“The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has made a formal proposal to acquire the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, which has been struggling with financial troubles and staff and board defections.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Why Do Russians Take Ballet So Seriously?
“It’s equal parts history, national pride, and hero worship. Russians of all social strata have long been obsessed with dancing” – going back to the medieval period.
Board And Director Battle Over Salzburg Festival Budget
“The debate had started already last year. Alexander Pereira, the director of the festival demanded 65 million Euros in order to finance his extensive programme. He threatened to resign if his conditions were not fulfilled. The board of trustees then approved 60 million Euros” – and Pereira proceeded to spend the remaining 5 million anyway.
Salzburg Festival Board Says It Won’t Renew Director’s Contract
Angered by Alexander Pereira’s deliberate overspending and his threats to walk away from the festival, the board told him directly that “there will be no contract extension after 2016 and the board is already in discussions with potential replacements.”
Another Kentucky Orchestra Faces Musicians Contract Struggles
About a day after the Louisville Orchestra announced the end of a three-year battle over pay and working conditions for its players, news hits that the Lexington Philharmonic management and musicians have been in dispute since April over provisions in a new contract.
Four More Years For Chamber Orchestra Of Philadelphia Music Director
“Returning from financial retrenchment of past seasons, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia on Tuesday announced a four-year contract extension for music director Dirk Brossé and a new residency with Lincoln University, starting in the 2013-14 season.”
Across The River: A Literary Festival In The Other Congo
“A special overseas edition of Etonnants Voyageurs, a major French literature and film festival, had landed in Brazzaville like a U.F.O., disgorging these characters into the city, along with a substantial, mostly French, press corps, and assorted international lit-fest habitués.”
August Wilson’s Words Get New Life In Monologue Contest
US high school students are competing in regional semifinals of “a national August Wilson Monologue Competition that will be held on Broadway later this spring.”
Cooper Union Board Puts Off Deciding Whether To Start Charging Tuition
“Students, faculty and alumni of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art eager to learn the fate of the college’s distinctive no-tuition policy have been told to wait, again.”
US Postal Service Considers Selling Landmark Post Offices; Preservationists Object
“The Santa Monica post office, with its distinctive PWA Moderne style, is one of about 200 post offices around the country, dozens of them architecturally distinctive buildings, that the Postal Service has indicated it may choose to sell in coming years because of its financial problems.”