– was inducted into France’s Academie des Beaux Arts this week – an embrace by the French establishment. – BBC
Tag: 12.16.99
THE PAVAROTTIS IN COURT
Divorce drags on through the Italian courts. – BBC
CLASSIC VIDEO
Consortium of producers and venture capitalists has put together a website to release a series of videos of classic theater productions filmed originally for television. Backstage
MAKING IT ON MOZART
Anatomy of a classical music radio station. LA’s KKGO turns ten-years-old. Los Angeles Times
MOVIES AND MEXICO
And the censors. New York Times
THE LOUVRE opens –
– nine sumptuous new galleries. Hartford Courant (AP)
MOMA ON TRIAL
Museum of Modern Art director lays out his museum’s case on two Egon Schiele paintings looted by the Nazis. “Nobody wants to have works of art that are tainted.” Toronto Globe and Mail
A MUDFLAT ON THE THAMES
London’s Millennial Dome is a theme park for the masses, a jumble of architectural styles. Echoes of the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition of 1851. London Telegraph
VIRTUAL CITIES
Virtual reality technology, some of it borrowed from the military, is being used by architects for urban planning models – a new way to see cities that transcends models and blueprints. New York Times
THE HAYSEED WITHIN
“Funny how the minute an ultracool architect like Frank Gehry comes to town, some folks get maniacally insecure and start up with the talk about how utterly uncool Washington is.” Washington City Paper