“The unveiling last spring of the nearly 5-meter (16-foot) tall bronze outside the city’s main train station bewildered the public and triggered salvos of sarcasm from the Vatican’s art reviewer.”
Tag: 09.28.11
Gallery Directors Play Bigger Role In Chicago Art Scene
“The role of gallery director is an increasingly significant one in Chicago, where the expansion of districts from River North and Michigan Avenue into the West Loop, Pilsen and beyond are evidence that more contemporary art galleries are shining than shuttering.”
Long Lost Beethoven Reconstructed And Performed
“Beethoven wrote the slow movement for his string quartet Opus 18 Number Two in 1799 before discarding it and composing another version a year later. The original has not survived, but has now been reconstructed by Prof Barry Cooper of Manchester University. He has reassembled the surviving sketches, filling in any gaps himself.”
Report: Number Of Gay Characters On US Broadcast TV Dips
“After significant gains during the 2010-11 primetime season, the overall number of LGBT characters on scripted television has dipped to 2.9 percent of scripted series regulars, down slightly from the 3.9 percent registered last year.”
Affirmative Acting: Company Casts Woman As Lear In Response To Equal Opportunity Complaint
“Melbourne Theatre Company, ordered in 2009 to address a gender imbalance in its productions, is to make King Lear a woman. Robyn Nevin, the great senior actress of the Australian stage, will play Shakespeare’s befuddled monarch at MTC next year.”