In a country where public galleries can’t even count on a steady electricity supply, some oil and mineral tycoons “put their own money into gathering and cataloguing thousands of works of art.” Says one major collector, “For me, this is a philanthropic act.”
Tag: 07.29.10
Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Wally” – Hostage To Money
“The distortion of artworks through their use as icons of money, power and politics has a long and notorious history.”
Disputed Ansel Adams Negatives Case Gets Weirder
The artist who bought the negatives has been selling prints from them. If he “makes a mint — and an appraisal he released Tuesday put the potential value at more than $200 million — he could face the risk of having to turn over all or part of the loot to Ansel Adams’ heirs.”
The Geeks Are Strangling Cinema!
“Fawned over by the studios, the geek contingent has never been more influential in shaping movies. But are the fanboys in danger of killing the thing they love?”
NY’s Cherry Lane Theater to Go Dark for a Season
“The Cherry Lane Theater will not produce plays on its main stage for a year beginning in September, and possibly longer, to buy time to cope with a deficit of roughly $167,000 through the 2010 fiscal year.”
Detroit Symphony Contract Talks Break Down
DSO musicians say that “management has ceased to negotiate in good faith and that talks have reached an impasse.” The DSO administration “has not budged from its original demand for a 28-percent cut in the players’ annual base pay of $105,000.”
Introducing a TV Series Everywhere But on TV
“By the time Fox introduces the soapy new drama Lone Star on television this fall, some Vanity Fair readers, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and iPad owners will have had a chance to watch it.”
Character Actor Maury Chaykin Dies on 61st Birthday
“A hefty man with expressive, doughy features, Mr. Chaykin was the kind of actor whose name was known to few but whose face to many. His screen career lasted 35 years, and he appeared in dozens if not hundreds of movies and television shows, mostly in supporting or cameo roles.”
Does Theater About Gays in the Military Merely ‘Preach to the Choir’?
Marc Wolf, author and performer of Another American Asking and Telling: “I soon discovered that my worries about preaching to the choir were unfounded because, where gays in the military are concerned, there has never been a choir to preach to.”
Using Dance Classes to Treat Parkinson’s Disease
“The idea is that dance helps ease the symptoms – and some hope might even slow the progression – of [the neurological disorder]. … But just as important, the dance class is an opportunity for joy, creative expression and socializing – an antidote to the depression and isolation that can come with Parkinson’s.”