Reviewing the decade in the arts
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Some smartypants point out that, technically, the ‘00s (oughts?) aren’t over til next year. But technicalities never stop journalists or critics from their appointed rounds of deep reflection.
So in addition to their usual ten-best lists, The Times’ crew of arts (and entertainment) critics have written, ‘Notes on the Decade,’ highlighting some terrible, but mostly, some heartening devleopments over the past ten years.
To read Charles McNulty’s shout-out to promising playwrights, click here. For Christopher Knight’s essay on L.A.’s cosmopolitanism and art’s globalization, go here.
For Christopher Hawthorne’s musings on the limitations of stararchitetcs and other designers, click here. Point here for Mark Swed’s take on this glorious era for classical music. And to read Lewis Segal on dreary ballets and exciting TV dance shows, go here.
Photo montage: Paul Gonzales/Los Angeles Times
Top 10 lists for 2009:
Art 2009: Christopher Knight’s Top 10
Architecture 2009: Christopher Hawthorne’s Top 10
Music 2009: Mark Swed’s Top 10
Theater 2009: Charles McNulty’s Top 10