The Trust will be monitored by the state while it enacts reforms. “The report stated that the misuse of funds did not result from fraud and that the value of a settlement between the former president, Barry Munitz, and the trust exceeded the value of the losses from any improper payments. Notably, the attorney general found that a number of actions by Mr. Munitz that were approved by the board were consistent with the trust’s charitable purposes.”
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A Symphony Of Cell Phones
“A device similar to a traffic light signaled the audience members to activate their rings — red for the balcony, green for the orchestra seats — at various points in the piece. An assistant conductor, Terrance Gray, followed the score and activated the lights.”
The Turner Prize Has Lost Its Way
So this is the notorious Turner Prize, asks Rachel Campbell-Johnston? “It is supposed to showcase all that is most exciting on the forthcoming scene. But this year’s show looks set to stir little but intense public apathy.”
Knight: Getty Should Do Better
Christopher Knight writes that though the Getty can put the state’s investigation behind it, there is a bigger issue. “Beyond the blot on institutional reputation, the bigger tragedy is that eight years have been squandered… You would be hard-pressed to name many major art initiatives to have emanated from its gleaming Brentwood offices. The trust has mostly been missing in action.”
Controversial Idomeneo May Go On After All
Last week Berlin’s Deutsche Oper canceled a production of Mozart’s Idomeneo However, there are signs that Idomeneo could be resurrected, either in Berlin or Austria.
Spain To Start A National Ballet
“Spain is to try imitating the success of Britain’s Royal Ballet by establishing a national classical ballet company to tap a well of talented dancers who have been forced abroad.”
What Would A Big New Paris Arts Center Look Like, Anyway?
“The plans for the building, a mass of vast swirling and jutting glass panels unveiled yesterday, make the city’s other controversial edifices – the Louvre pyramid and the Pompidou Centre – look almost staid by comparison.”
Sorting Out This Year’s Turner Crop
This year’s Turner Prize finalists are up. So “who should win anyway? Who is making the best art, and what does that mean nowadays?”