Saatchi: “Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar. It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, Hedge-fundy, Hamptonites; of trendy oligarchs and oiligarchs; and of art dealers with masturbatory levels of self-regard.”
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Toronto Arts Council Faces Loss of $1 Million
Though Toronto’s arts bring in an estimated $9 billion a year to the city’s economy, city administration wants to cut 10 percent of the arts council’s budget. “There would be no way to cushion that level of cuts,” says the arts council executive director.
Dev Anand, 88, Bollywood Star
Dev Anand starred in dozens of Bollywood movies, including “The Jewel Thief” and “Guide.”
A Decade Of Art Basel Miami Beach: Good, Bad, Ugly, Or What?
One gallery owner says Miami Beach “was feral” when the fair opened in 2002. Now, Miami’s an arts destination. Is it more than “a bright, colourful taste”?
With Bells And Whistles, Making Print Special Again
Some e-books have videos, hotlinks, maps and more – but print books have much shinier covers. Publishers rethink the book as object. Will consumers respond?
Edinburgh’s Refurbished Museum Wins The Day
The overhauled Scottish National Portrait Gallery “is a museum of and for the people, Scotland’s family album, from the last crofters on St Kilda’s to the latest immigrants. Everyone should feel some connection with the thousands of faces on show.”
You Can Have Your Little Play, But The Talkbacks Are Outlawed
L.A. Theatre Works was in the middle of performing “Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers” at Peking University when the fiat came by text message: Kill the talkback.
No, Really, In 2012, TV Will Go Online (Maybe)
“Amid an almost daily deluge of new deals and initiatives, it feels like we’re getting closer — approaching some kind of threshold, one that could launch video content toward a next level but might also claim high-profile casualties in the process.”
Art Is Spendy. What’s UP With That?
Despite a terrible economy, the art market is mad hot, with rising prices on almost every continent. Are scuzzy people, scarcity, snottiness or something else to blame?
Hollywood Might Not Have Gotten The Memo: Always Take Care Of The People Backstage
Labor disputes in Hollywood haven’t hit from the craft side for half a century. But if they do, and predictions say the unions and studios are starting rather far apart, expect an epic battle.