“The opponents lack standing to intervene in the reorganization pending before the court, they have offered no viable alternative and they are seeking court-ordered relief that is beyond the scope of the law, the [museum’s] lawyers said” in a legal brief that called the lawsuit “obstruction for the sake of obstruction.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
More Than 150 Corcoran Gallery Staffers Face Layoffs As Merger Approaches
“The Corcoran issued a layoff notice to all of its employees last month, but the Corcoran expects about a third of them will actually be laid off as of Aug. 16, which is the effective date affiliated with the notice.”
Even 70 Years Ago, The Corcoran Sensed That The National Gallery Might Swallow It Up
A 1945 memo to the Corcoran’s trustees lays out the difficulties that the museum would face due to competition from the taxpayer-subsidized National Gallery, then only four years old.
Orchestral Concerts At An Atlantic City Casino
“Symphonic music in gambling resorts isn’t unknown (the Philadelphia Orchestra plays the casino mecca Macau on its Far East tours). Still, with Atlantic City’s economy faltering … you might expect entertainment to trend a little lower rather than aim at a classical niche.” But not at the upscale Borgata, which just hosted Yuja Wang playing a Shostakovich piano concerto.
Atlantic City Ballet (Yes, It Has One) Passes “Go” And Moves To Boardwalk
“Long headquartered outside of the city, the company has settled into its new home at Boardwalk Hall, with all the dancers living close by in two big houses. The company will dance regularly at the Claridge, on the Boardwalk at Kennedy Plaza, and in a series of ‘Up Close and Personal’ performances inside its new ballet studio.” Company founder/director Phyllis Papa talks about the company’s past and future.
My Three Sons All Do Ballet, And There’s Nothing Girly About It
The Kempsey-Fagg brothers of Birmingham – Oscar, aged 11; Marlo, 9; and Arlie, 6 – were all recruited by a Birmingham Royal Ballet outreach and education program for particularly promising young people. And they’ve got ready answers for anyone who might tease them about it.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto Has Throat Cancer
The keyboardist/composer made the revelation on his website, announcing that he would be unable to attend the Sapporo International Art Festival, of which he is the guest director.
LACMA Wants To Build A Skyscraper (And Maybe Be A Real Estate Mini-Mogul)
“Museum officials envision the tower, rising above a planned Metropolitan Transportation Authority subway station at Wilshire and Orange Grove Avenue, as having a hotel and condominiums. It would also contain LACMA galleries, including a new architecture and design wing and, potentially, architect Frank Gehry’s archives.”
The Missing Ingredient That Savion Glover Finally Added
Joan Acocella: “Glover is the greatest tap virtuoso of our time, perhaps of all time. … And, perhaps for that reason – that he never had to woo us – Glover had a problem with charm: namely, that he didn’t show much. … He not only didn’t smile; often he wouldn’t look at the audience. He did the show while watching his shoes or the band. And the fact that the people he wasn’t looking at were mostly white made the whole situation more edgy. We went there to love him, and he wouldn’t love us back, or even like us.”