“For all the new commissioning and trumpeted world premieres, however, it would be foolish to pretend that it still retains that pre-eminence. Like the novel, it goes on, it attracts lots of creative endeavour still, but, save for the odd populist success, it no longer holds the centre stage as it once did.”
Tag: 01.27.11
Gallery Fights Back Against Koons Balloon Animal Lawsuit
Koons believes he owns the image of balloon animals and has sued a gallery to stop it from selling small balloon dogs. “As virtually any clown can attest, no one owns the idea of making a balloon dog, and the shape created by twisting a balloon into a dog-like form is part of the public domain.”
Why Is UK Corporate Giving To Arts Down?
Although businesses are still committed to working with the arts, “they are not hardwired to do so and for many this is still considered a discretionary and unsustainable spend, particularly in hard times”.
80s Culture Wars – What On Earth Were We Thinking?
“A quarter of a century later, with the humanities in crisis across the country and students and parents demanding ever more pragmatic, ever more job-oriented kinds of education, the curricular debates of the 1980s over courses about Western civilization and the canon seem as if they had happened on another planet.”
Newly-Released Letters Show Different Side Of JD Salinger
“Among the events covered in the letters is the October 1992 fire that destroyed Salinger’s home, as well as comments about his garden, his family and U.S. and world politics. He also remarks on his favorite fast-food chain — Burger King.”
Why Does Classical Music Thrive In Chicago?
“It’s not just because we have established institutions operating at high artistic levels. Part of the reason lies with the fact that the many smaller groups orbiting around the big boys do quality work in their own right, complementing each other’s repertory while setting their own stamp on it.”
Report: Corporate Giving To The Arts In Britain Down 11 Percent In 2010
“Arts and Business, which helps raise money for the cultural sector, said companies invested £144m, down from £157m the year before. It comes nearly two months after Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans for a “year of corporate giving” to help boost private funding.”