Management had Meyerhoff Symphony Hall open and ready for rehearsal for this weekend’s scheduled season opening, but the musicians say they won’t play without a contract — and they’ve now rejected both management’s proposed one-year contract for a 40-week season (with only a slight decrease in pay from the previous 52-week contract) and an offer to extend the expired contract through Dec. 31 and keep negotiating. – The Baltimore Sun
Tag: 09.11.19
Why Is A Looted Mayan Sculpture Going Up For Auction?
“The sculpture was almost certainly stolen in the early 1960s from the ancient Maya site. It passed through the inventory of a prominent Los Angeles gallery on its way to Paris. Its illicit history is no secret, yet the sale in France is scheduled to proceed in broad daylight.” – Los Angeles Times
Larry Gagosian: “You Always Have To Be On The Side Of The Artist”
“For all the achievements, one gets the sense that Gagosian still enjoys the hustle. He’s certainly in no rush to retire. He’s still signing new artists, still staging exhibitions, still offering the kinds of insights that only a lifetime spent at the highest echelon of the art world can produce.” – GQ
$8.27 Million & Counting: Metropolitan Museum’s Disposable Irving Gift of Chinese Art
When I attended the celebratory press conference in 2015 that announced multiple major benefactions to the Met’s Asian Art Department, little did I know that a few years later the Met would auction off a good chunk of those lauded gifts. – Lee Rosenbaum
Community Engagement Resources
The beginning of a new academic year feels like a good time to work on making all of these resources more widely known. ArtsEngaged has the following available for people in the field who want to support community engagement. – Doug Borwick
Choreographer David Bintley On 24 Years Running Birmingham Royal Ballet, And On Why He Left
“I haven’t made anything for three years. First, there is no money, second the job has tilted so much towards administration there is no time to make stuff. I have always said there are two different kinds of AD – those that choreograph and those that don’t. At certain times in a company’s history you will need one or the other. At this point in my life I simply want to make dance. I’m happy not to be a director any longer. I don’t want to be stuck in an office again.” – The Stage