“Select banks and the two major auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s, have been offering art financing for a long time. But in recent years, as values in the art market have risen, more and more collectors have taken advantage of it.”
Tag: 07.22.08
Should A Critic Write About The Orchestra That Set His Poems To Music?
Geoff Edgers thinks not. Lloyd Schwartz, the Boston Phoenix music critic, was asked by the Boston Symphony Orchestra to have his poems set to music by the Tanglewood Music Center’s composition fellows. Not okay, writes Edgers. But Peter Kadzis, the Boston Phoenix executive editor, clearly thinks it’s okay. “In an e-mail response, he stated that Schwartz ‘works in the now waning tradition of artist/critic, not unlike Virgil Thomson. That the Tanglewood fellows would choose to set his poetry to music is a mark of distinction, not a compromise. Narrow minds, of course, might think otherwise’.”
Colorado Symphony Prez Steps Down
“Colorado Symphony president Doug Adams announced today that he is leaving the orchestra to become president of the Dallas Symphony, effective Sept. 8. Earlier this month, CSO music director Jeffrey Kahane announced that he will step down following the 2009-10 season – a move unrelated to Adams’ decision to accept the Dallas post.”
“How Fiction Works” – All Here, In A Book
“Under the guise of a reader’s handbook, an introduction to the primary elements of fictional narrative (voice, detail, character, dialogue), [James] Wood has written a manifesto – one with the singular feel of an etiquette manual, though none of its fussiness.”
Arts In LA – If The Traffic Doesn’t Discourage You, How About The Gas Prices?
But in the City of Angels, at least, “there is no solid proof that $4.50-a-gallon regular is driving culture lovers en masse to buses and trains – or that it’s discouraging many from going to concerts, plays and museums.”
Celebrity Culture, German Style
Germany has long been funny about its relationship to local stardom and to the very notion of celebrity. “It’s the reverse of America. You can openly be an intellectual elitist here, but materially you must act the same as everyone else.”
Court Dismisses FCC Fine Over Janet Jackson’s Nipple Flash
Federal judges tossed out the $550,000 fine levied against CBS Corp. after Janet Jackson’s breast was briefly bared during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, ruling that the Federal Communications Commission “acted arbitrarily and capriciously” in penalizing the network for a “fleeting image of nudity.”