“Stage designers are some of the most obsessive and dedicated people I know – and they must also frequently endure the indignity of seeing the director getting the lion’s share of the credit for the end result.”
Tag: 09.11.13
So Failing Is Cool And Innovative Now. Should It Be?
“Underlying many popular Silicon Valley failure clichés is entrepreneurs’ belief that “starting companies these days is akin to doing research in the past” — as if we don’t need research when the opportunity to fail is so readily available.”
Theatre – An Existential Challenge
“Theaters in New York and elsewhere continue to struggle with revenues, with small ones in constant fear of losing leases as landlords seek to capitalize on the improving real estate market.”
Prices For Aboriginal Art Are Soaring
“People recognise there’s a direct association between these works and a culture that’s 40,000 years old and potentially coming to an end.”
Man Calls 911 To Theatre Over Use Of Cell Phones During Movie
“It is apparently TIFF policy that cellphones not be used during a film, but enforcement is generally more lax during what are called press and industry screenings.”
Art Stolen In The Holocaust Wa Supposed To Be Returned. Why Hasn’t It Been?
“Nearly 15 years later, however, much of the worldwide momentum for art restitution embodied in the Washington Principles has been lost and replaced by malaise, indifference, and frustration, experts say.”
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Make Counter-Offer To End Lockout
“Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra on Tuesday said they had given management a counterproposal on a new contract. Management disagreed, calling the communication a ‘vague framework for a proposal that calls for wage increases over three years’.”
Selling Detroit’s Art “Makes No Economic Sense”: New York Times
Roberta Smith: “Were this to happen, it would be a betrayal of public trust and donors’ bequests and a violation of the museum’s nonprofit status. It also makes no economic sense. The Detroit Institute of Arts is one of the few remaining jewels in Detroit’s tattered identity, and is essential to the city’s recovery.”
Copyright Victory For Village People’s Policeman, Thanks To “Termination Rights”
“After six years of legal wrangling and decades after he wrote the lyrics to the hit song ‘YMCA,’ Victor Willis will gain control of his share of the copyright to that song and others he wrote when he was the lead singer of the 1970s disco group … [He] was able to recapture those songs, thanks to a little-known provision of copyright legislation that went into effect in 1978.”