Christopher Knight: “Sunday is the centennial of Ronald Reagan’s birth. Among much else, one thing for which the late president is remembered is devastating the already small budget of the National Endowment for the Arts. … The chop came as part of a larger Republican plan to privatize former public services … The NEA budget has never recovered.”
Tag: 02.06.11
Attributing Native American Art to Native American Artists, At Last
“When the Denver Art Museum’s signature American Indian art galleries reopened last week after a seven-month overhaul, the biggest change … was in a less obvious place: the wall labels. For the first time many of the works on display are attributed to individual artists instead of just their tribes. It is a revolution in museum practice.”
Cabaret Star Mary Cleere Haran, 58, Struck and Killed by Automobile
“[A] pure and ebullient stylist of the American songbook who became an important member of the cabaret circuit during the 1990s and early years of this century,” Haran was hit by a car while bicycling in Florida, which she had recently made her home.
Turning the History of Flamenco Into a Stageable Narrative
The filmmaker Carlos Saura, known for his flamenco-based cinematic retellings of Blood Wedding, Carmen and El Amor Brujo, is doing a rare turn as a stage director with a two-hour show that aims to narrate the evolution of the dance genre.
Another Front in US-China Trade War: Violin-Making
“American violin-making is enjoying a rebirth, craftsmen say, despite the rapidly improving production by fellow makers in China which artisans here see both as a threat – and a boon – to their livelihood.” Large-scale Chinese instrument makers dominate the student violinist market.