“In an exclusive deal with New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Art Gallery of Western Australia [in Perth] will display the works from some of the biggest superstars of surrealism, minimalism and abstract expressionism. The exhibition, entitled Picasso to Warhol: Twelve Modern Masters, will open next year and feature more than 100 modern art masterpieces from MoMA’s collection.”
Tag: 06.09.11
Jerusalem Authorities Approve Construction Of Controversial Museum Of Tolerance
“After a two-year delay the Jerusalem municipal planning committee approved on Monday the plan to build the Museum of Tolerance in the city center.” A new design by Tel Aviv architects has replaced Frank Gehry’s original, rejected as too expensive. But many opponents, arguing that the selected site is a medieval Muslim cemetery, want the entire project stopped.
What’s Wrong With How Hollywood Depicts Death
Judy Bachrach: “Their kind of death is not death. Or to put it another way: The death you see on the screen will not be the death you have.”
Yes, Your Dog Probably Can Read Your Mind
“Dogs are so in tune with us that they can read our minds, according to a new Learning & Behavior study that also determined canines are probably born with the ability … which actually relies upon hyperawareness of the senses.”
BBC3 Official Says Digital TV Channel Will Not Be Axed
“The debate over whether BBC3 should be axed to save money as part of the corporation’s austerity measures is already over, according to the digital channel’s new controller, Zai Bennett, … [who] added that the BBC has ruled out abolishing the service.”
Sacramento Philharmonic Fires Executive Director
“In an unexpected move, the Sacramento Philharmonic has decided to part ways with its Executive Director Marc Feldman, … [who] had led the orchestra since 2007.”
A.S. Byatt Remembers When British Academia Said, ‘No Girls Allowed’
“My moment of pure feminist rage came when I was a very young academic wife in Durham in the early sixties. … Access [to the student union] was restricted to male students, who debated there as the ones in Cambridge had done. But it was the only place where the university had any social life … I protested to male students I met at college gatherings. They could not see what was worrying me.”
Utah Declines To Renew Lease For Spiral Jetty
State officials claim that the New York-based Dia Foundation in New York, which manages the site of the earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake, were late in paying $250 annual rent and didn’t respond to a notice that the lease’s term was expiring.
Where Are All The Cuban Male Dancers?
We tend to think there will always be a supply of spectacular Cuban men dancers. As Gia Kourlas says, they “seem to grown like weeds.” Well, a whole generation of weeds has been pulled up, and now the garden of male dancers has thinned out.
The New Collectors – Buying Local?
“Just as new rich economies are buying branded luxury goods, so they are, or will be, buying internationally recognised artists. But it would be wrong to conclude that all these regions behave in the same way. In fact there are striking differences between each one.”