“Frankfurt may almost buck the global recession trend by not contracting in size or scope in 2009. The same number of attendees as last year- 7,000 exhibitors from more than 100 countries, with nearly 300,000 visitors – are expected to be present.”
Tag: 10.11.09
The Sound Of Chinese Art Crashing
“When prices for Chinese art soared, there were grand plans to build more galleries and studios in this artists’ hamlet near Beijing. Yet today, after art prices plunged by some 60 percent in the past year, the expansion plans have floundered.”
The “Velvet Hammer” Taking Over The Philadelphia Orchestra
“Determination is just one quality Allison Vulgamore will need to run the $45 million-a-year organization successfully. Charisma wouldn’t hurt, either, given the orchestra’s $3.4 million deficit last season and a predicted shortfall this season as high as $7.5 million; an endowment market value of $120 million, half of what was hoped for by this time; a musical-leadership transition requiring great finesse; and, already in this young season, thousands of empty seats.”
First Look At Dallas’ New Opera House
“Very much at the heart of what we’re trying to do,” says Spencer de Grey, an opera fan who headed Foster + Partners’ design team for the Winspear, “is making the building not one that you have to pluck up your courage and enter, but very transparent.”
When Science Meets Dance
“Earlier this year, in an unprecedented series of intensive sessions, the cognitive science department of UCSD filmed, recorded, interviewed and analysed the early creative choreography of dancers from Wayne McGregor’s Random Dance group. Cognitive scientists spend their time learning how people learn, if that’s not a fabulously stupid oversimplification of their alchemic process: from relatively simple stuff, such as studying the most efficient way to count a table of disparate coins, to the big stuff such as this, understanding creativity.”
Louvre To Return Egyptian Artifacts
“The Egyptians say the Louvre bought the Pharaonic steles in 2000 even though it knew they had been stolen in the 1980s. They are believed to be from a 3,200-year-old tomb of the cleric, Tetaki, in the Valley of the Kings, near Luxor.”
Robert Hilburn – Advocate For Music
“Ken Kesey once said the problem with journalism was that it made a writer more of seismograph than a lightning rod, but he hadn’t considered Hilburn work’s as a sharp voice of demanding appraisal and something akin to a newsprint conscience for a community that measures merit in spun gold and platinum.”
Where Will The New Arts Donors Come From?
“In a world of shallower roots, greater personal mobility and a reduced sense of “ownership” of the community and its resources, where are the new donors to put on the mantle of generosity the previous generation wore so proudly?”
Surprise: Sitcoms Make A TV Comeback
“A strong batch of new shows joins a smattering of older offerings to finally breathe some life into a genre many in the industry had grave concerns about. This season a number of shows on both network and cable TV have popped out after garnering critical praise and good ratings.”
Edgy Theatre Edged Out As Audiences Look For Comfort
“Despite a bumper year for Britain’s stages, political theatres find audiences are staying away, opting to forget their troubles with escapist, light-hearted productions.”