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Tag: 11.26.11
In The UK, Arts Audience Expanding During Economic Contraction
“The audience for cultural events has radically changed in the past few decades. It is a far wider constituency than in the post-war era, the result of education, of radio and television. Art is smart.”
Australian Aboriginal Art Has Succeeded Wildly In The Modern World. Why?
“Modern Western audiences could encounter images that were resonant with the beliefs of an inconceivably ancient culture – one that predated not only metals, ceramics, the wheel, but even agriculture itself – and all in a beguilingly decorative form.”
Can Charles Dickens Be The Next Jane Austen (On TV, Anyway)?
“Now that the Jane Austen vogue may be fading, Dickens, with this bicentenary happily arriving, is the obvious replacement, the gold medallist for the London Olympic year. Very suitable: Dickens was the man who invented London in literature.”
Time For Peter Gelb To Bring New Production Talent To Met Opera?
“There is no formula for innovation in opera production. Both avant-garde and time-tested approaches can work. That Mr. Gelb has thought hard about this, recruited major directors and brought audiences some remarkable work is to his credit. Even so, just as the Met needs an exemplary music director, it could use a comparably experienced artist to oversee productions. With so much else to do, you would think that Mr. Gelb would welcome the notion.”