A look at three London orchestras who play with Alex Ross’s idea of a “‘great fusion’: intelligent pop artists and extroverted composers speaking more or less the same language.”
Tag: 12.01.11
Why We’re Lucky David Bowie Nixed A Jukebox Musical
“The problem with Bowie is that so many treatments are possible: post-apocalyptic glam, bleached new-wave sci-fi, neurotic globetrotting lushness. The bigger problem is that he’s done them all himself, on record or video, better than anyone else is likely to.”
Judge Throws Out Heir’s Lawsuit Against Dallas Museum Of Art
The only son of Wendy Reves, who donated a $400 million art collection to the museum in 1983, alleged that the DMA and several individuals pressured the elderly Reves to change her will in 1998. (No, the judge didn’t think that made any sense, either.)
Is Art Prankster Maurizio Cattelan’s Retrospective Just A Meta-Prank?
“The show is less a survey of his work than a big-budget joke about the very idea of the career-summarizing survey. With the help of curator Nancy Spector and a team of crack engineers, Cattelan has suspended almost all the works from his two-decade career – about 130 in all – from cables in the center of the Guggenheim’s famous atrium.”
Denver Post Theatre Critic Takes Buyout
“Maybe I’m the most surprised of all to be reporting that I’ve accepted a very generous “voluntary separation agreement” from my employer. That means that as of Wednesday, for the first time in 18 years (this time around), I’ll no longer be a full-time employee of The Denver Post. Understand that I really don’t want to go. But, with apologies to Beckett … I really want to go.”
Talks Between NY City Opera And Unions At Impass
“Contract talks between New York City Opera and its two main unions broke down on Thursday shortly after midnight, leaving little immediate prospect of an agreement and raising the possibility of a strike by the orchestra and chorus.”
Can You Really Sue Over A Bad Review?
“I spoke to the editor Mary-Kay Wilmers and said: ‘Don’t force my hand by forcing me to put it in the hands of lawyers.’ All I have got back is weasel words.”
Why English Canadian TV Has Never Mastered The Art Of The Talk Show
“English Canadians love to talk Canadian politics. They produce more than their fair share of comics. So why can’t they seem to find the right mix of late-night talk and late-night jokes? Those who try say defeatism is one problem.”
No Surprise: Technology Helping To Build New Fans For Music
“With music downloading – authorized or not – an inescapable reality today, a growing number of artists, managers and industry figures are looking for new ways to take advantage of technology – seeing it not as a hindrance, but as an invaluable tool.”
Study: Free Admission To UK Museums Has Doubled Attendance
“Government figures show visits to museums that had previously charged for entry in London increased by 151% between 2000-01 and 2010-11. The total visitor numbers to DCMS-sponsored museums for 2010-11 was 43.8m.”