“It’s impossible to tell what Ms. Bigelow’s Oscars will mean for her, much less whether it will help other women working in the American movie industry.”
Tag: 03.14.10
Youth Kick – Classical Music Looks Younger
“While young orchestras have been around forever, marketing them as billboard attractions is something new. A parallel fixation on young conductors may be part of the same trend, though they are nothing new either. Even if conductors only come into their own past 60, as is often said, plenty break out much earlier.”
A New Economic Model For Performance Art?
“In the past, performance artists have often sold photographic or video documentation of performances, say, or props and other artifacts left over after the events. But Tino Sehgal is believed to be the first to have sold the rights to the performance itself.”
How To Unite The Art And Science Of Video Game Creation?
“The video game industry faces an unfortunate paradox: It attracts boundlessly creative individuals, yet demands a regimented, practically scientific skill set. And although it’s gained the kind of Wall Street muscle that has accorded it economic legitimacy, recognition of game design as an art form continues to lag.”
Can Tax Credits Revive Detroit Music Scene?
“With Michigan’s newly revealed recording tax incentives, music lovers can only be intrigued by the prospect of restoring real enterprise — and dollars — to Detroit’s legacy as one of the world’s great music cities.”
Denver’s Shadow Theatre – A Basket Case Teetering On The Edge
“In a blunt new letter to the Shadow Theatre board of directors, recently resigned artistic director Keith L. Hatten claims the teetering company owes more than $12,000 in unpaid royalties and at least $4,200 more in payroll taxes.”
Does The World Really Need A Denver Biennale?
“Plans are solidifying for what is being billed as a ‘hemis-fair,’ with discussions on politics, culture and ideas drawing leaders from across North and South America.”
Questions For “Barnes” Movie Maker
“A lot of great collectors talk about themselves as mere custodians of the work they collect. Should the fact that someone has deep enough pockets to buy a lot of great art give him an absolute right to control the circumstances in which the work is seen, even after he is dead?”
The Gardner Museum Heist – Let’s Just Get The Art Back
“For years convicted art thief Myles J. Connor Jr. boasted that he knew who committed the brazen art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 and could help recover the masterpieces. Last summer, federal prosecutors decided to find out if he actually knew anything.”