“For years, the books kept coming. A precious edition by Thomas More. Leather-bound volumes from the Italian Renaissance. Some stolen from the Baroque-era Girolamini Library in Naples, given as gifts to an influential longtime consigliere to former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Sundance: It’s Not Just For Movies Anymore
“Sundance’s growing influence on theater comes after two decades of gradually increasing the number of labs and workshops it holds each year and broadening its search for the next great, risk-taking playwright.”
Lichtenstein Foundation Gives Thousands Of Works To Major Museums
The trove of about 200,000 photos and associated items – mostly photos of artists – will be distributed to the Getty in L.A., the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y., the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery of Art in D.C., and the Tate in London.
Julian Myers, 95, Publicist To Marilyn Monroe And Elvis Presley
“Known for his good humor, smart wardrobe and old school stunts, he told Variety in 1992 — past most people’s retirement age — that he was opening ’round-the-clock’ offices.”
When ‘The Nutcracker’ Goes Wrong
“One time, the Bunny from the battle scene, danced by a school child, wet herself onstage, and we had to navigate around the yellow snow. The dressers were furious afterward because one of the dancers had to kneel in the puddle.”
Making Fewer Films – And More Money
“Profitability is the new mantra. The film business is now in survival mode, as changed viewing habits, a long decline in home entertainment sales, and fresh competition for viewers in rich foreign film markets like China take their toll.”
We Love Technology – And This Year, We Became Fully Creeped Out By It
“In the last six months, Snowden — like Julian Assange, Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs before him — has become the personification of our fears and desires about the awesome power and potential downside of digital technology.”
The Mafia And The Mystery Of The Stolen ‘Nativity’
“Stolen works of art pay for drugs and arms. The turnover in stolen art is second to the turnover from drugs.”
Photographer Maps Canada, In Lego Form
“The project is not officially endorsed by the Lego company.”
These Kids Re-created ‘Hamlet’ – In Selfies
“With only 15 seconds and the small field of vision offered on Instagram, capturing an elaborately staged scene from ‘Hamlet’ is a technical challenge.”