Barbershop Quartets Fight Over Their Heritage
The signature sound of four unaccompanied male voices singing in harmony has been the roots of the style, but modernizers want new blood and fresh ideas. Supporters of the traditional style are also known as ‘kibbers,’ for the slogan ‘Keep It Barbershop.’ The traditionalists question the use of modern songs in barbershop harmonizing. Some say the chord structures don’t lend themselves to harmonizing because they are based on the blues, not classical sounds.”
A New Democracy In Music, Movies
“After many years of the seemingly unstoppable growth of the multinationals, the will of the People is creating a new democracy in which popular music, art and film are being produced in an explosion of creativity. Freedom of musical expression is with us again, and it is making people extremely happy.”
Musicians Raise Alarm Over Proposed EU Royalty Reform
“The EC has been investigating the way in which music royalties are collected after suggestions that the current system is unfair. At the moment, each of the 27 EU member states have separate royalty collection agencies, but it has been claimed that this means that each agency in fact enjoys a monopoly, therefore contravening European law.”