“The classical-music holiday album is, on a scale of Santa to Scrooge, everything from a sincere embrace of the season to an evergreen marketing opportunity. It also brings different challenges and conventions than recording Bach or Beethoven.”
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How To Thwart Art Thieves? A Security Expert’s How-To
“The key is to make objects slow or complicated to physically remove, while at the same time making it difficult to ascertain the way objects on display are secured, for those engaged in hostile surveillance.”
The Ten Most Expensive Artworks Sold At Auction This Year
The trends to spot are trends that have been going on for a few years now.
“Legit” Theatre Versus Religion (The Great Divide)
“Art and religion share the psychological state of transportation—being transported. We all love being taken out of ourselves, temporarily. So why in fields that are both devoted to awe and transport, does the norm seem to be an unspoken separation between church and stage?”
Moody’s Lowers Metropolitan Opera’s Credit Rating
“The Metropolitan Opera’s decision to once again use its monumental Chagall murals as collateral for loans was one of the factors Moody’s Investors Service cited on Monday when it downgraded the company’s credit rating, noting the company’s ‘weakened financial profile’.”
A Bad End To A Good Year At Belgium’s La Monnaie
“Two things, both unexpected and both potentially threatening, happened to the theater, which is one of Europe’s best run and most innovative opera companies.”