11.28.99 – ArtsJournal Wayback

CROSSING OVER

Five artists – choreographer Donald McKayle, visual artist Alexis Smith, TV producer Darren Star, R.E.M singer Michael Stipe, and director Julie Taymor – sit down to talk about art in the new century. Los Angeles Times 11/28/99

And:LESSONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY: The wild ride that changed the meaning of visual art. Christopher Knight explains. Los Angeles Times 11/28/99
And: 100 years of Cal art at the LA County Museum.
And: A century of architecture.
And: In TV. Media. Movies. Dance. Music. Theater.
And: internet is key to LA theater prosperity.
Los Angeles Times 11/28/99

CANADA

heads to this week’s World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle with cultural protection on its mind. CBC

THAT THEATRICAL QUALITY

A trap for the imagination – remembering installation art. New York Times

RETHINKING MODERN ART

Shocking developments at the Museum of Modern Art – a new way at looking at art of (nearly) our time. Dallas Morning News

WILL PLAY FOR FOOD:

The National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia’s tour of the UK wasn’t going well and the budget was busted. Musicians quarreled with the conductor, then took matters into their own hands – they hit the street to play for money. Compassionate Swansea shoppers helped save them. – BBC

REMEMBERING ALVIN AILEY

Hard to believe it’s been ten years – Ailey company looks back on the tenth anniversary of Judith Jamison’s reign. New York Times