“Museums and galleries funded by the Government are to receive an extra £46 million over the next three years. Some £22 million will pay for urgent repairs and improvements to many of the ailing buildings, including leaking roofs at the British Museum and the National Gallery.” – The Times (UK)
Tag: 11.11.00
NOW THAT WE’VE DONE LAS VEGAS
Guggenheim officials arrived in Rio de Janeiro this week to look at possible sites for a Latin American affiliate – “a museum that Brazil hopes would become a must-see on the international art circuit.” CNN
CURE FOR INSOMNIA
“Sleep is the least desired effect of orchestras, ballet companies, theatre troupes and opera ensembles; nevertheless, it is a common phenomenon in concert halls and theatres everywhere. Many of showbiz’s most influential powerbrokers are well-known shut-eye artists. Afterward, when they go backstage to congratulate the cast, they can truthfully say, ‘Your performance tonight was invigorating’.” – National Post (Canada) 11/11/00
SAVING WINNIE THE POOH
In Winnipeg, Canada “children are breaking open their piggy banks, seniors are dropping off $20 bills and well-heeled Winnipeggers are brandishing their chequebooks so the city can buy the large oval-shaped painting of A. A. Milne’s famous bear, honey pot in paw, at Sotheby’s auction house in London next week.” Winnie was inspired by a black bear bought in Ontario in 1914 and named after the buyer’s hometown of Winnipeg.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada) 11/11/00
THE BEAUTY PAGEANT CONTINUES
Continuing the recent public auditions for the next music director of the New York Philharmonic, Christoph Eschenbach stepped in for the ailing Kurt Masur this week. How’d he do? – New York Times
PULLING MUSIC APART
Thousands of musicologists converge on Toronto to dissect the elements of music. “The paradox is that Western thinking about music has provided the field’s lingua franca at the very moment that Western art music is considered least central.” – New York Times