Canadian painter Toni Onley was killed in a plane crash on the Fraser River in British Columbia over the weekend. He was 76.
Tag: 03.01.04
Campaign To Give More For The Arts
A campaign to try to convince wealthy people in Britain to give more money for the arts is about to launch. “Britain lags behind other countries. In the US 5.7% of philanthropic giving went to the arts, against 3.4% in Britain.”
Wrong Building, Wrong Place, Wrong Time
How is it that a new £34 million community sports center was so badly planned that it had to be closed down? “if you seek political hubris, overarching architectural ambition, millennial folly and evidence of the decline of local authority expertise in one building, this is where you should come. This is the sad yet instructive story of the municipal swimming pool that sank.”
Pop Music’s Changing Demographic
Used to be that kids bought the most music. But “for the first time, people in their 40s are buying more albums than teenagers. According to recent figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the 12-to-19 age group accounted for 16.4% of album sales in 2002, a sharp fall on 2000 (22.1%), while 40- to-49-year-olds went the other way, rising from 16.5% to 19.1%. Buyers in their 50s (14.3%) are not far behind. Soon, half of albums will be bought by people who have passed their 40th birthday.”