“A number of major French cultural projects–including a proposed public art centre on the Ile Seguin and the expansion of the Palais de Tokyo contemporary art centre, both in Paris–are under threat following the unveiling of France’s Culture budget for 2008, the first drawn up by President Sarkozy’s centre-right government.”
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International Interest Changing China’s Art Scene
“All this international attention is inevitably transforming what has, until relatively recently, been an edgy, underground scene. The rapid commercialisation of the art scene has, however, prompted soul-searching.”
Will Writers’ Strike Wreck TV?
“Over the next few weeks advertisers and the TV networks in Canada and the United States will begin preparing for the worst – that the three-week-old impasse drags on into January. By then, the well of fresh episodes for the top-rated shows will have run dry. And the ripple effect could be far reaching.”
Initiative: Major Writers Being Translated Into Arabic
“Books by Stephen Hawking, Umberto Eco, Haruki Murakami and other star writers past and present have been chosen as the first works to be translated into Arabic, in a major initiative to widen access to foreign literature.”
Germany Proposes New Pan-European TV
German politicians have called for “true pan-European television to act as a balance to emerging television giants China, India and Brazil. Those three countries would bypass Europe as the world’s most important TV markets.”
UK Government Admits False Arts Funding Figures
The British Department of Culture has been forced to admit a series of claims it made about increases in arts funding were incorrect.
Survey: Few In UK Know About Upcoming Cultural Olympics
“While 93% of respondents know London is to host the Olympics, only 15% are aware that there is to be an organised cultural offering as part of the games. This is even though there is less than a year to go before the Olympiad begins.”
New Software Will Write That Book For You
“While it may seem that certain genre writers produce their annual blockbuster using autopilot, Novel Writer takes the process one step further. If you still need help with a title here’s one for free: There’s One Born Every Minute.”
A New Generation Of Musical Outreach
“It’s easy to take a jaded view and see educational outreach merely as do-good public relations operations. How much can be achieved, after all, when a string quartet makes a one-time visit to a public school in Harlem? But increasingly conductors like see outreach and education as central components of a music director’s job.”
Michael Kaiser, The Arts’ Mr. Fix-It
“Michael Kaiser, the turnaround virtuoso who rescued from financial ruin the Kansas City Ballet, the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Foundation, American Ballet Theatre and, before coming to the Kennedy Center, London’s Royal Opera House, has developed an almost messianic urge to teach the art of arts management to struggling cultural institutions around the globe.”