“Preponderantly representational, and hung more to practical than to museum standards,” but it offers more artists the opportunity to show, and the public a wider range of work to see and buy, than any other exhibiting venue in Britain. Financial Times
Author: Douglas McLennan
IN HIS IMAGINATION, Paul Mellon –
– son of the founder of the National Gallery in DC – hung out with painters. In real life he collected paintings. Now a “modest show” of some of his collection in the museum’s East Wing, which he commissioned. Washington Post
RIGHT WRITE
Here’s a parody of the New York Times’ often overly-serious column of writers writing what it means to write right. – Salon
E-READING just got a big step closer.
Microsoft and Donnelley (the largest printer of US books) team up to make e-publishing easy for publishers. – Publishers Weekly
CENTRAL PARK OPERA
Playwrights Wendy Wasserstein, A.R. Gurney and Terrence McNally take on a different kind of theater with a trio of one-act operas themed around Central Park. – MSNBC (Newhouse)
OH NO – HE’S GOING TO ASK FOR MONEY
Cleveland San Jose Ballet is on the financial rocks despite a distinguished history. What more is a dance company to do? Cleveland Plain Dealer
RISKING IT ALL ON NEW YORK
The Australian Ballet took a huge risk when it went to New York in October. Initial box office was dismal. Thank God the reviews were good.
Sydney Morning Herald
COMMERCIALIZING THE CLASSICS
Choreographer Matthew Bourne strives to be a popular success with radical rethinking of classic works. It’s working. His newest work, Carmen, will use Bizet’s famous score, but is a thriller about auto mechanics (Car Men). Toronto Globe and Mail
NEW SCREEN ACTORS GUILD PRESIDENT –
– played voice of Hasselhoff’s car. Promises more aggressive negotiations for 99,000-member union. Variety
BANNED FILM wins –
– at Canadian Emmys. CBC