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» LACMA's weekend film series gets extended -- but 'still in jeopardy'
The weekend film program still lives, and will for at least another fiscal year, LACMA officials said. But without the $5-million to $6-million endowment that museum director Michael Govan wants to raise to cover most costs, it will remain on life support.
“The film program is still in jeopardy,” Melody Kanschat, LACMA’s president, said last week.
Not to be all “I told you so“…but…Ok, I won’t say it. It is just a bit frustrating that everyone wants to talk about how important it is, how vital, how we should never dream about getting rid of it, but the truth of the matter is the program cannot run on hopes and dreams and internet campaigns. I do not want to diminish the importance of the program, but I can’t step up to bat with any money (other than my ticket money if I go to see a show) to really contribute than I can’t VEHEMENTLY complain.
Is it Michael Govan’s job to raise money to support the museums budget? Yes. It is a difficult job, especially so in tough economic times. Would I rather have the film program than the Koons monstrosity that he may or may not be vying for in a post-Carlson world? Duh and obvi. However, I’m not on the board and maybe they all really love the snakes on a plane train on a crane idea. Who knows.
Lida Abdul White House 2005 (Film Still)
This makes me think of that Mentos song, which is now stuck in my head.*
*Probably not the artist’s intention.
» Martin Scorsese Produces Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies
Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut and directed by Arne Glimcher, Picasso and Braque go to the Movies is a cinematic tour through the effects of the technological revolution, specifically the invention of aviation, the creation of cinema and their interdependent influence on artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. With narration by Scorsese, and interviews with art scholars and artists including Chuck Close, Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl, the film looks at the collision between film and art at the turn of the 20th Century and helps us to realize cinema’s continuing influence on the art of our time.
It was the turn of the 20th Century and the disciplines of art and science were about to converge in a way that would change our perception of the world forever. Produced by Martin Scorsese and Robert Greenhut, narrated by Martin Scorsese and directed by Arne Glimcher, PICASSO AND BRAQUE GO TO THE MOVIES is a virtual tour through the effects of the technological revolution, specifically the invention of aviation, the creation of cinema and their interdependent influence on Picasso And Braque’s invention of Cubism, the most radical shock in the history of Western Art.
LA’s The Deadly Syndrome have finally released their second album, Nolens Volens, available on itunes. Drummer Jesse Hoy was too excited to not be creating while waiting for the launch and shot a series of shorts to celebrate. The series begins with “Charm.”
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