Installation art at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie International – “the thrill is always finite, comprehensible and either fun or morally uplifting, digestible and quickly gone.” New York Times
Month: November 1999
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS TONIGHT:
Steve Martin hosts, Oprah Winfrey to get honorary prize. The writers? There’s “little glamour among the actual nominees this year.” – (AP) Cleveland Plain Dealer
IT HAPPENED TO OIL. IT HAPPENED TO AUTOS
It’s the rise and consolidation of the multinational conglomerate. The global media/entertainment market is dominated by eight transnationals. The Nation
OPENING CHINA
Chinese admittance to World Trade Organization means more American movies in China, maybe less piracy. Variety
A NIGHTCLUB PIRANESI WOULD HAVE ENVIED
Former cold storage facility, 24,000-square-feet of vaulted tunnels below the streets of London, has been turned into city’s newest nightclub. London Telegraph
SELF-HELP BOOKS FOR ARTISTS
Allworth Press celebrates ten years of publishing practical guides to the business of the arts. Publisher’s Weekly
MOVE OVER PAUL HOGAN
Dame Edna and the Umbilicals expand the American experience of Australia. Sydney Morning Herald
GEHRY AT MIT
A “drunken barn dance as it might be represented in a Disney cartoon.” That’s what Frank Gehry’s proposed computer center for MIT strikes one observer. Boston Globe
ITALIAN PARADOX
No major publishing nation boasts more world-class publishers per capita, more enticing book design or lower list prices. So why do Italians buy so few books? – Publisher’s Weekly
CANADA’S GOVERNOR GENERAL LITERARY AWARDS ANNOUNCED
Matt Cohen’s “Elizabeth and After” wins English prize. The French language fiction prize goes to Lise Tremblay for “La Danse juive.” – CBC