Is new and improved 3D technology for films the Next Big Thing? – New York Times 01/02/00
Month: January 2000
OUT WITH THE OLD
Hollywood’s old guard is about to be overtaken. This year’s Oscar list is likely to be filled with a new generation of movie-makers. – The Sunday Times (UK) 01/02/00
ENCOUNTERING GRAHAM GREENE
Fascinating, infuriating interactions with an erratic Greene near the end of his life. – The Observer (UK)
STRAVINSKY RECONSIDERED
New biography of the composer attempts to set the record straight. – Philadelphia Inquirer
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS —
— in the digital age explained. Ease of digital copies a good excuse to revisit international laws. – Le Monde Diplomatique
IRONIC ISN’T IT?
There’s a backlash against everything else – why not irony too? But it’s hardly likely. “If irony isn’t literally wired into the human brain, it seems an inevitable response to the human condition.” Newsweek
AMONG THE STAID OLD MASTERS GALLERIES —
— clustered on a London street, an upstart arrived a half-dozen years ago. Jay Jopling’s Cube Gallery has brought worldwide attention to some of the most talked-about artists on the British art scene, including many of those in the “Sensation” show, which opened at the Brooklyn Museum last fall. His reaction to the Brooklyn flap? “That was great! You’d pay a million dollars to get publicity on that scale!” – ARTnews
HAS ABSTRACTION LOST ITS EDGE?
“The practice of abstractionism has failed to engage creatively with the radical change in human experience in recent decades; it has, seemingly, been unwilling to re-invent itself in relation to the systems of artistic expression and viewer expectation that have developed under the impact of the mass media.” Like their confreres elsewhere in the world, abstractionists in India are asking themselves an overwhelming question today: Does abstractionism have a future? – Art News In India
GLOBAL BLANDING
A Tokyo Gap may be indistinguishable from one in New York. But there’s still hope to recover from global blandishment. The future of international design, say designers, is local identity. – Metropolis
ONLINE ART
Suddenly a number of art sellers have made major investments to get online. Will selling art online be a success? Hard to tell since no one even really has a good idea what the conventional art market is worth. – ARTnews