Author Topic: A random thread for small art things not warranting their own thread. (Read 32670 times)

andrewc · « **Reply #175 on:** 26 July, 2022, 06:50:12 am »

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/jul/26/balfron-tower-britain-ugliest-building-gentrified

Sold off to city boys & design enthusiasts.

andrewc · « **Reply #176 on:** 26 July, 2022, 10:42:25 am »

John Wonnacott, another contemporary artist I'd never heard of. Thank you Twitter.

https://www.johnwonnacott.co.uk/?mode=shows

Quite a confusing site, but if you click on each of the shows it takes you to more paintings.

hellymedic · « **Reply #177 on:** 26 July, 2022, 01:19:25 pm »

Mick, a former classmate, always a brilliant draughtsman decided to copy a Picasso a commission for his grand-daughter.
"Micasso - Acrylic on shed door'

andrewc · « **Reply #178 on:** 28 July, 2022, 10:22:11 am »

https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/aug-sept-2022/the-vast-plight-of-the-proms/

He's not seeing a happy future for the BBC orchestras. They'll certainly get nothing from the philistines currently in power.

andrewc · « **Reply #179 on:** 04 November, 2022, 01:01:05 pm »

The Arts Council have announced their latest funding plan. Moving investment out of London to other regions.

I've got the RLPO a short walk from my flat & occasionally go over to the RNCM or Bridgewater for concerts, so don't feel too deprived on the musical front, but it's good to see more money coming to the regions. In a decent world we'd not be cutting London to pay for it though.

https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/breaking-news-arts-council-england-npo-funding-decisions-2023-26

"Leading London-based organisations including the National Theatre, English National Opera, the Royal Opera House and the Donmar Warehouse have received significant cuts in the latest funding round from Arts Council England. The Donmar has been 100% cut, while ENO said it was now looking at creating a base outside of London."

"Liverpool and Merseyside Theatres Trust, which runs the Everyman and Playhouse Theatres, has returned to the portfolio after being placed in special measures last time out. It will receive £5,434,008 over the three-year term."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63512050

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/ukne...ouncil-funding-across-the-country/ar-AA13JG0s

andrewc · « **Reply #180 on:** 22 November, 2022, 02:36:54 pm »

https://modernmooch.com an excellent site for lovers of 20th century architecture. No index, but a search function.

https://modernmooch.com/2022/09/ - lots of pics of Liverpool University's main campus, just over the road from me.

https://modernmooch.com/2016/09/26/myrtle-gardens-liverpool/ Home sweet home.

Pingu · « **Reply #181 on:** 29 November, 2022, 12:28:54 am »

WTAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WTCs8BITI

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #182 on:** 29 November, 2022, 09:38:44 am »

Quote from: Pingu on 29 November, 2022, 12:28:54 am

WTAF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2WTCs8BITI

Must be incredible live!

But what language is that? Possibly something invented?

andrewc · « **Reply #183 on:** 16 December, 2022, 11:21:08 am »

For the architecture & map fans. https://bluecrowmedia.com/collections/all

Maps of London & other capitals, showing notable buildings by style. There is a map for Hawksmoor buildings, one for Art Deco buildings & another for Brutalist stuff.

rogerzilla · « **Reply #184 on:** 17 December, 2022, 07:42:45 am »

Serial kiddy fiddler Gary Glitter will apparently be out at Christmas. Probably a bit late to organise a Gang Show tour. He must have been responsible for more hurried re-masters of compilation albums than anyone else*.

*we had some CDs for the kids of classic children's songs and they were a bit Rolf-heavy.

Ham · « **Reply #185 on:** 17 December, 2022, 10:08:40 am »

Vying for "Restaurant Review" in style:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/17/national-gallery-botched-restoration-nativity

Quote

... looks like a very earnest teenager throwing shapes at a school disco

Beardy · « **Reply #186 on:** 17 December, 2022, 09:38:57 pm »

Well, that was a popular choice in the Beardy household, I’m now deaf(er) in one ear.

Oh, yes, Hamza Yassin won Strictly.

andrewc · « **Reply #187 on:** 07 January, 2023, 11:36:05 am »

https://www.glyndebourne.com/tour/glyndebourne-is-unable-to-tour-in-2023/

"GLYNDEBOURNE REGRETS TO ANNOUNCE THAT IT WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO TOUR AS PLANNED IN 2023, FOLLOWING A REDUCTION TO ITS ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND (ACE) FUNDING FOR TOURING AND ITS LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT WORK."

I'm not the worlds biggest opera fan but I have been to see Glyndbourne's touring performances in Liverpool for the last 2 years. It looks like they will be the last.

