All stories by Artsjournal on BroadwayStars

Friday, January 24, 2020

So Much For The Grammys' New Era by Artsjournal

Ousted chief Deborah Dugan's explosive claims threatened to overshadow the star-studded show itself, which is scheduled to air on CBS. Her brutal portrait of the Recording Academy as a chumm…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:33PM[SHARE]

Disruptive Innovation Thinker Clayton Christensen, 67 by Artsjournal

His theory of disruptive innovation made him a key influence on Silicon Valley powerhouses like Netflix and Intel and twice earned him the title of the world's most influential living manage…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:33PM[SHARE]

Oregon Bach Festival Announces Three Finalists To Lead It by Artsjournal

The festival has been in turmoil for the past few years after letting its artistic and executive directors. Finalists are conductors Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Craig Hella Johnson and Julian Wachn…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:33PM[SHARE]

Thomas Campbell's Challenges At San Francisco's Fine Arts Museums by Artsjournal

It is not clear how Campbell will rebrand the museums, but he casts the de Young as a strong American arts institution and the Legion as a "treasure chest like the Frick, Kimbell or Neue Gal…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:32PM[SHARE]

Top Galleries Blast Art Basel In Letter Over Hong Kong Fair by Artsjournal

The letter, addressed to Art Basel global director Marc Spiegler and Adeline Ooi, its director Asia, did not mince words when airing complaints about the state of the fair amid the Hong Kong…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM[SHARE]

MA PROGRAMME PUPPETRY IN FOUR CENTRAL EUROPEAN ACADEMIES by Artsjournal

Study your Master in puppetry at Central European universities in Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, BiaÅ‚ystok! The PuppeTry focuses on different artistic and teaching methods of the particip…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12AM[SHARE]
Thursday, January 23, 2020

An Extraordinary Boots-On-The-Ground Arts Philanthropist In Atlanta by Artsjournal

"My desire to give evolved from going to a lot of museums, art galleries and live performances," he says. "It took years to develop my taste, but once I was on the ground, seeing what these …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]

Smithsonian To Send Popular Obama Portraits On A National Tour by Artsjournal

Kehinde Wiley's official portrait of President Obama and Amy Sherald's painting of the first lady, like the Obamas themselves, broke boundaries. L.A.-born, New York-based Wiley and New York-…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]

Klimt Thief: "We Have Given A Gift To The City" by Artsjournal

Last Friday, when art historians confirmed its authenticity through X-rays to see if the original painting was there, Ermanno Mariani got the curious call, and the voice was oddly familiar. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]

Does Russia's New Minister Of Culture Hate Culture? by Artsjournal

Her blunt views on culture were summed up in a 2008 blog which complains "I simply can't stand going to exhibitions, museums, opera". " BBC

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PM[SHARE]

Our Conception Of Time As A Process Has Evolved by Artsjournal

Over the past few centuries, philosophers of time have worried about divine eternity, absolutism and Kantian idealism. Our current fixation on presentness, and whether it is a real feature o…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

A New Museum That's Betting You'll Pay For A More "Experience" Experience by Artsjournal

The museum is betting that in a city where tickets to the Museum of Ice Cream cost $38, visitors will be willing to pay for the privilege of experiencing photography in a way that feels m…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Stories Are An Oral Tradition. They Work Differently When You Don't Hear Them by Artsjournal

Once upon a time, none of these stories had yet been fixed on a page (or a clay tablet), but were carried in the physical bodies of the people who committed them to memory. Long before Johan…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Survival Of The Fittest? Turns Out Collaboration Might Be More Important by Artsjournal

Put simply, life is beginning to look ever more complex and ever more collaborative. All this has fractured Western biology's consensus on Darwin. " Slate

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM[SHARE]

Frank Gehry And His Favorite Buildings, And How He Thinks About Buildings by Artsjournal

"I don't play music and I don't paint, but I always thought architecture was an art and I try to practice it that way. Architecture is intuitive. It's humanly expressive. You're putting your…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM[SHARE]

Applications now open for an exciting MA Directing degree in Prague! by Artsjournal

LEARN NEW WAYS TO DO THEATRE, CREATE YOUR OWN WORK & MAKE CONNECTIONS!

