“One of the most prominent art-world lawyers in New York, Ralph E. Lerner, was accused on Wednesday, in an ongoing court case filed in Delaware, of fraudulently taking at least $750,000 in fees from the foundation of the artist Cy Twombly, who died in 2011.”
Tag: 09.12.13
Is The Internet Killing Gossip?
In the online world, there is no such thing as “between me and you”. There is only “between me and anyone who is reading this or who might do so at some point in the future…” The more we wake up to this, the more we resist the temptation to dish.
Why Is DC’s Highly Successful Shakespeare Theatre Company Fighting To Avoid Eviction?
Blame an urban renewal plan that sort of ran out of plan.
Voyager Has Left The Solar System (And Here’s The Music It’s Carrying)
“The music selection on Voyager skews noticeably classical, with the inclusion of seven classical selections out of a total of 27 tracks.”
Sergei Filin To Return To Bolshoi, Eight Months After Acid Attack
“The artistic director of Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet is returning to Moscow from Germany following eight months and 22 operations on his eyes and face after an acid attack that nearly blinded him … Sergei Filin will fly in on Saturday and take part in the troupe’s reunion after holidays on Tuesday, [a] spokeswoman said.”
Scotland’s Next Culture Funding Cuts Less Bad Than Feared
“The Scottish government has published its draft budget for 2014/15, with a lower than expected cut of £2.1 million [or 8.2%] to Scotland’s five national performing companies. … However, The Stage understands that much greater cuts had been on the cards.”
The Circular Diagram That Utterly Controls NPR News
“But each show also has a virtual ‘clock,’ a set template, from which the show almost never varies. Every show that broadcasts – or aspires to broadcast – in the public radio system has a clock. [Here] is the All Things Considered broadcast clock, which NPR and stations across the country refer to on a daily basis.”
Saul Landau, 77, Documentarian Who Asked “The Most Intrusive Questions”
He was a “determinedly leftist documentary filmmaker and writer whose passion for asking what he called ‘the most intrusive questions’ yielded penetrating cinematic profiles of leaders like Fidel Castro and Salvador Allende.”
Remember, People: Holden Caulfield Is Not J.D. Salinger
“Do I have to say the obvious? I feel like I’m telling a child about Santa Claus.” Ron Rosenbaum is both mystified and monumentally irked that so many intelligent people can’t keep this fact in mind.
Record Companies Sue Sirius For Pre-1972 Music Royalties
“Sound recordings weren’t brought under federal copyright protection until 1972, instead being governed through state laws. In recent years, the U.S. Copyright Office has asked for opinions about bringing so-called “oldies” under the law.”