Much was revealed in a new scan of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. “More generally, the researchers said they realized that centuries of grime had obscured some elements of the painting. ‘You’re seeing a lot more fine detail, showing that this remarkable painting is actually more remarkable than we believed’.”
Tag: 09.28.06
WTC Building – One Big Mess
Planning for the World Trade Center site have been a disaster. “A generation that never knew the city without the Twin Towers has placed them high in skyscraper hagiography because of their terrible fate. But the New York skyline has changed many times, and will again.”
Kimball: Canceling Bad Mozart Is Bad
Roger Kimball is sure that Deutsche Oper’s “Idomeneo” is terrible. But it shouldn’t be banned for political reasons. “Today it was Mozart. Tomorrow perhaps it will be Shakespeare. Or Dante, who after all has a pretty hot place reserved for Muhammad in ‘The Divine Comedy.’ It is not – not yet – too late to put a stop to our habit of appeasing a murderous fanaticism that demands privileges and indulgences it refuses to grant to others.”
London’s Theatre Museum To Close.
“Though there has been a huge amount of moral support for the Theatre Museum, money for the most part has not been forthcoming. From the beginning, we had always seen this as being a joint venture between ourselves, the V&A and any number of others from the theatre world. We did not want it to be a Theatre Museum dominated by the ROH. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find those other collaborators.”