A combination of high-impact dancing and frank monologues is bringing in the young people to this London Theater. Heaps of them. Pink hair, nose-studs, the lot. – Financial Times
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FOURTEEN MODELS/THREE DIFFERENT SCHEMES
And it still wasn’t enough to satisfy them. Architects Herzog & de Meuron of Basel, Switzerland (architects for the new Tate Modern in London), have quit the $60 million University of Texas Blanton Museum of Art project in Austin. Trustees insisted on dictating traditional design. Dallas Morning News
SAY HIGH TO HOUSTON
High Museum director Ned Rifkin will leave Atlanta to direct Houston’s Menil Collection. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“THE WORLD’S BIGGEST GRADUATE STUDENT SHOW”
In “theatricalizing Bruce Nauman’s already devastatingly theatrical take on late 20th century social life” artists in Brooklyn Museum’s “Sensation” show have produced only an unassimilated pastiche. Christopher Knight reviews it. Los Angeles Times
NEW BATON
Compared to choosing a new music director for a major orchestra, electing a pope is a public process. For the first time in 25 years, the Boston Symphony looks for a new leader. – Boston Globe
JAZZ IN NEW YORK
Still alive and healthy but, says pianist Renee Rosnes, there are fewer jazz sessions and lot less camaraderie between musicians. – Irish Times
FRANCE CALLS FOR CULTURAL PROTECTIONS
Heading in to new round of world trade talks, President Jacques Chirac says France supports the concept of cultural diversity and argues that this can only be achieved by acknowledging a cultural trade exemption that allowsnations to protect their cultures from being overwhelmed by competition from outside. CBC
WHO, ME STAGNANT?
Movie theaters are on track to rack up 1.6 billion admissions this year, the most since 1959. Variety
WHEN BOOKS MEET MOVIES
Two years – that’s about the time it takes to get a movie made. “Literary material into movies usually only happens after there’s a disaster for the studios at Oscar night.” Thus a new crop of movies based on literature hits the screens. New York Times
BRITISH FILM PROMOTION
Global competition for movie production is heating up. Hollywood wants tax credits, Australia just built a movie production megaplex. And Britain has…made a DVD promoting the British industry. BBC