“Still, given the debate over rising inequality in the U.S. and elsewhere, paying $142 million for a work of art may seem … extreme. And that’s probably true. However, the mechanics of the art world suggest the amount is justifiable.”
Tag: 11.13.13
Man Booker Prize Winner Picks Up Second Big Award
Eleanor Catton, who last month became the youngest Booker laureate ever for her murder mystery The Luminaries, has now won Canada’s $25,000 Governor-General’s Literary Award.
“Delicious To Hear And Even More Toothsome To Sing”: Nico Muhly On John Tavener’s Music
“It is difficult to overstate the effect Tavener’s music has had on younger generations. There is much to be learned compositionally from careful study of his patience and surprise revelations, but I am more interested in how singing his music has enabled a generation of musicians to really enjoy stillness and circular structures.”
Now Germans (Some Of Them) Are Getting All Verklemmt About Denglisch
“With terms like ‘flashmob’ and the newly adopted ‘shitstorm’ the German language society Verein Deutsche Sprache criticized the German language bible for diluting the language and incorporating too many Anglicisms.”
Margie Gillis On 40 Years As A Dancer
“When I was younger, the work was an engagement with wild, rough motion, later I went through an age of physical refinement and now at 60, as skin separates from bone, I have a more pronounced understanding of the energy behind things.”
Young American Dancer Accuses Bolshoi Staffers Of Extortion
“American ballet dancer Joy Womack claimed during an interview with Russian daily Izvestia that employees of the world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet attempted to extort $10,000 from her for a chance to perform on stage.”
Then There Was That Time The University Of London Tried To Sell Its Shakespeare Folios…
“There have been many other such campaigns against the sales of historic libraries and items from them; why did this one raise such strong feelings and why did it succeed? “