At Christie’s Old Masters auction in London last night, a “Raphael study fetched 29.2 million pounds, the most at a public sale for any work on paper; the Rembrandt made 20.2 million pounds, an artist record at auction.”
Tag: 12.09.09
Victor Pinchuk On What Inspired His $100,000 Art Prize
“Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists,” the Ukrainian billionaire said on a walk through the Museum of Modern Art. “That’s why we do the prize: to discover new talent.”
New Jersey Withholds $10M In Arts Grants
“Hundreds of theaters, museums, musical groups and other arts organizations learned this week that the state treasury froze the more than $10 million in arts grants approved last summer. The money was expected last month, but this week state officials said they don’t know when the funds will be released.”
Dancing The Harlem Renaissance
“Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes. The giants of the Harlem Renaissance loom large in Uptown, Matthew Rushing’s new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.” The piece is “structured as an episodic tour through Harlem in the 1920s.”
Vision-Impaired Actress Added To Cast Of Broadway Miracle Worker
“After a nationwide search, the producers of the coming Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker have cast a vision-impaired 10-year-old as the understudy for the role of Helen Keller, to the delight of advocates for disabled actors who were concerned about the choice of a seeing, hearing actress to play Helen.”