“Its daring design [by architect Shigeru Ban] and smart, eye-catching exhibitions have won critical praise, and, just 18 months after opening, the centre has become the most popular exhibition space [in France] outside the capital.”
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Australia’s Video Game Industry Hopes To Get Cut Of Cultural Funding
The current government’s outline of a new arts proposal includes in its definition of “creative industries” electronic games and fashion alongside more traditional art forms. Says the country’s arts minister, “The games industry is in effect the next iteration of the film industry, because it embraces interaction.”
Was This Man The First Abstract Expressionist?
Clyfford Still “abruptly severed his ties to the commercial art world in 1951 and rarely showed or sold his works after that. … Nearly 95% of Still’s output has been locked away for decades.” A new museum in Denver devoted solely to Still’s work aims to restore Still’s art, and his reputation, in the art world’s consciousness.
A Theatrical Feast (That’s Not A Metaphor)
“Described as a ‘live installation with edible interludes’, writer/director Ali Zaidi’s show” – Journeys of Love and More Love – “unfolds before audiences seated at tables as he transforms his personal story into a universal one through video, live performance and food.”