News from FVW.com - 03/09/2010
Neue Töne im Tourismus
Massachussetts schlägt neue Töne im Tourismus-Marketing an: Der Neuengland-Staat vermarktet sich als Jazz-Destination. Auch aus Kulturszene und Hotellerie gibt es diverse Neuigkeiten.
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News from People's Daily - 03/08/2010
Milan museum honors chair designer Magistretti
A new museum commemorating Italian designer Vico Magistretti, famous for his creation of the stackable plastic chair, opened on Wednesday to pay tribute to a key figure in Italian modernism. The three-room museum is housed in the central Milan studio where Magistretti did most of his work. It was founded by the Vico Magistretti Foundation, which is headed by the architect's daughter Susanna ...
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News from Times of Malta - 03/07/2010
Another alien idea?
One of the online comments to last week's editorial on the project entrusted by the government to Renzo Piano - which concluded by saying that if one of the world's leading architects is of the opinion that a national theatre should be located elsewhere, who are we to argue? - stated that the colonial mentality in Malta is "alive and strong".
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News from Times of Malta - 03/07/2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Editorial - Another alien idea? One of the online comments to last week's editorial on the project entrusted by the government to Renzo Piano - which concluded by saying that if...
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News from Times of Malta - 03/07/2010
Thoughts on Renzo Piano's theatre plans (2)
The building in the accompanying photograph is a tough act to follow. An encore is the only answer. This is what the majority of the Maltese people want, and nothing else will do. It is the missing jewel in Valletta's crown.
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News from Malta Star - 03/07/2010
MCC could be turned into an opera house
The Mediterranean Conference Centre could be transformed into an opera house within a two year period should a report by producer Cameron Mackintosh be accepted.
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News from Times of Malta - 03/07/2010
The government's split second
Two years ago, the Nationalist Party came back from behind to celebrate a dramatic election victory by a mere 1,580 votes. Herman Grech takes a snapshot of the government's second year in office.
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News from Scotland on Sunday - 03/06/2010
Broad brush paints new era for art in LA
ON THE West Coast of America the arts world is in a flap. The news that Jeffrey Deitch is preparing to take the helm of that cultural pillar of Los Angeles, the Museum
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News from Art Daily - 03/05/2010
Art Institute of Chicago Appoints New Chief Operating Officer
David Thurm comes to the Art Institute after 27 years at the New York Times. CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago announced the appointment of David Thurm as the museum's new Chief Operating Officer .
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News from Malta Star - 03/05/2010
Roofless theatre decision in Piano’s hands, PM says
The decision on whether or not to have a roofless theatre on the former opera house site will be taken by Italian Architect Renzo Piano. The decision to have a roofless or a partially roofless theatre was harshly criticised by a number of artists, as well as Fr Peter Serracino Inglott.
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News from Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News - 03/05/2010
Milan museum honours chair designer Magistetti
MILAN, March 5 (Reuters) - A new museum commemorating Italian designer Vico Magistretti, famous for his creation of the stackable plastic chair, has opened to pay tribute to a key figure in Italian modernism.
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News from Reuters via Yahoo! News - 03/05/2010
Milan museum honors chair designer Magistretti
A new museum commemorating Italian designer Vico Magistretti, famous for his creation of the stackable plastic chair, opened on Wednesday to pay tribute to a key figure in Italian modernism.
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News from di-ve - 03/03/2010
CUTTING EDGE: Same old, same old
There are just weeks when you cannot work up the energy to object to anything. Things seem to take on a surreal tinge that makes you doubt your own sanity.
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News from Times of Malta - 03/03/2010
Serracino-Inglott insists theatre without a roof is useless
One of the Nationalist Party's longest standing strategists has criticised the way the Prime Minister has tackled the issue of Renzo Piano's controversial roofless theatre.
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News from Times of Malta - 03/03/2010
Stories from The Times
Utility tariffs - 'No other avenues open to unions' - Kurt Sansone The unions that led two protests against the high water and electricity tariffs did everything in their power to block their introduction and...
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News from The Art Newspaper - 03/03/2010
Ernst Beyeler, 1921-2010
Ernst Beyeler died peacefully at his home in Riehen, Switzerland, on 25 February at the age of 88. ...
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News from Times of Malta - 03/02/2010
Refugee reverie
Last Friday the Jesuit Faith and Justice Centre launched a book called Opening Up a Path beyond Fear. It includes a significant contribution by President Emeritus Eddie Fenech Adami on the Detention Centre substituting the Customs House as the image of the Frontier dividing "us" from "them".
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News from NPR - 03/01/2010
Dallas, Fort Worth Battle For Cultural Supremacy
There's a showdown brewing in Texas: between the neighboring cities of Dallas and Fort Worth. They're not fighting over land, or water, or oil or gas rights; they're fighting for cultural supremacy. Who's got the best art museum? Who's bigger in the music world?
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News from Malta Today - 03/01/2010
‘Ruins represent aspirations of post-war Maltese society’
James Debono The consultants who drew up government’s report to MEPA on the reconstruction of the Royal Opera House are arguing that the German-bombed ruins should stay as they are because they represent post-war Malta’s “ambitions and aspirations”.
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News from Times of Malta - 03/01/2010
Partial roof for Piano's theatre
A 25-metre-wide lightweight roof features in the latest plans for the redesign of Valletta's entrance and, specifically, the open-air theatre proposed by Italian architect Renzo Piano.
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