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM[SHARE]

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra seeks President & CEO by Artsjournal

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra seeks a strategic, business-minded leader with a passion for classical music, high emotional intelligence, and collaborative style to serve as President &a…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM[SHARE]

The Case Of The Non-Review Book Review And What It Says About Us by Artsjournal

Should Jeanine Cummins have written the book? Lauren Groff doesn't know. Should she have reviewed it? She doesn't know! "Perhaps this book is an act of cultural imperialism; at the same time…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM[SHARE]
Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Social Media Influencers Are Changing The Face Of Dance by Artsjournal

Commercial dancers " the performers who animate music videos, films and TV shows " have long needed the right look, the right connections, expertise in the most popular styles and an agency …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

When Your Body Art Gets In The Way Of Life… Take It Off by Artsjournal

Tattoos can be a barrier for people getting out of prison. They can make it hard to find jobs, to feel safe in certain neighborhoods, to reconcile with family and to leave the past behind. N…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Shows That Won't Let You Back In If You Leave Make It Hard For Physically Challenged People by Artsjournal

Sitting through a show of that length might seem manageable enough if you're young and in good health, less so if you have a medical condition like Crohn's disease or other hidden disability…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

How Self-Help Books Have Influenced Literature by Artsjournal

Serious authors create; self-help writers multiply. But the influence of self-help on prestigious literature is much deeper and more sustained than figures such as Macdonald would have us be…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

San Jose Opera's New Direction by Artsjournal

Since taking over as general director in October, Khori Dastoor, 39, has been on a tear behind the scenes " beefing up staffing levels, setting ambitious financial goals and consulting with …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

For The First Time Netflix Reveals How Many Watched "The Queen" by Artsjournal

The third season, which stars Olivia Colman as the Queen, was watched in 21 million homes in its first four weeks. That was 40% more than saw the second season over the same time period, Net…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Remembering Fellini On His 100th Birthday by Artsjournal

Anthony Lane: "Fellini is the great divider. "La Dolce Vita" was the film most loved by Roger Ebert, for whom it was transformed with every viewing, whereas Pauline Kael likened Fellini's ef…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

Why Do We Fetishize Books As Physical Objects? by Artsjournal

We seem to project enormously intense feelings onto books, feelings that make us protective of them and furious toward those we perceive as threatening them. We think of our books as symbols…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:12PM[SHARE]

Enrollment In Art History Programs Down 28 Percent In UK by Artsjournal

The number of UK domicile first year students (first degree) selecting historical and philosophical subjects fell by 5% between 2017-18 and 2018-19, contributing to a 17.5% decline in popula…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54AM[SHARE]
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Call for Applications to Parrsboro International Plein Air Festival 2020 by Artsjournal

Calling all painters! Join us in exploring the beautiful shores of the Bay of Fundy on the Parrsboro Shores where the highest tides in the world are found. Juried applicants get a chance to …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:54PM[SHARE]

Study Shows Women Making Small Parity Gains In Grammys by Artsjournal

The third edition of the study, spearheaded by USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative founder Stacy L. Smith, was announced Tuesday, revealing that for 2020, the percentage of female nominees in…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

The Fatal Flaws Of Roger Scruton by Artsjournal

It was, for Scruton, impossible to conceive of society without prejudices and exclusions, discrimination and inequality. That's why his views, despite mellowing over the years, never substan…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]

How Margaret Mead's Reputation Eroded by Artsjournal

Within anthropology, Mead is still revered, but mostly as a way to understand the discipline's origins. In the popular mind, Mead's name has all but vanished, her reputation whittled down to…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48PM[SHARE]