Rising star architect David Adjaye’s design for Denver’s new Museum of Contemporary Art is a fresh take on museum design. In “a mere 27,000 square feet spread over four levels, he methodically inverts long-held ideas of how museums — especially contemporary art museums — should work.”
Tag: 11.08.07
Plan To Fix Ailing Pompidou Centre
Paris’ Pompidou Centre has become “cut off, cumbersome, and complex,” says its new leadership. What’s needed? A turnaround plan, of course, and a big one is in the works…
Sotheby’s Stock Takes A Big Tumble
Wednesday night’s Sotheby’s sale was disappointing. At least that’s what the financial markets seem to think. “Sotheby’s shares tumbled $14.23, or 28 percent, to $35.84 in New York trading after analysts downgraded their ratings.”
Will Writers’ Strike Be A Boon For Online Video?
“Hundreds of short and cheaply produced video series populate the Web on sites that might not quite rank as household names… But if the strike extends into January and beyond, viewers might end up looking elsewhere for original entertainment, potentially giving Internet video producers the biggest traffic boost in their relatively short history.”
Major Minneapolis Theatre In Danger Of Failing
Minneapolis’s Tony award-winning Theatre de la Jeune Lune is in serious trouble, running a $1m deficit and facing staff cuts and a reduced performance schedule. “Jeune Lune did not publicize a full 2007-08 season of plays and operas. Instead, it is offering fewer works, each announced individually.”
Canadian Portrait Gallery Well And Truly Dead
“[Canada’s] Conservative government nailed the final nail into the coffin of the National Portrait Gallery’s Ottawa building site yesterday, ordering workers to take down signs outside the former U.S. embassy on Wellington Street that was to have housed the fledgling institution.”
Broadway’s Mr. Wizard
Broadway audiences have become quite used to seeing dazzling special effects on stage. But live theatre isn’t like the movies – someone actually has to make sure that all those stunning effects work seamlessly every single night. Enter Sam Ellis, the go-to guy for achieving the impossible.
Unexpected Scrutiny For A Booker Winner
Author Anne Enright won the Man Booker Prize last month, and almost instantly found herself at the center of a media firestorm. But the press wasn’t talking about her award-winning novel. Instead, journalists zeroed in on a single line from a controversial essay Enright wrote earlier this fall.
Movie Museum Has An Architect
The Oscars are getting their own museum in LA, and “an architect who helped raise a bustling new quarter from the industrial mess of southeast Paris” has been tapped to design it. Christian de Portzamparc’s movie museum will rise just south of Hollywood Boulevard, and is expected to cost $200m.
No Takers For $35m Van Gogh
“A Vincent Van Gogh painting has failed to sell at an art auction in New York. Sotheby’s was hoping The Wheat Fields would fetch up to $35m, but it failed to reach its undisclosed reserve or attract a bid over $25m.” The painting is believed to be Van Gogh’s last completed work.