All stories by Artsjournal on BroadwayStars

Monday, September 9, 2019

Petrenko's Conservative Debut With Berlin Philharmonic Is Troubling by Artsjournal

Alex Ross: "Conservatives in the orchestra and in the audience may be reassured, but this retrenchment is a troubling signal from a historically great orchestra that ought to be assuming a l…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

BMI, The Performance Rights Administrator Announces Record Collections For Musicians by Artsjournal

BMI announced record revenues this morning, with $1.283 billion, up 7% over the previous year. The performing-rights organization also distributed and administered $1.196 billion to…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

Are Streaming Services Making It More Difficult For Canadians To See Canadian Films? by Artsjournal

Subscription video on-demand services, like Netflix and Amazon Prime, operate independently of delivery networks like cable; they are literally "over-the-top." They bypass traditional progra…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

A Battle Over "Another" Mona Lisa by Artsjournal

Known to some as the "Earlier Mona Lisa," the painting has spent much of the past five decades hidden in a Swiss bank vault. Acquired by a secretive consortium in 2008, the painting has sinc…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

We're Rich. So Why Do We Work Even Harder? by Artsjournal

"That the wealthiest countries in the history of the world have sustained manic work regimes has puzzled thinkers for more than a century. Why could we not limit work to, say, three hours a …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

Is American Poetry Too Snooty? by Artsjournal

"When I asked a friend, a terrific prose writer, why she seems to have a slight disdain for poetry, she replied, 'It's too elitist, like walking through a beautiful forest in which I know no…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM[SHARE]

How Conspiracy Theorists Are Building (And Rebuilding) Their Own Networks by Artsjournal

Over the past few years, an ideologically diverse coalition of white nationalists, conservatives and ultra-libertarians has launched attempts to build out its own online infrastructure, sett…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]

Judy Chicago Reclaims Her Place In Art by Artsjournal

"I was being erased from the history of Southern California art and it really upset me," says the artist (who now lives in New Mexico). But the launch of the Pacific Standard Time series of …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]

Thomas Heatherwick Defends His Hudson Yards Installation by Artsjournal

"But what's the purpose of Central Park? What's the purpose of the High Line? What's the purpose? The whole point of a recreation space " what's precious " is that it doesn't tell you what y…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]

Fashion Houses Pull Out Of Fashion Week Events At The Shed by Artsjournal

Sources say that Michael Kors, Vera Wang and the Academy of Art University were all slated to show their collections at the sleek, $475 million venue but have pulled out. Rag & Bone publ…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]

The Cleveland Institute Of Music's Plan To Get Better: Get Smaller by Artsjournal

Where many institutions of higher learning are looking to expand, CIM is looking to contract. In an effort to compete with the nation's top schools of music and reduce competition among grad…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM[SHARE]

Ceiling Collapses At The Portland Art Museum by Artsjournal

Nobody was  injured and the Art Museum says no artworks were damaged. 6 chairs and a table were lost. It says engineers examined the third floor room and the rest of the Mark Building and…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:24PM[SHARE]
Friday, September 6, 2019

Annapolis Symphony seeks Executive Director & Chief Development Officer by Artsjournal

The Annapolis Symphony Orchestra seeks a strong leader who brings a successful track record in fund-raising, excellent interpersonal skills, and the proven ability to manage and lead an orga…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12PM[SHARE]

AEA is Hiring! by Artsjournal

Research Analyst - New York

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:12PM[SHARE]

The FTC Just Fined YouTube $170 Million. Does It Even Matter? by Artsjournal

"Time and again, the money extracted from the tech giants amounts to a pittance. The structural remedies that accompany those fines"the part where companies agree to change the offending par…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33PM[SHARE]

Emily Nussbaum's Case For Taking TV Seriously by Artsjournal

Many people today take television seriously. Instead, Nussbaum's contribution has been to argue for what precisely about television merits our serious attention. " Los Angeles Review of Books

