Nearly two decades of modernist sales from a supposed mystery cache come under fire in a case that includes prominent galleries, collectors — and even the FBI.
Tag: 12.03.11
Cultural Traditions Eroding? Occupy The Theatre!
Actors, activists and supporters have occupied the Teatro Valle, Rome’s oldest theatre, for five months – ever since the city council started to talk about privatizing it.
Utah Musicians Take A Financial Hit – For Three Years
“In a contract extension that was effective Dec. 1, orchestra musicians agreed to waive $616,000 of their salaries this season, with a total waiver of $1.1 million over the next three seasons. From 2008 to 2015, when the current extension will expire, the musicians will have endured $3.8 million in salary cuts.”
A Decade Of Art Basel Miami Beach: Good, Bad, Ugly, Or What?
One gallery owner says Miami Beach “was feral” when the fair opened in 2002. Now, Miami’s an arts destination. Is it more than “a bright, colourful taste”?
Edinburgh’s Refurbished Museum Wins The Day
The overhauled Scottish National Portrait Gallery “is a museum of and for the people, Scotland’s family album, from the last crofters on St Kilda’s to the latest immigrants. Everyone should feel some connection with the thousands of faces on show.”
You Can Have Your Little Play, But The Talkbacks Are Outlawed
L.A. Theatre Works was in the middle of performing “Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers” at Peking University when the fiat came by text message: Kill the talkback.
No, Really, In 2012, TV Will Go Online (Maybe)
“Amid an almost daily deluge of new deals and initiatives, it feels like we’re getting closer — approaching some kind of threshold, one that could launch video content toward a next level but might also claim high-profile casualties in the process.”