Chandigarh, designed and constructed as a capital for the Indian state of Punjab, was for years dismissed as empty, sterile, overplanned and misguided – an Asian Brasilia. Yet today visitors are drawn to the city for Le Corbusier’s now-historic (if rather worn) architecture, and his urban planning is considered a model.
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Remaking Sydney Dance Company
Artistic director Rafael Bonachela’s “abstract, often frenetic, yet highly sensuous aesthetic was not the obvious choice to succeed the lyrical and often narrative based work of the very-popular [Graeme] Murphy.”
Shaw Festival Bequeathed Royalties From My Fair Lady
“The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., has announced an unusual bequest under which it will receive part of the proceeds from the musical and film rights of My Fair Lady, a beloved adaptation of one of Bernard Shaw’s plays.”
Czech Cities Battle Over Mucha’s Art Nouveau Masterpiece
“The Slav Epic, which took [Alphonse] Mucha more than a decade to complete, comprises 20 paintings up to 20ft high and 26ft wide that display haunting and evocative moments of Slav history.” In 1963, after spending the postwar years buried under heaps of coal, the work went on display in a small Moravian town hall. Now Prague wants it back.
Finally, Here Come the New Female Choreographers!
Wendy Perron: “Gutsy. Wild. Smart. Original. All four of these young choreographers fit those words … After all the public worrying about the dearth of women choreographers, or the obstacles blocking the paths of women choreographers, this last week at the Joyce was cause for celebration.”
It’s Pablo Escobar-land! Colombia Turns Drug Kingpin Into Tourist Attraction
“Seventeen years after being gunned down by police as he fled over the roof of his hideout, Colombian cocaine king Pablo Escobar is back. This time he’s not public enemy number one but a tourist attraction, drawing visitors to his old stomping ground, the city of Medellin.”
Miami Art Museum Gets New Leader With Big Plans
“If all goes as planned, MAM, now a two-story building with a $5.5 million to $6 million operating budget, a 632-piece permanent collection and 33,000 square feet of space — a little less than half carved out for exhibitions — will move into a snazzy 200,000-square-foot facility with 120,000 square feet of programmable space where, museum leaders hope, its holdings will multiply.”
Broadcast TV Audience Aging Twice As Fast As Population
“The median age for viewers at those networks and CBS is now 51. The broadcasters’ audience has aged at twice the rate of the general population during the past two decades, according to a new report. It’s a quiet trend with a real impact on the way they do business.”
Syracuse Symphony Faces Tough Times
“It’s been nearly 20 years since the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, a jewel in the crown of Central New York’s cultural establishment, faced such daunting financial hurdles that it ended its season four months early.”
The Mystery Of The Led Zeppelin Art
“It was one of the more unusual art finds: four sketches by Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais tucked inside covers of Led Zeppelin LPs. What brought the worlds of rock and fine art even closer was the fact the albums belonged to Rick Hobbs, chauffeur and aide of Jimmy Page, one of the band’s founders and a passionate collector of Victorian art.”