“When Mr. Gehry’s design was selected in 2010, groundbreaking was planned for August 2012. But the schedule has been repeatedly delayed while the Eisenhower Memorial Commission, which is overseeing the project, has confronted the design’s detractors.”
Tag: 03.19.13
Are Magazines Dead? (Do We Even Know What A Magazine Is, Anymore?)
“If a magazine still is what it’s been for almost three centuries–an ink-on-paper “storehouse” of writing, published on a regular schedule–then the “media industrial revolution” (to use Tina Brown’s awkward phrase) is surely in the process of rendering many of our magazines obsolete.”
Could A Resale Method For EBooks Kills Used-Bookshops?
” The abstract describes a way for the owner of an ebook, say one of titles in the wildly popular Hunger Games series, to sell the digital file to someone else. It could go to a friend or possibly Amazon itself. Amazon would earn a fee on the sale, or perhaps resell the digital file from its website. Amazon’s main competitor in digital goods, Apple Computer, filed a patent application on March 7 for a similar method.”
Time Out Chicago To Abandon Print For Online
“No firm date has been set to shut down print operations, but the move will happen at some point this spring, according to a source with knowledge of the deal. Crain’s Chicago Business reported Tuesday that Mansueto was selling his stake for $4 million.”
The Inherent Courage Of Beethoven
“Beethoven was a deeply political man in the broadest sense of the word. He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.”
Opening May 28: Spider-Man In Federal Court
“A federal judge has set a May 28 trial date for the director Julie Taymor, Bono and the Edge of U2, and the producers of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark to battle in court over a lawsuit stemming from the spectacular implosion of their years-long collaboration on the show.”
L.A. MoCA Board Rejects LACMA Merger
“Despite the recent offer from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to acquire the cash-strapped Museum of Contemporary Art, the contemporary museum’s board of trustees says that its members agree that ‘the best future for MOCA would be as an independent institution’.”
Why The Gardner Museum Art Thieves Probably Won’t Be Going To Jail
The term “S.O.L.” is applicable in more than one sense.
Covent Garden Taps Tate Gallery Exec To Be Next Chief
“Alex Beard, deputy director of the Tate, has been announced as the new chief executive of the Royal Opera House, succeeding Tony Hall who will become director general of the BBC next month.”
New Arts Council England Chief Says Culture Is Crucial For Regional Growth
“In his first speech as chair of Arts Council England, broadcaster Peter Bazalgette will say that the Heseltine plan for regional growth should centre on culture, and those pitching for money to ‘unlock the potential of their region’ ought to ‘put the arts at the hearts of their bid’.”