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the Artes Mundi Award goes to...Thursday, 20 May 2010
Great excitement at the Artes Mundi Awards in Cardiff’s National Museum last night as the UK’s largest cash prize for the winner of any UK contemporary art competition - a staggering £40,000 - was presented to the Israeli artist Yael Bartana. Two... Read more... |
Mukhtar's BirthdayWednesday, 19 May 2010In Denmark on 5 May a bus driver called Mukhtar had a birthday. He was in for a surprise when a flash mob of singers deliver a present. Read more... |
London Philharmonic holds on to the bestTuesday, 18 May 2010It already has the finest balance in its team of house conductors, and fortunately - though few are more sought after worldwide - Vladimir Jurowski and Yannick Nézet-Séguin have pledged to extend their contracts with the London Philharmonic... Read more... |
Chalk a line around it: Law & Order is deadMonday, 17 May 2010
American television network executives more concerned about remaking old dramas (Rockford Files 2010, anyone?) than maintaining a powerhouse drama which has wowed critics and fans for 20 years have finally killed off Law & Order. Custom has... Read more... |
Glyndebourne announces 2011 operasMonday, 17 May 2010
It used to be a treat saved up for the end of the season, when a Christie of Glyndebourne would step before the curtain and announce the next year's operas. Now, like everyone else, Glyndebourne is jumping in quick with its plans, partly, I guess,... Read more... |
With Friends like these...Saturday, 15 May 2010The accepted wisdom that Americans screw up every British comedy they buy the rights to is to be given a post-modern twist. Shooting was announced this week for a new sitcom called Episodes. It features a pair of British comedy writers – they also... Read more... |
Tate Modern celebrates independentsFriday, 14 May 2010
Since its millennium opening, Tate Modern has managed to transform the landscape for the contemporary visual arts in Britain. This week it celebrates its 10th anniversary by inviting 70 of the world’s most innovative, independent art spaces to take... Read more... |
Pappano's Verdi Requiem triumphs againFriday, 14 May 2010
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Classical Brits - do we care?Friday, 14 May 2010
Who cares about the Classical Brits? Should we be carrying you the news? Should the seriously serious conductor Antonio Pappano and his Accademia di Santa Cecilia be trumpeting their double win yesterday for his Verdi Requiem (Critics' Choice - the... Read more... |
Brian Eno on Fela Kuti and the Brighton FestivalFriday, 14 May 2010Brian Eno’s on the phone. He’s been up all night. But he does want to talk to theartsdesk about his Afro-beat concert in Brighton as part of the Brighton Festival he is curating which this evening sees Seun Kuti - the son of Fela Kuti, who has... Read more... |
Two new Hamlets off the tellyFriday, 14 May 2010It's an axiom trotted out in the acting profession that a young male actor measures himself against the role of Hamlet, much as an older one does with Lear. It's been announced this week that a couple more are having a stab at the Prince of Denmark... Read more... |
RPS Awards audience thumbs nose at new GovernmentWednesday, 12 May 2010
The announcement by the Royal Philharmonic Society's keynote speaker Grayson Perry that the Queen had sent for David Cameron last night was met with audible groans from the great and the good of the classical music world at their Awards ceremony.... Read more... |
