“Every year, in one way or another, museums test the public’s faith in their integrity. Now comes the Met with its current Chanel-sponsored Chanel show, a fawning trifle that resembles a fancy showroom. Sparsely outfitted with white cube display boxes and a bare minimum of meaningful text, this absurdly uncritical exhibition puts Coco’s designs alongside work by the current monarch of the House of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld.”
Tag: 05.11.05
Did Buena Vista Composers Get Ripped Off?
A court in London considers whether composers of the music played by the wildly popular Buena Vista Social club were properly compensated. “The argument centres on whether the composers of music that took the world by storm in 1997 were properly rewarded or, instead, received “at most a few pesos and maybe a drink of rum”. The plot is complicated by allegations that the Cuban publisher is under the direction and control of the Cuban ministry of the interior.”
Adelaide Symphony Gets A Bailout
“South Australia’s government will give more than $2.1 million to help clear the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra’s (ASO) debt. The state funding comes amid reports the ASO will get at least $5 million in federal funding in Tuesday night’s budget.”
Aussie Orchestras Get Funding Boost
Australian orchestras will get an additional $25 million in funding, says the government. “The extra funding for symphony and pit orchestras announced yesterday is to be spread over four years. It is designed “to help them become independent organisations with responsibility for their own artistic and financial future”, Arts Minister Rod Kemp said.