“The shimmering, louvered canopy of the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House provides three acres of shade while extending a Dallas-sized welcome to an arts district that hopes to challenge New York’s Lincoln Center.”
Tag: 10.14.09
Creativity And How The Brain Works
The new study says: “First, people without a strong or consistent hand preference tend to be more creative than those who are strongly right- or left-handed. Second, there appears to be a way to stimulate innovative thinking in those with limited imaginations — at least in the short-term.”
Live In Trafalgar Square – What’s The Plinth Project Mean?
Anthony Gormley’s Trafalgar Square plinth project featured 2,400 people climbing up to do their thing on the pedestal. What’s it all mean? Perhaps it says something about the relationship between people and the big institutions that surround the square…
Trafalgar’s Live Fourth Plinth Comes To An End
“Cheers rang out around the historic square just after 9am today as the final plinther Emma Burns, a 30-year-old medical photographer from Darlington, County Durham, was guided down after finishing her stint.”
English Access – Limited For Latest Nobel Winner
Most of Nobel laureate Herta Muller’s books have not been translated into English. “Only five of her more than 20 books have been published in English, giving her few choices among consumers despite the immediate popularity bestowed upon Nobel laureates.”
A Look At Barnes 2.0
“The collection is housed in a discrete building that will, or so we are told, replicate the scale, proportion, and configuration of the old galleries, at least on the inside. This is good news, although the addition among the galleries of classrooms and an internal garden, which will disturb the intense art experience of the original plan, is disturbing.”
Director Says Afghan Film Industry Is Endangered
“Afghan cinema has enjoyed a renaissance since the Taliban were forced out of Kabul, with young filmmakers shooting shorts, features and documentaries in digital format. The local theater market is dominated by Indian movies, but about 25 to 35 Afghan films are released every year.”
Melbourne Symphony Dumps Chief Conductor
The orchestra has terminated maestro Oleg Caetani’s five-year contract one year early – and just 3 weeks after releasing a 2010 season brochure with Caetani’s name on it. His relations with management “are reported to have soured. … Audiences had tired of Caetani’s championing of the 20th-century Russian conductor [sic] Dmitri Shostakovich.”
Thielemann Dumps Munich Phil For Dresden
“Disputes over the German conductor Christian Thielemann’s role with the Munich Philharmonic finally ended Friday when he accepted the position of music director of the Staatskapelle Dresden,” beginning in 2012. “He is to replace the chief conductor, Fabio Luisi, who is leaving to join the Zurich Opera.”