This is the year collector Charles Saatchi was supposed to be renewing the cause of painting. “In 2005, the celebrated Iraqi/British collector would be reviving the cause of painting. He would be bringing a new batch of painters to the world’s attention with a series of exhibitions called The Triumph of Painting. Part One opens tomorrow. Its title makes a clear bid for legend. It sounds like a chapter in a history book already. So, to start with, let’s put the record straight. All the above story is untrue. Whenever you hear about a revival of painting you should be suspicious.”
Tag: 01.25.05
Termite-Infested Eyesore… Or ART?
What was the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission thinking back in 1978 when it recognized a “22-foot stack of Schlitz beer pallets” as a historic monument? Now the tower is a crumbling, termite-infested hazard, and the artist’s heirs want to tear it down and sell the property. But there’s that problematic cultural designation…
The Way All Movies Will Be Shown
Sundance shows the first movie delivered wirelessly to a theatre. No film, no cannisters. “The premiere of Rize that took place last Saturday at a ski lodge here was a historic event – the first feature film to be delivered via wireless technology.”
Every Word A Gateway
The internet has revolutionized the way we get information. Now one researcher wants to push the revolution even further. The “idea is simple — he plans to move beyond the basic hypertext linking of the web, and change every word into a “hyperword.” Instead of one or two links in a document, every single word becomes a link. Further, every link can point to more than one place, pulling up all kinds of background context from the web as a whole.”
Sills Leaving Met
Beverly Sills, 75, is stepping down as chairman of the Metropolitan Opera, citing family reasons. “She said that her tenure would indeed be the last act of a 60-year career in the arts world that wended its way through the roles of soprano star, opera manager, Lincoln Center overseer, fund-raiser and, finally, Met chairwoman in 2002 – a volunteer job for which she had left a previous retirement. ‘I am stepping down for good. I had already decided that I was not really serving any of the masters well’.”