Hot names to surprises – the artists who made the cut with the curatorial team choosing next March’s Whitney Biennial. New York Times
Tag: 12.08.99
CEZANNE SELLS FOR £18 MILLION –
– at London auction. BBC
PITTSBURGH gets –
– a major new Michael Graves-designed home for theater. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
CENSORING MYTHOLOGY
It’s as American as Huck Finn. When Seattle artist Michael Spafford added his version of the Hercules labors to the Washington state legislature’s neo-baroque chamber, lawmakers were scandalized and had them covered, then removed after years of controversy. The Oregonian
ARTIST ROYALTY SCHEME BLOCKED
An EU plan that would have given artists a 4 percent cut every time one of their works was sold in Europe has been voted down. BBC
E-BOOK BREAKTHROUGH
Three-quarters of the 3,000 e-books published are romances. Now the most popular has sold 6,000 copies. The Romance Writers of America requires that an electronic book sell more than 5,000 copies before it will recognize the author or publisher. Thus for the first time is legitimacy conferred. – Wired
A NEW GOVERNMENT INQUIRY –
– on the state of Canada’s bookselling industry will investigate disappearance of independent booksellers. – CBC
TORONTO SYMPHONY settles strike with musicians
Terms include a 30 percent raise, making the orchestra the highest-paid in Canada. But about that troubling multi-million-dollar deficit… – CBC
FALLING ASLEEP IN BERLIN AND SALZBURG
Personnel changes in top jobs in musical capitals portends a future not worth waiting for. – London Telegraph
- The new man in Salzburg – New York Times 12/8/99
DIGITAL MUSIC over the internet –
– will account for 80 percent of music sales by 2005. But it won’t be cheaper, says one recording exec – it’ll cost you more. – Wired