“The proposal being considered would require developers of buildings valued at more than $1 million to donate 1% of their budget to public art.”
Tag: 01.24.08
Tate Modern Asserts Its Preeminence
“The announcement by the British government that it is putting £50m towards the costs of the new development of Tate Modern is one of the most significant moves in public cultural policy in recent years. Not since the building of the British Library in the 1980s and 90s has there been such a statement of confidence in Britain’s cultural future.”
Preserving America’s College Buildings
“Historic campus buildings and landscapes form an important part of the nation’s cultural patrimony. Campuses of high architectural quality, New Urbanist town planner and University of Miami architecture dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk says, have a big impact on students raised in unexceptional suburbs.”
Music Downloads Up, But CDs Fall Makes For Drop In Global Music Sales
Global digital sales grew by around 40 percent in 2007 but this was not enough to offset the sharp fall in CD sales, meaning the overall market is expected to be down around 10 percent for 2007.
Color Purple To Close On Broadway
“The musical, based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of triumph over adversity, will have played 910 performances by the time the final curtain falls next month at the Broadway Theatre.”
Writers’ Strike Not Killing TV Ratings
“The strike by the Writers Guild of America, you’ll recall, was supposed to be a disaster for TV ratings. Once they realized their favorite shows were no longer airing original episodes, angry and bereft viewers would go berserk, smash their TVs and spend all their newfound free time on Facebook.com.” But the strike’s “effect on ratings has, aside from one-off train wrecks like the Globes, been remarkably modest.”
Venerable Aussie Magazine Folds After 128 Years
“Australia’s oldest news magazine The Bulletin was axed on Thursday after 128 years — a victim of falling circulation. The Bulletin published some of Australia’s greatest writers.”
Our Distorted Idea Of Chinese Art
Chinese art is popular on the world stage right now. But the kind of Chinese art showing up in showrooms isn’t representative of the kind of art being made in China…
Bowers Museum Denies Wrongdoing
“I really kind of resent the way this investigation is being (handled) with all the bells and whistles. The press was there before the federal agents. We’re cooperative and we will cooperate always with any of these investigations. This is just a show, which I don’t appreciate very much. But as far as the details, you can be assured that we will cooperate with this investigation as far as anybody can go.”
Blind Theatre Broadens Its Vision
“After 29 years, New York’s Theater by the Blind is changing its name to Theater Breaking Through Barriers. The company will continue its commitment to blind and vision-impaired artists, but it has expanded its mission to include performers with a range of disabilities.”