“There is no official announcement, but the highly reliable German newspaper Die Welt reports as a fact that Nagano is in line to succeed Simone Young at the Hamburg State Opera.”
Tag: 09.11.12
Broadway Director Albert Marre Dead At 87
“[He] directed or staged more than two-dozen Broadway shows during his more than 50 years in theater, among them the musicals Kismet and Milk and Honey. But it was Man of La Mancha … that brought him his greatest acclaim” – he won a Tony for the original Broadway production in 1965 and directed three Broadway revivals and countless regional and overseas productions.
Want People To Pay Attention To What You Write? (Pick A Tough Font)
“In two experiments, people’s attitudes became less polarized if they read a short article in a difficult-to-decipher font. The lack of ease apparently forced them to slow down and use more brain power to understand the text. This, in turn, increased the likelihood that they would respond to the material with an open mind.”
Growing Problem: Victims Of Art Forgeries Have Limited Recourse
“Time and money limit the number of forgeries investigated. As the art market becomes more international, so too does the geographical spread of victims.”
Rome Removes Lovers’ Locks From Bridge
Thousands of ‘love padlocks’ fixed to an ancient Roman bridge by passionate couples have been sliced off with bolt cutters and dumped in a warehouse in a bid to save the bridge from damage.
2012 Booker Shortlist Released
“Back in July, the Booker judges announced a wide-ranging and defiantly highbrow longlist that wasn’t afraid to ignore big names. Now we have a shortlist that, at a time of seismic change in the industry, rewards tiny publishers running on enthusiasm and strong coffee alone, and, true to form, only two well-known authors remain.”
Venice Architecture Biennale – Less Said The Better
“With a sea change (partly generational, mostly philosophical) overtaking architecture, and attention turning from glamorous buildings and celebrated designers to broader issues like urbanism, public space, social responsibility and collaboration, “Common Ground” is well intended but, alas, a missed opportunity.”
Arts Council England Launches Fund To Pay Arts Interns
The plan “will aim to subsidise up to 6,500 new apprenticeships, pre-apprenticeships and paid internships across the arts and cultural sector for unemployed people aged 16 to 24.”
Norman Bel Geddes, The Man Who Designed All Of America
“If anything, it would be difficult to overstate the trajectory of this prolific polymath, whose bold futuristic imaginings, coupled with a belief in the transformative power of art, architecture and design, drove him to rethink everything from Broadway theater sets and department-store window displays to the look of vacuum cleaners, cocktail shakers, the automobile, the circus tent and an interstate highway system.”