Welsh National Opera have also cancelled their regular tours to Liverpool & other cities for the same reason.

So much for levelling up.

andrewc · « **Reply #188 on:** 19 January, 2023, 04:26:25 pm »

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-01-18/debates/0E9F7D57-0DC9-41A0-B8B5-02F452079B55/ArtsCouncilEnglandFunding

Transcription of yesterdays debate on Arts Council funding & their recent decisions.

Beardy · « **Reply #189 on:** 20 January, 2023, 04:50:53 pm »

Ms Beardy the younger whilst perusing our vinyl colllection (wot has just been dug out of the attic) ‘Who is Mike Oldfield?’
I think I might have to disown her.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #190 on:** 20 January, 2023, 06:13:58 pm »

The answer is to play the vinyl/LP/record*.

*Delete as preferred.

andrewc · « **Reply #191 on:** 29 January, 2023, 11:48:21 am »

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n03/owen-hatherley/in-battersea The redevelopment of the power station & surrounding area.

"Nowhere else in London boasts such an arid monoculture of chain stores and small flats for the affluent, or can claim architecture so ferociously ugly."

I've only seen this from the other side of the river & it's horrible at that distance.

Jurek · « **Reply #192 on:** 03 February, 2023, 10:32:41 am »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 17 December, 2022, 07:42:45 am

Serial kiddy fiddler Gary Glitter will apparently be out at Christmas. Probably a bit late to organise a Gang Show tour. He must have been responsible for more hurried re-masters of compilation albums than anyone else*.

*we had some CDs for the kids of classic children's songs and they were a bit Rolf-heavy.

He's just been released.

andrewc · « **Reply #193 on:** 13 March, 2023, 08:02:44 pm »

Quote from: Jurek on 03 February, 2023, 10:32:41 am

Quote from: rogerzilla on 17 December, 2022, 07:42:45 am
Serial kiddy fiddler Gary Glitter will apparently be out at Christmas. Probably a bit late to organise a Gang Show tour. He must have been responsible for more hurried re-masters of compilation albums than anyone else*.

*we had some CDs for the kids of classic children's songs and they were a bit Rolf-heavy.
He's just been released.

And he's now back inside. Hope no one had tickets for the comeback tour.... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/13/gary-glitter-recalled-to-prison-after-breaching-licence-conditions

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #194 on:** 19 March, 2023, 08:02:49 pm »

The Met gets political?
Art reclassified and reattributed.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #195 on:** 19 March, 2023, 08:05:56 pm »

https://www.the-tls.co.uk/categories/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life/

I have just had my attention drawn to Mary Beard's blog. I think I may have some reading to catch up on.

andrewc · « **Reply #196 on:** 24 March, 2023, 09:14:45 pm »

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/mar/24/peter-tabori-obituary

Architect of London's Whittington estate dies.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/sep/14/was-that-the-whittington-estate-in-bodyguard-a-spotters-guide-to-brutalism-architecture

https://www.wowhaus.co.uk/2020/06/08/peter-tabori-apartment-whittington-estate-london-n19/

Wowbagger · « **Reply #197 on:** 26 March, 2023, 08:13:16 pm »

I sang in Stainer's Crucifixion this afternoon. Definitely a second-rate work, or possibly not that good. It retains its popularity amongst choirs because it was written with amateur choirs in mind, it's in English, and it's much easier than the good stuff like Bach and Handel. But it's a fine example of its genre - Victorian schmaltz. I sang two short solos, one as a High Priest having a moan about blasphemy and the second as a malefactor on an adjacent cross, telling The Lad 'Imself that if he's the Messiah he can save himself and us by using his Magic Powers.

It was great to sing in a concert again - I think this is my first one since December 2019. The choir has done a couple of others, but I've been hors concours for one reason or another. Our next one is on 13th May and is a Good One. Beethoven's C major mass and J. S. Bach's motet Jesu meine Freude.

Edit: it crossed (ha!) my mind that Stainer's Crucifixion satisfies the blood-lust of Christians in spring-time.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #198 on:** 28 March, 2023, 01:04:34 am »

Quote from: Musical Director

Dear Peter,

Thank you so much for taking one the solo passages in the Crucifixion. It was good to be able to rely on your confident singing. Your splendid performance brought out the lovely resonance of your voice and fitted the narrative really effectively.

Again, very many thanks and very best wishes,

Colin

*blushes prettily*

T42 · « **Reply #199 on:** 28 March, 2023, 11:48:12 am »

More power to your diaphragm, Wow. Acid reflux turned my voice into a croak years ago.