Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has been painting for 20 years. Magritte and de Kooning are his big influences (Magritte inspired the Beatles’ apple logo). McCartney’s first public show is about to open in London. – The Telegraph (UK)
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AN INSIDE-THE-WALLS MAKEOVER
The English National Opera, mindful of the many travails of Covent Garden with its extravagant theatre makeover, has embarked on a more modest plan for its infrastructure. – The Telegraph (UK)
NEW DANCE COMPANY
Cleveland San Jose Ballet company dancers vote to form a new company and relocate to San Jose. The Cleveland San Jose company was shut down last week after failing to raise enough money to continue. The new company will be called Ballet San Jose of Silcon Valley and open its new season October 12. – San Francisco Examiner
WHITE MEN ONLY
Why are only 12 percent of the architects in the UK women? And why are there only about 100 architects from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in a profession of 27,000? That is an appalling statistic. Where, for example, are all the second-generation children of the Ugandan Asians who are making such strides in other professions such as the law, accountancy or medicine?” – The Telegraph (UK)
McCARTNEY’S PAINTINGS
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has been painting for 20 years. Magritte and de Kooning are his big influences (Magritte inspired the Beatles’ apple logo). McCartney’s first public show is about to open in London. – The Telegraph (UK)