“Independent cinema is often thought of as a young person’s medium, by reason of low budgets, often naïve subject matter and an “alternative” cachet. But many of the better-known people working in it are no longer kids. They are, however, being forced to remain alternative.”
Tag: 12.12.07
NEA Theatre Critic Fellows Chosen
Twenty-five arts journalists have been chosen for this year’s NEA Theatre Criticism Institute as the University of Southern California…
How To Get More Aboriginal Art Into The National Gallery?
In Canada you endow a curator’s chair. A $2 million gift has made it possible. The endowment will enable the Ottawa gallery to collect more contemporary works of indigenous art
Hollywood Flounders Trying To Crack India
“The consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers predicts that India’s film industry will more than double in size over the next four years, from just over $2 billion dollars in revenue to close to $4.5 billion. With numbers like that, it’s no surprise that all the big American studios want a cut.”
In Australia: Theatres Protest Indigenous Theatre Proposal
A plan to set up a national indigenous theatre company has met opposition from a group of existing companies who say such an initiative would be exploitative and likely to “desecrate indigenous protocol and respect”.
EU Cracks Down On Italian TV: Too Many Commercials
Claiming Italian TV viewers are getting too many commercial breaks with their shows, the European Commission has taken legal action against the country in a move being blasted by Silvio Berlusconi’s Mediaset, which could be hurt by stricter rules.
50 Cent: File Sharing Helps Artists, Not Hurts
The rapper admitted that his label, G-Unit Records, faces challenges, particularly since hip-hop listeners are “embracing innovations faster than the fans of classical and jazz music”. Instead of showing patience and support as artists develop, labels “peddle ringtones, not records”.
Collectors Give LA County Museum Major Artworks
Janice and Henri Lazarof have given the museum 130 works by major artists, LACMA officials said this week. The gift includes 20 works by Pablo Picasso spanning 65 years, seven figurative sculptures and a painting by Alberto Giacometti, and two versions of Constantin Brancusi’s signature bronze, “Bird in Space.”
Treasure Trove – Inside The Scholar’s File Cabinet
“If many researchers have had to scan rare documents or books for their own perusal, there’s a potential treasure trove of material that exists among their combined efforts. Rather than let all that scholarship rot, or waste away in data files, the George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media sees an opportunity to create an open archive of scholarly resources in the public domain.”
The Latin Empire – How A Language Dominated The World
We tend to think of Latin as something that might season our dreary vernacular, per the cutesy suggestion of books such as “Put a Little Latin in Your Life.” But our very best prose and public oratory does not have just a “little Latin.” It’s Latin through and through — in tempo, structure, and diction.