While he had a successful career as one of Britain’s top abstract painters, Golding was best known for organizing major Picasso exhibitions and writing what isa considered the definitive book on Cubism.
Month: April 2012
Contralto Lili Chookasian, 90
“Where many contraltos are endowed with the lightish, dusky equivalent of a viola, her voice – immense, deep, velvety and burnished – put a cello at her command. She was also praised for her sensitive musicianship, powerful dramatic characterizations and impeccable diction.”
Should Pop Stars Stay Off The Broadway Stage? (Yeah, Most Of Them)
Alexis Soloski: “They have the moves and the range, but most favour a straightforward, indicative performance style that has only a tangential relationship to stage acting. … Then again, there are singers that one finds so delicious, so charismatic that it shouldn’t matter whether or not they can act.”
Britain’s Mid-Afternoon Bhangra Raves
“Their parents thought they were studying. But thousands of British Asians spent the ’80s and ’90s dancing – before heading home for tea.”
Occupy Damien Hirst! Protesters Tag Sculpture At Tate Modern
“The lazily scrawled navy graffiti stretches no higher than arm’s reach on the thigh of Damien Hirst’s famous sculpture Hymn. It is the Occupy movement’s latest attempt to take action against the free market [sic] and, in this instance, its consequences on art.”
Taking ‘Appropriated Art’ To A Whole New Level – Meaning Vandalism And Larceny
Stolen Pieces, an installation in London by Brooklyn-based artists Eva and Franco Mattes, consists entirely of little fragments of other artworks – by the likes of Beuys, Oldenburg, Koons, Rauschenberg, and even Marcel Duchamp – which the Matteses “appropriated” during the 1990s (meaning that the statute of limitations on the thefts has run out).
Average West End Theatre Ticket Now £70
“The most expensive seat was £97.50 for a musical (Billy Elliot) and £97 for a play (The Ladykillers). The cheapest non-discounted seat that audiences can buy for a West End musical is for Les Miserables at £12, and the least expensive play is War Horse with tickets starting at £10.”
World Irish Dancing Championships (Not Just About The Dance Anymore)
“The venues have got bigger, and when you go on stage, you have to stand out. You’re not just doing Irish dancing any more, you’re giving a performance.”
Guggenheim Teams With UBS On Global Initiative (Check Out The Bank’s Rationale!)
“As art is becoming more and more of an asset class, UBS is looking to increase our profile in these kinds of special fields of interest,” said Jürg Zeltner, the chief executive of UBS Wealth Management. “More and more we are refocusing our strategy to reach emerging markets, and this project seemed like a perfect fit.”
15 Steps To Making A Global Hollywood Hit
“Today, movies generate 70 percent of their revenue abroad. This has Hollywood studios playing to the tastes of viewers from São Paulo to South Korea–and employing all sorts of savvy new rules to build global box-office sensations.”