“There are about 13,500 items, of which some 2,500 are oil paintings. This collection — equivalent to a small museum — began when the government noticed in 1898 that it had accumulated various pictures and statues, and brought them together under the Ministry of Works. It was established as the GAC in 1982.”
Tag: 08.07.09
Artists – A Responsibility To Challenge
“The art community is not meeting its duty of always questioning those in power. And I say duty because the art community, as a counterpart of the press, has been given special rights written into the Bill of Rights, known broadly as freedom of the press, for the explicit purpose of keeping power in check.”
The Next Generation Virtual Orchestra?
Morphestra is a collection of over 23 GB and 1100+ instruments and multis. Rather than reinventing the traditional orchestra, Sample Logic says it has created a modern day virtual instrument that “goes above and beyond ANY orchestral/effectual sample library geared for film, TV and game composers”.
Dallas To Cut Arts Funding
“Funding for cultural services will be cut by about 20 percent as the Office of Cultural Affairs is merged with the Library Department.”
New NEA Chairman Comes Out Swinging (Yeah)
“Rocco Landesman, 62, made clear that he has little patience for the disdain with which some politicians still seem to view the endowment, more than a decade after the culture wars that nearly destroyed it.”
Sotheby’s Vs Christie’s – The Real Competition
“For years, the two auction giants have been at each other’s throats for art-market supremacy. As interest in buying art grew worldwide and the shrinking of art supplies from the past accelerated in the 1970s, getting a bigger market share became an obsession. To do so, every possible means of attracting art consignors was used.”
Battle Of The eReader Titans (Or Wannabees…)
“The bottom line: At least on paper (does anyone still use that expression?), Barnes & Noble’s new e-empire seems to trump Amazon’s. In practice, however, there’s more to the story.”
Hollywood Finally Sues Bollywood For Stealing
For the first time, a Bollywood producer has been forced to pay for plagiarising a Hollywood hit.
San Francisco Arts Community Worries About Losing Gap Founder’s Collection
“The fate of his collection, which includes about a thousand works by such artists as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Alexander Calder and is conservatively valued in the tens of millions of dollars, has San Francisco’s art community fearful that the city could lose an irreplaceable cultural treasure.”
‘Classical Music’s Coolest Conductor,’ Marin Alsop
She’s “an ex-studio musician who played on KFC and Lysol television commercials as a struggling 20-something. Now here she is, a globe-trotting superstar … [who] pops up on NPR and the Today show to banter about classical music.” She says, “I have managers who tell me, ‘Oh, maestros don’t do that.’ They’re always trying to get me to be more maestro-like. It’s a losing battle.”