“Mr. Levett became a voracious buyer, assembling one of the world’s largest private collections of ancient arms and armor. Today, his scores of Greek hoplite helmets, Roman greaves and shields, along with Egyptian sarcophagi, Greek statues and ancient glass, are the crown jewels of his Musée d’art classique de Mougins.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Orchestra That Keeps (Parts Of) Congo Together
“Thrice-weekly rehearsals take place when everyone has finished work, often going on late into the evening – but, then, for many players, the OSK represents a nurturing family.”
Controversial Builder Chosen For New V&A Museum In Dundee
“Steve Murphy, general secretary of the Ucatt building workers’ union, said blacklisting firms should be banned from public contracts until they had ‘fairly compensated the workers whose lives they ruined.'”
The Rubber Duckie Must Be Stopped
“How so many cities became ensorcelled by a gimmicky bath toy is really beside the point. Rubber Duck sends an infantilizing message about the role of public art in cities.”
The Destruction Of Syria’s Cultural Heritage Is Far From Incidental
“The nation’s heritage has been used as a weapon to finance bloodshed, to settle sectarian scores and to erase entire chapters of the country’s past in the expectation of radically reshaping its future.”
Booker Prize Shortlist Announced, With Americans Still On It
“The decision to open the prize beyond Britain, Ireland and the Commonwealth was a controversial one, and the BBC announcement of the longlist carried the headline ‘Commonwealth Authors Edged Out.'”
Australia Seems To Be Almost Completely Out Of Theatre Ideas (Say Some)
“Five Sydney and Melbourne theatres have been criticised for an absence of curatorial ideas in their 2015 seasons, failing to engage with contemporary Australian and world politics and for being ‘very cosy and white.'”
Quentin Tarantino Reopens Classic L.A. Theatre With Plan To Never, Ever Show Digital Films
“To me, digital projection is just television in public. People leaving their houses to watch a DVD with a bunch of strangers, in a room other than their house.”
How’s That $44 Million Stonehenge Restoration Working Out, Then?
“A 360-degree theater uses finely detailed laser scans of the stones to show the monument’s evolving shape, while a wall-size animated map shows Stonehenge within a puzzling network of mounds and ditches, barrows containing burial remnants, and vestiges of unexplained earthworks that extend over miles.”
Can A Nearly $1 Million Gift Save Sacramento Philharmonic And Opera?
“The philharmonic merged with the Sacramento Opera last year to form the Sacramento Region Performing Arts Alliance. The opera will also not present concerts in the fall, and both organizations may not present any concerts in the spring of 2015.”