Tel Aviv gets its own documentary film festival. Is the step-child of moviedom getting more respect these days? – Jerusalem Post 04/16/00
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LIFE AFTER THE LION
Robert Brustein chats with Julie Taymor about life after “The Lion King.” Taymor’s got a new play opening this week on Broadway. – New York Times
WORKING CLASS COMPLAINTS
At a get-together in London to honor Michael Caine, the actors in attendance moan that the British theater is wracked with snooty class consciousness. Really? – The Guardian
RINGING IN THE MILLENNIUM
It’s long, expensive and taxing. And yet, Wagner’s “Ring” still has a hold of the imagination. Productions of it continue to flourish, despite the costs. – New York Times
MUSICAL CHAIRS
The Boston Symphony could have almost any conductor it wanted as its next music director. Or could it? Handicapping the contenders – for now, at the top of the list is Levine. – Boston Globe
CASE STUDY
A documentary on violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg raises questions about the relationship between manic depression and artists. “I think that people who suffer from depression may be able to use their creativity to help themselves out of it,” says one doctor. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
CASE STUDY
A documentary on violinist Nadia Salerno-Sonnenberg raises questions about the relationship between manic depression and artists. “I think that people who suffer from depression may be able to use their creativity to help themselves out of it,” says one doctor. – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
TROPHY ART
Russia’s Pushkin Museum has put the controversial Gold of Troy on permanent display. The Troy collection was secretly taken from Germany by Soviet troops at the end of World War II, and was believed lost until the Russian government revealed, in the early 1990s, that the collection was in Moscow. Germany and Russia are arguing over the return of artwork captured in World War II. – The Art Newspaper
THEY’RE BACK
How old do you have to be before you’re not a YBA (Young British Artist) anymore? In any case, the YBA’s have new shows up, including an effort at the new White Cube branch office. – The Times (UK)
BATTLE FOR THE NEW
New York’s Whitney Museum has its Biennial stocked with 97 artists; across town P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center has its “Greater New York” show, a “spirited affair that rounds up enough youngish artists (146 in all) to start a day camp. The latest art-world trend is untrendy artists. Which show does it better? – New York Times