Research published today by two medical experts, in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of Wilde's death, says a chronic ear infection that spread to his brain was responsible for the death. A new show in Montreal ponders Alfred Hitchcock's ties to the other arts. The general idea is that Hitchcock has a great culture in literature but also in art, and sometimes he transposes to cinema some of the solutions that have been found by surrealist and symbolist artists. Gidon Kremer was such a hot young virtuoso that Herbert von Karajan called him the greatest violinist in the world. But to Kremer, playing the fiddle has always been about a lot more than great musicianship.
Music is a political act.
In the first half of the 20th Century Chick Austin brought a showman's touch to American art. The settlement is believed to be around 2 million. Arthur Sullivan was made famous and very rich by his collaboration with William Gilbert. It's singer Charlotte Church versus her ex-manager in court, as the manager sues to get a percentage of all her earnings through 2002. In the 15 years since he founded it, Edward Villella has turned Miami City Ballet into a respectable, successful company.