Auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. has made a deal to pay admission fees to collector Charles Saatchi’s new London gallery in a “bid to gain access to more buyers and sellers of art.” Phillips, which sold $135 million of contemporary art in the first half, will pay an undisclosed sum to Saatchi’s museum, scheduled to open in 2008, ‘for a few years’. In return, Phillips will place its Web sites on Saatchi’s Internet gallery.”
Tag: 07.16.07
Free Prince, Now Free To The World
Three million copies of Prince’s new album were given away free in the UK’s Mail on Sunday. Within minutes, the internet was flooded with copies of the music, free for download. Hundreds of the CDs have also been put up for sale on auction site eBay.
Gelsey Kirkland – Back On Stage
“At 54, Kirkland needs mime skills for her ballet comeback, but her role as the wicked fairy Carabosse in this unorthodox ‘Sleeping Beauty’ also involves being the centerpiece of complex lifts and, for a time, even some aerial maneuvers — though those have been deleted from the production since the New York run. No, she’s never done wire work before, or been a choreographer, for that matter, but she’s also never been afraid of a new challenge — and playing someone she calls “a woman who is beautiful on the outside but evil on the inside” is definitely that.”
Hartford Atheneum’s Rocky Road
Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum has had some rough times. Plans to get into a new home stalled. And there has been rapid turnover in leadership. “The cumulative effect of the museum’s missteps has left some of its biggest fans worried about the future. In short, why does the museum seem to be in such a continual state of confusion with no clear direction?”
LuPone Vs. Gypsy (So Far A Tie)
“If any actress of her generation seemed fated to play Momma Rose, the juggernaut of a stage mother in the musical ‘Gypsy,’ it was Patti LuPone, the juggernaut of a Broadway star.” And yet, writes Ben Brantley, LuPone doesn’t quite seem to fit the role in a huge new Broadway revival.
Gulf Coast – A Culture Of Gambling Takes Hold
In New Orleans, “tourism is still in the doldrums and only 60 percent of the pre-Katrina population has returned nearly two years after the hurricane and flooding devastated the area.” But the region’s casinos are raking in the cash at record Levels.