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Dates: during 1970-1979
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An extreme case of the reverence accorded to Beuys' work in Germany happened two years ago, when one of his pieces-a bathtub on a stand, dotted with bits of sticking plaster-was mistakenly used to cool beer during a party in the museum where it was stored. No...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Noise of Beuys | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Beuys' answer to this is, in effect, a brisk substitution. If art cannot affect politics, we shall designate everything that happens in the world as art, as a form of "social sculpture." Since in the present intellectual climate of Germany nearly every act can be read as political, the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: The Noise of Beuys | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

The Viennese are going through transition too. Shortly before the company left Vienna, it announced that Director Egon Seefehlner, 67, would retire and Cleveland Orchestra Music Director Lorin Maazel, 49, would take over in the 1982-83 season. Maazel is the first American to be entrusted with the company'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Vienna's Spark of History | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Meanwhile, that excellence is on view in Washington, making an eloquent case for the company's conservatism. If the Viennese venerate the ghosts in their midst, at least they have chosen to venerate the best. -Christopher Porterfield

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Vienna's Spark of History | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

Government help of some sort is plainly needed if banks are to be persuaded to continue to finance Chrysler. Despite five profitable years, the company has run up a net loss in the 1970s of $100 million, and more than half the red ink has come this year alone. So...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Big Loss, Bigger Bailout | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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