“Some low-budget film makers say crowdfunding has now become an essential lifeline for the creation of their work.”
Month: April 2012
How Did Klimt Get To Be Everywhere?
“It’s quite extraordinary the way the ‘Klimt factor’ has taken off. He’s one of those artists – and there aren’t many – who gets his repros everywhere. It’s like an extraordinary contagion but of course it’s more positive than that, it’s a whirlwind. Everywhere you look, there’s a Klimt. You can’t escape him.”
Tokyo String Quartet To Disband
“After more than 40 years, the members of Tokyo String Quartet have decided they will disband at the end of the 2012-13 season.”
China Begins An Art Museum Binge
“The boom in museum construction, which some Chinese art experts liken to the expansion of museums in the United States at the end of the 19th century, has much to do with national pride. It comes with the full support of the national government as part of a cultural strategy known as ‘Going Out, Inviting In’.”
Remembering Groucho Marx At Carnegie Hall
Dick Cavett, who was on hand to introduce the aged, weakened icon on that 1972 evening, recalls the enraptured crowds and how they energized the star – and the energetic, ambitious woman who got him back into performing.
Finding The Tunnel Of Light: Where Near-Death Experiences Are (And Aren’t) Located In The Brain
As brain monitoring techniques become ever more precise, researchers and clinicians are discovering surprising things about out-of-body and “temporary death” experiences.
British Dancer Opens Ballet School In Cambodia
“Stephen Bimson, 29, who graduated from the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 2009, is working with a granddaughter of a Cambodian princess to transform a one-bedroom flat into Cambodia’s first ballet studio.”
Obama Administration Launches Arts Education Project To Turn Around Failing Schools
“Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Washington and Forest Whitaker are adopting some of the nation’s worst-performing schools and pledged Monday to help the Obama administration turn them around by integrating arts education. The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced a new Turnaround Arts initiative as a pilot project for eight schools.”
Filmmaker Rejects Singapore’s Cuts To His Shame
“Steve McQueen has stopped his controversial film on sex addiction Shame being shown in Singapore after a row over censorship.”
Cologne Opera Director Threatens To Cancel 2012-13 Season
“Intendant Uwe Eric Laufenberg, frustrated by the failure of the city to resolve financing issues, noted that would be the first time any German house cancelled its entire season since the darkest days of the Second World War.”