A few days after the opening, Mr. van de Craats sent a note saying they had been released in Central Park, "where they lost all their artistic privileges and are common bait again".
Her heritage was, in fact, that of most artistic children of privilege, who feel that their true selves are invisible, while resenting the dutiful, false selves for which they are loved: a dilemma that inspires the quest, in whatever medium, for a reflection.
Those in search of wealth, privilege and artistic cachet are more likely to head to Bedford, Rye or Katonah.
The purchase was finalized in 1998, with Dahl's widow, Felicity, and daughter, Lucy, receiving total artistic control and final privilege on the choices of actors, directors and writers.
This privileging of artistic vision over marketing is so unusual in the music business as to be quite startling.
He is often portrayed as a late-night troubadour, but he avoids easy sentimentality by favoring images over confessions, and by privileging hidden artistic connections over the Taser of novelty.
I was blessed to call him a friend, and for me to serve that bold artistic spirit firsthand, was a privilege and great gift.
The disappointment of the "True Detective" finale suggests how we are entering a confusing and precarious time in television's evolution: we approach a show as an artistic achievement with all the privileges and responsibilities that this brings, when we may have done better to embrace it instead as pleasurable genre trash.
Conditions at this point were ideal for Lynch's film: he had cut a deal with Dino De Laurentiis that gave him complete artistic freedom and final cut privileges, with the stipulation that the filmmaker take a cut in his salary and work with a budget of only $6 million.
Yet she described her 10 years as artistic director as "wonderful" and "a privilege".
