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John Middleton’s secret art collection is coming out of the shadows in a blockbuster two-museum show
1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Peter Dobrin
In Philadelphia, John Middleton is known as the baseball guy with some very baseball ambitions. The managing partner of the Phillies has boldly declared his intention to make the team one of the winningest ever. In another realm, though, Middleton has already achieved a distinction — as one of the world’s top art collectors. Middleton and his wife, Leigh, have amassed “one of the greatest collections of American art in private hands,” said the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s Kathleen A. Foster.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Peter Dobrin
As the Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription season came to its epic conclusion Sunday afternoon with Tristan und Isolde, evidence of being in the presence of a historic event piled up. Here was a reigning Wagnerian soprano’s last time in a signature Wagnerian role, and, for only the second time since 1934, the orchestra’s full performance of a score that changed the course of music.
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3 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Peter Dobrin
You can’t keep a good drag queen down. Or an orchestra. Or its music director. In fact, by the time the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Pride Concert reached the stage Wednesday night, the loss of a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts had generated a backlash of love and goodwill so great, you almost wanted to thank the Trump administration for trying to reignite the culture wars. Almost, but not quite.
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3 weeks ago |
sacbee.com | Peter Dobrin
At the Library of Congress last month, Roberto Díaz was playing on an exceedingly rare viola. What didn't cross his mind, he says, is just how much the hunk of maple and spruce clutched beneath his chin was worth. Which is perhaps a good thing. The Tuscan-Medici viola from the workshop of Antonio Stradivari was recently valued at $30 million, likely making it the most expensive musical instrument in the world.
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3 weeks ago |
dailygazette.com | Peter Dobrin
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