“His contribution to opera in Canada was unique and indispensable. He picked up the pieces from the indefinite deferral of the opera house planned in the early eighties and steadily built the quality of the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra as he made the case for a proper opera house, appropriate to a G7 country in the 21st century.”
Tag: 08.17.07
Ads That Leave You Wondering
The latest advertising experiment is messages that are ambiguous. “With all the ways out there to advertise — TV, newspaper, radio, billboards etc. — word-of-mouth is often much more powerful. Designed to tease, these messages get people wondering and, hopefully, talking. The truth is you’re more likely to listen to and believe a co-worker or friend than a 30-second TV commercial.”
Auction Plan Infuriates Critics
“A collection of black art owned by Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Los Angeles has been carted off to be auctioned in New York, infuriating local art historians who want it to remain in California.”
How Do You Expand An Icon?
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is expanding for the first time in 80 years. “The museum’s first expansion since it opened nearly 80 years ago, the project aims to free up cramped collections, pieces of which now are relegated to storage because there’s no more room on the walls.”
CD Is 25 Years Old
The first CD produced was The Visitors by Abba. Since then, “more than 200 billion CDs have been sold worldwide since then and it remains the dominant format despite the growth in digital downloads.”
British Artists Find Their Muse In Kate Moss
“Kate Moss, who is nothing more than a commercial model, is turning into one of the great subjects of modern British art, what Lizzie Siddall was to the pre-Raphaelites. She has been depicted by Lucian Freud, Alex Katz, Gary Hume, Julian Opie, Stella Vine, Jürgen Teller and many others…. And now she has been put into the park at Chatsworth, three metres high and in painted bronze, in an extraordinary sculpture by Marc Quinn.”