“The mills closed down in 1992 after years of decline, and though officially abandoned, the giant buildings have rarely been empty since: film-makers, music video creators and a variety of unofficial visitors have all been in, many leaving their mark on the building.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Are The UK’s Hordes Of Closed Nightclubs An Indicator Of The State Of Music And Dance In The Country?
“With the advent of later pub opening hours, the smoking ban, student tuition fees and the squeeze that a lot people are under financially since the recession … I think people are finding different ways and different places to go out.”
Too Fragile To Open, The World’s Oldest Multicolor Printed Book Is Digitized
“The revealed pages include eight categories of subjects illustrated by 50 different artists and calligraphers, with birds, plums, orchids, bamboo, fruit, stones, ink drawings, and other miscellaneous imagery, each followed by a text or poem.”
The Marketing Company That Knows How To Sell Movies In China
“Film companies pay for outdoor banners and signs, advertise online, team up with local promotional partners and, increasingly, call a company with enormous reach that few people outside of China have ever heard of: Mtime.”
Conductor Seiji Ozawa Breaks Hip, Cancels Performances
“The bushy-haired conductor ‘accidentally tumbled and hurt his hip’ last Saturday and would be out of commission for three weeks to heal the fracture, the festival said on its website.”
Dancer Killed Hours Before He Was Scheduled To Close Out A Matthew Bourne Ballet
“Jonathan Ollivier, 38, was killed as he rode his motorbike through Clerkenwell in central London on Sunday, Scotland Yard said.”
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Computers Have Changed The Way We Explain The World
“As yet, we have few powerful techniques for taking a computer-assisted proof or model, extracting the most important ideas, and answering conceptual questions about the proof or model. But computer-assisted explanations are so useful that they’re here to stay.”
Sotheby’s Didn’t Make As Much Money Last Quarter, But It Has A Plan
“‘Our contemporary group has identified some areas where we can be doing a lot better,’ [new CEO Ted Smith] said, suggesting he might increase Sotheby’s efforts and resources in the United States and overseas, and change the way it related to consignors.”
Why Is The Hirshhorn Director Holding A Gala In NY Instead Of DC?
“The Nov. 9 gala will include 400 invited guests and honor 40 living artists whom the museum considers essential to its identity. But despite Chiu’s statement in the Times story announcing the event — that she intends no snub to the Washington arts crowd — it is a snub, and a distressing indication that she doesn’t understand the purpose, the history or the identity of the museum she now leads.”