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33PM[SHARE]

Young Adults Spend Six Hours A Day On Their Phones. by Artsjournal

According to researchers, young adults, and particularly those raised as "digital natives" as part of Generation Z (ages 18 to 24), have high expectations for a "flawless, seamless, personal…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33PM[SHARE]

Malcolm Gladwell's Impending Tipping Point by Artsjournal

Nearly 20 years and millions of sales after his nonfiction debut, Mr. Gladwell is at something of a professional tipping point. He elicits from readers the kind of polarized reactions usuall…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]

Banff International Competition Makes a Dynamic Case For String Quartets by Artsjournal

As a launching pad, a young quartet could hardly ask for more. And in the case of the Marmen Quartet, the prize followed on the heels of a first-prize victory in another of the world's leadi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]

Do Book Prizes Matter? Researchers Crunched The Numbers by Artsjournal

In short, prizes matter. But more surprising is the effect of a nomination alone. With only an appearance on the Booker shortlist, a book moves from total obscurity in the classroom and the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:03PM[SHARE]

Do Transfers Of London Shows To Broadway Say Something About The State Of Broadway? by Artsjournal

It is certainly possible to say that roughly a quarter of all the Broadway shows announced have at least one, if not both, feet planted in UK soil. But to those who wield this 'fact' to sugg…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM[SHARE]

Claim: Arts In UK Rural Areas Are Disappearing by Artsjournal

Ralph Lister, Director of the Somerset-based NPO Take Art, believes that England's rural arts infrastructure could disappear entirely within the next five years unless ACE takes steps to add…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:36PM[SHARE]

Ivan Fischer's Daughter Got Kicked Out Of Music Conservatory For Exploring Her Range (Turns Out It Works As A Career) by Artsjournal

"Classical singing is very beautiful but very specific. I meanwhile was developing an interest in all the other things my voice could do " I felt that I had such a rich instrument and I was …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:18PM[SHARE]

Theatre Pros Grade Boris Johnson's First Week by Artsjournal

"What we're watching now is a man realising that the character he invented for himself in order to get something he didn't want doesn't work when you're prime minister. It was fine for panel…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:12PM[SHARE]
Thursday, September 5, 2019

Is Art Facing A Crisis Of Beauty? by Artsjournal

"I realize that the various arts councils see art as a communications strategy, a way of encoding statements of moral good in visual form. Long ago they surrendered any faith in the aestheti…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

University In Baghdad Survives For 800 Years. Will It Outlive A Planned Restoration? by Artsjournal

Now that Baghdad is once more clambering back to its feet after ISIS's territorial defeat, observers wonder: Can the school regain anything of its past glory or will it " and the city around…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

Dallas Symphony's New Music Director Brings A Distinctly Different Approach by Artsjournal

"We were all trying to impress him. When it said fortissimo, we got a little out of hand. He said, 'We all have different levels of fortissimo. Never take the sound past beautiful.' The enti…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

Italy Welcomed Foreign-Born Directors To Run Museums. Well, That's Over by Artsjournal

Museum boards are being abolished, and the contracts of foreign-born directors seem unlikely to be renewed as Italy's government rolls back many of the game-changing reforms introduced fo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

Search for the next President of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra by Artsjournal

On the heels of celebrating its 100th anniversary, the Juno and Grammy-award winning Vancouver Symphony Orchestra ("VSO"), is engaged in a search for its next President of the VSS and the VS…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

An Overhaul In Leadership At Portland Oregon's Major Arts Organizations by Artsjournal

A massive overhaul is happening at the top of Portland's biggest artistic institutions. Six of Oregon's major arts organizations"including NW Film Center, Portland Center Stage and Chamber M…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]

VP Sales and Marketing by Artsjournal

The Company is a publisher engaged in global retail and wholesale distribution of museum quality limited edition prints by renowned contemporary artists.

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:18PM[SHARE]