Archives for March 2011

Music director James Levine, left, and general manager Peter Gelb at last month's press conference on the Metropolitan Opera's new seasonWhile this blog focuses primarily on the visual arts, it's no secret that I'm an ardent operaphile and, especially, a Levine lover. I wasn't around for opera's previous Golden Ages, but for me, the era when music director James Levine … [Read more...] about MeTube: Whither the Met Opera? The Press Conference Before Levine’s BSO Resignation

Egyptian Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass with King TutPhoto: Stephanie SakoutisKate Taylor of the NY Times reported online yesterday that Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities minister, is "considering resigning." Taylor suggests that his reason has to do with recent additional looting (including break-ins Monday at two warehouses near the pyramids of Giza), which led him to … [Read more...] about Regime Change: Will Hawass Step Down? UPDATED

Yesterday and today were Museums Advocacy Day. (Maybe they should have made "Museums" singular and "Day" plural.) Museum devotees gathered in Washington to urge their Congressmen to support appropriations benefiting the nation's cultural institutions. This effort had particularly urgency this year, given the threatened cuts to funding during this time of fiscal … [Read more...] about Art & Politics: Museums Advocacy Day’s Letter-Writing Campaign; Mark di Suvero’s Medal