“Why does the art that adds so much to the texts published in The New York Times disappear? Why cannot Times simply index the art that it publishes, at least leaving the bibliographic tracings of the work in their newspaper? As they solve the rights problems and publish more art online, why not add “search images” as a option in advanced search?”
Tag: 10.08.07
Stirling Prize Finalists
UK’s top architecture prize finals shortlist in pictures…
Cuba’s Golden Age Of Music Fades With Aging Stars
Many of Cuba’s Golden Age stars are elderly or have died. “From the late 19th century and well into the middle of the 20th, Cuban popular genres, most of them dance music, swept the world: habanera, danzón, son, conga, rumba, mambo, cha-cha. And there’s salsa, which is mostly old Cuban genres reworked for modern tastes. Only American music has had a broader and deeper reach globally.”
Hollywood Prepares For November Writers’ Strike
“The harsh rhetoric surrounding the WGA negotiations plus the guild’s recent move to seek strike authorization have convinced execs that the threat of a Nov. 1 strike may be very real. A possible lockout is also being discussed.”
Copyright Run Amok
“The organising committee for a certain upcoming sporting event has decided it would be “disproportionate” to prosecute the author of a book called Olympic Mind Games for breach of copy-right. But, under no less than two acts of parliament, it could if it wanted to. In claiming copyright on a word, the organisation dedicated to the promotion of the competition to be held two years into the next decade is both following and extending a dangerous trend.”
Shakespeare Santa Cruz Gets New Director
Marco Barricelli will replace widely respected actor and director Paul Whitworth. “Like Whitworth, Barricelli is best known as a meticulously prepared, versatile and charismatic actor, proficient in classical and contemporary roles alike. In eight seasons each at ACT and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he’s excelled at everything.”
A San Francisco Cabaret Classic To Close
The long-rumored demise of the Empire Plush Room as the capital of San Francisco’s small but fiercely defended cabaret scene will apparently soon become a reality.
Glass’ Ambitious Civil War Opera Is Inconsistent
“The sheer hugeness of the Civil War as a subject often proves overwhelming, and there are long sections in the dramatically flaccid first act where “Appomattox” simply runs aground – not only structurally, but in director Robert Woodruff’s staging, which elsewhere crackles with a sharp kinetic energy.”
Dance Meets Physics (Again)
“Although dance and science might sound at first like an unlikely alliance, a fascination with basic questions about the world around us is common to both disciplines, and many artists find rich metaphoric possibilities in the pages of the science section of the daily newspaper.”
New Philip Glass Opera A Hit
Philip Glass’ new opera “Appomattox” at the San Francisco Opera is ‘a significant work,” writes David Mermelstein. “To my mind [it’s] one of the best new operas in many years, evoking the U.S. Civil War and its aftermath in complexly pleasing music and imagery.”