“Richard Serra, previously the arch-villain of art, has gone mainstream. He has been accepted by the general public as a kind of modern old master, and, such treatment is only fitting, because that is exactly what he is.”
Tag: 12.01.07
Hollywood Producers Offer Writers $130 Million
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers said it was offering $130 million in extra pay over the life of the proposed three-year deal. The offer is ”above and beyond the more than $1.3 billion writers already receive each year,” the alliance said in a statement.
Broadway Strike Will Cost Ticket Buyers
“The increased costs from the tentative contract between producers and stagehands, including annual raises of about 4% for five years, will be nominal to consumers.”
Russian Collectors Make Their Mark
“16 years after the Communist Party lost control, both Russian collectors and their art have come in from the cold: a new breed of super-rich collectors is spending record sums to buy back their domestic art heritage, much of it from the foreign owners who snapped it up for a song in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution.”
Restoring Literature To The Pre-Editor Version
“Raymond Carver’s literary executor and his partner for the last 11 years of his life (he died in 1988, aged 50), Tess Gallagher, has declared her intention to publish the text of the stories as Carver wrote them.”
Bad News: CD Sales Languish On Black Friday
“Merchants reported a comparable-store music sales decline ranging from 15 percent to 25 percent for the weekend that begins with Black Friday, although they said robust movie and videogame sales helped soften the blow.”
A New Era For Italy/American Antiquities Talks?
“As the two sides reminded each other in frank exchanges on Wednesday, they need each other — for art loans, joint scholarship and possible collaboration on archaeological digs. And their mutual mistrust has faded considerably.”
Gehry’s Toronto Museum Looks Promising
“One year away from being completed, the Frank Gehry redesign is a staggering success. True, Gehry’s original design was worrisome for its heavy-handed treatment of both the front and back elevations.” But “now, it’s possible to be convinced of the great pleasures already being delivered by the project.”
Iran To Crack Down On Rap Music
“There is nothing wrong with this type of music in itself. But due to the use of obscene words by its singers this music has been categorized as illegal.”