Carnegie International celebrates 20 years of architecture’s Nobel. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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AWKWARD EQUINE
US entrepreneur donates bronze “Da Vinci” horse to Milan. City relegates it to obscure location at race track. The reasons are not so obscure. New York Times
HOPE ALL THOSE T’s ARE CROSSED
New York City attorneys say they’ll closely examine Brooklyn Museum’s funding arrangements with sponsors of controversial “Sensations” show. Meanwhile, more support for museum from city arts institutions. New York Times
TIME TO SELL
The stock market’s booming, the economy’s good. Discretionary art sellers wonder if now’s a good time to sell. Next week some $4 million-worth of art goes up for sale in New York’s fall art auctions. Observers ponder return of ’80s art boom. New York Times
“MONSTROUSLY LONG, ECCENTRICALLY STRUCTURED AND HIGHLY SELF-INDULGENT”
Nonetheless, Simon Schama’s new Rembrandt biography is “fascinating and admirable.” – London Telegraph
HARDWARE’S HOT
Bonnie Burnard has won the Giller, Canada’s top literary prize with her story of a hardware store owner and his family. – CBC
ALSO: Jean Echenoz wins France’s top literary prize – CBC 11/4/99
TV OPERA THAT ROCKS
Michael Rouse’s piece fuses opera, rock and television, making for some “spectacular fluidity” – Los Angeles Times
MICRO-CINEMA
Movement or philosophy? Budget or an aesthetic? Digital or analog? Very small room or an expanded state of mind? The micro-cinema movement has grown into a national trend. Baltimore Sun
MOVIES FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T SEE/HEAR
New technology in theaters allows closed captioning in your seat, descriptions in your ear. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
BETWEEN SELF-REFERENCE AND IRRELEVANCE
The cultural world is mired in itself – how to escape? Feed