Controversial show Brooklyn Museum show was largely financed by those who stood to gain from promoting artists in the show. New York Times
Source: New York TimesMonth: October 1999
BOCELLI DEBUT DUD
Tenor Andrea Bocelli made his North American opera debut with “Werther” in Detroit this weekend. One critic calls the performance brave and given with charm, but his untrained voice was “inadequate and ultimately boring.” – Detroit News
(AND: Other reviews – New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune)
NORMAN ROCKWELL RECONSIDERED
The artist critics loved to disparage is getting a new tour through some blue-chip museums. Rockwell in the Guggenheim? Crazy! Christian Science Monitor
AND: Debut in Atlanta. Atlanta Journal-Constitution 11/1/99
AN AMERICAN DREAM
San Francisco Ballet goes to London for the first time ever and wows the critics. – Financial Times
Source: Financial TimesCANADIAN JUDGE BANS BROADCAST OF FILM –
CANADIAN JUDGE BANS BROADCAST OF FILM
INTIMACY OF INK
Bibliophiles – fear not the electronic book – for its wonders transcend the printed page. – Intellectual Capital
PORTRAYING PITTSBURGH
Installation artists from around the world converge on downtown Pittsburgh for the Carnegie International. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
AND: Some historical perspective Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10/31/99
HAVE A COW
Chicago’s outdoor art cows have attracted more attention to the city’s downtown than the 1996 Democratic National Convention, and pumped $200 million into the economy. Atlanta Journal Constitution
Source: Atlanta Journal ConstitutionSHUFFLING THEATERS
“Ragtime,” “Pimpernel” (maybe) to close on Broadway. Theater notes. New York Times
Source: New York Times