Choreographer Bill T. Jones pulls out of planned performances at this summer’s Spoleto Festival in South Carolina to protest flying of Confederate flag. – Washington Post
Tag: 02.23.00
THE ABC OF “SENSATION”ALISM
Australia’s National Gallery may have canceled a planned visit by the notorious “Sensation” show, but the Australian Broadcasting Corp. serves up another way to skin a cow in its new “This is Modern Art” series. – Sydney Morning Herald
NEW JEWISH MUSEUM —
— planned for San Francisco and designed by Daniel Libeskind is unveiled. – New York Times
“A MILKY TEA, HEAVILY SUGARED”
That’s one description of today’s British classical music journalism. Shake-ups in the editorial leadership of the small world of British music magazines and the Grove Dictionary has put classical music journalism in an uproar, writes Norman Lebrecht. “The common weakness is that all these magazines rely primarily on record-label advertising, and most classical labels are in trouble.” – London Telegraph
WHERE FOLLOWERS FEAR TO TREAD
A Chicago arts station changes with the times, to the dismay of one critic. “Secure in its knowledge of the arts and their value, the old WFMT led, whereas the new follows. Management tells us that listeners sustain the enterprise because they get what they want, but in truth this will not benefit either side for long. Giving listeners what they want does not give them what they need to keep a relationship with the arts growing.” – Chicago Tribune 02/23/00
MUPPET SALE TO GERMAN MEDIA —
— giant illustrates difficulties faced by the few remaining independent production companies. – San Francisco Chronicle 02/23/00
- ICH BIN EIN GREEN BERLINER: Kermit and the Henson gang are bought by giant German media company for $630 million. – CBC 02/22/00
- “Access to the world’s biggest media market” – San Francisco Examiner (AP) 02/22/00
- German entertainment companies ready for Prime Time. – Variety 02/22/00
THE WOMAN WHO SHOT ANDY WARHOL
Should you like her never-produced, long-forgotten play? Nah. But that’s not the point, says a San Francisco producer, who’s presenting the play in tandem with an Arthur Miller play about censorship to “make a point about currents of ‘repression’ in the United States.” – Salon
YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY
Billboards advertising McDonald’s have gone up around Berlin showing a picture of a hamburger next to words like ‘Plima!’ or ‘Liesig!’ Written in a caricaturist ‘bamboo script,’ the misspelled words play on a popular misconception that Asians, and particularly the Chinese, cannot pronounce the letter R. “These ads are jolly and funny,” says a McDonald’s spokesman. “We haven’t heard any complaints.” He sure has now. – Die Welt (Germany)
SYDNEY FESTIVAL RECORDS A SURPLUS
Bodes well for upcoming Olympic Arts Festival. – Sydney Morning Herald
CULTURAL INVESTMENT
Korea plans major investments in its cultural infrastructure to reshape the country’s cultural profile over the next ten years. Plans include a massive new cultural center for Seoul. – Korea Herald