Human beings spend much of their time at work, “and yet this ‘work’ is unseen; it is literally invisible, and it is so in part because it is rarely represented in art. If it does appear in consciousness, it does so via the business pages of newspapers, it does so as an economic phenomenon, rather than as a broader human phenomenon.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
MOCA: Deitch Contract Guards Against Conflict Of Interest
The co-chairs of the Museum of Contemporary Art’s board say that MOCA’s newly appointed director, art dealer Jeffrey Deitch, would “be violating his employment contract … if he were to use his position to improperly benefit himself or his friends and former business associates.”
Victoria & Albert Museum To Open Scottish Outpost
“The centre, called the V&A at Dundee, will be the focal point of a major redevelopment of Dundee’s waterfront similar to schemes to regenerate other once-ailing ports and industrial centres such as Gateshead, Salford, Leeds and Liverpool with prestigious arts and cultural venues.”
Variety Is For Sale After All
“Owner Reed Business Information — which insisted as recently as July that it was not putting its top title on the block — has been quietly dangling Variety before potential buyers for some time, according to at least five individuals.”
Knox Burger, Editor Turned Literary Agent, Dies at 87
“A 1999 guide to literary agents described him as ‘a lean, bald, craggy-faced man with a game leg, which he assists with a cane, an expression usually either amused or sardonic, a gruff manner that can sometimes seem downright brusque, and a reputation as one of the truly upright men in the business.'”
Memoir About Life With Pinter Illuminates His Plays
“There’s a fascinating account of a dinner with Tom Stoppard where Pinter says that he doesn’t plan his characters’ lives and then asks his fellow dramatist: ‘Don’t you find they take you over sometimes?’, to which Stoppard firmly replies: ‘No.’ That says a lot.”
Why Opera For The Cinema Caught On
“Anyone who has seen clips from the Met’s old closed-circuit telecasts will realize that improved technology is the reason opera is a hot commodity in movie houses now but wasn’t back then. … But any innovation has its detractors.”
How Would Frank Lloyd Wright Have Felt About The Burj?
Dubai’s Burj Khalifa bears a resemblance to Wright’s unbuilt “Mile-High Illinois” tower. “I’m not sure if the famously prickly Wright would have considered imitation the sincerest form of flattery, but he would have been pleased to see a version of his conception take shape in the Middle East, which was the site of one of his most spectacular unbuilt projects.”
And This, Tom Hanks, Is How A Boston Accent Sounds
A new website started by an actress “brings together ordinary folks–the site refers to them as ‘readers’–who for a modest fee (sometimes under $10) will record a short script for an actor eager to master the pronunciation and speech patterns of a specific region in preparation for an audition.”
Under Domingo’s Hands-Off Leadership, WNO Is Suffering
“Why can’t a general director with the fame, charm and ability of [Placido] Domingo roll up his sleeves and work to realize his vision [for the Washington National Opera], rather than distancing himself from the results? The answer: because he isn’t actually there, running the company.” And so the recession is exposing the cracks in its structure.