“If people don’t say, ‘This could win an Oscar,’ they don’t spend the money. In one sense, I don’t blame them — but I don’t have [ads on] bus stops and billboards, so it’s great to have the movie mentioned in a positive way.”
Museum Boom – China Now Has 4000 Of Them (We Think)
That is a lot of museums. Then again, how do you define one? In China the word seems to refer to all types of spaces, from state-sponsored institutions to private collector-fueled projects … to the “many new museums … built as part of new property projects to help get them planning permission. Some may never have been intended for their stated purpose.”
The Problem With Setting Values On DIA’s Art
Beverly Schreiber Jacoby, president of BSJ Fine Art in New York, said that while Christie’s did what the city asked it to do, she regarded the evaluation process as “conceptually flawed.” She said it ignored the reality of bringing the art to market in the context of bankruptcy and what would be, in effect, a forced sale.
Harry Potter To Be Made Into Stage Play On London’s West End
JK Rowling “will not write the stage piece — however, she will co-produce and collaborate with a playwright.”
Roof Collapses During Show At London West End Theatre
“A large section of ornate plasterwork at the Apollo fell on to the audience during a production of The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time … injuring 76 people, seven of them seriously.”