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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Katy Waldman Was Reviewing A Novel. Then She Found Herself In It. And On It Goes From There. by Artsjournal1

Well, she's pretty sure she found herself " more specifically, an essay she wrote about herself and her twin sister " but the novel's author differs. And the author of another book claims sh…

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Presenter Engagement by Artsjournal1

I have spoken with staff members of presenting organizations interested in community engagement who lament the fact that they are not in a position to select specific works themselves; they …

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Getting It Backwards: The Shed's Architects Came 1st, Its Artistic Director a Distant 2nd by Artsjournal1

When an ambitious new cultural institution chooses its architect six years before appointing an artistic director/CEO, you know its priorities are upside-down and backwards. " Lee Rosenbaum

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Charity Tillemann-Dick, R.I.P. by Artsjournal1

Charity Tillemann-Dick, a coloratura soprano who suffered from pulmonary hypertension and who resumed her singing career after undergoing a double lung transplant, died this morning. " Terry…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PM[SHARE]

'Fancy Free' Doesn't Seem So Delightful After #MeToo " Should It Be Retired? by Artsjournal1

In 2019, the Bernstein-Robbins ballet about three sailors on shore leave looks rather like "a case study in rape culture," writes Lea Marshall, who took a group of undergraduate dance studen…

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A Very Bad Idea: Broadcasting 'Saturday Night Live' Direct From New Orleans Mardi Gras by Artsjournal1

Yes, they tried it once, back in 1977. And not on Saturday night at 11:30, but on Sunday evening at 8:30. "Vulture recently spoke to many of those involved, including Lorne Michaels, Randy N…

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Transporting The Instruments For A Touring Orchestra Is An Even Bigger Production Than You Think by Artsjournal1

A reporter talks with a logistics expert at DHL who's worked with touring orchestras for 15 years about everything it takes to pull a successful tour off. " WQXR (New York City)

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Bringing The Music Back To Ancient Greek Drama by Artsjournal1

"Greek tragedy survives today as words on a page, but ancient performances were distinguished as much for music and dance as for speeches and dialogue. … The musical dimension of ancient t…

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Why Even Great Social-Media Marketing By Dance Companies Doesn't Lead Straight To Ticket Sales by Artsjournal1

"There is no clear correlation between a company's social media campaigns and how many seats they fill in the theater. That doesn't mean social media isn't, of course, vital. … 'Campaigns …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:34AM[SHARE]

Can We Just Lose The Whole Non-Profits-Should-Run-Like-Businesses Nonsense For Good? by Artsjournal1

The donors, usually businesspeople, who keep saying that are "thinking of giving as analogous to investing when it isn't, which leads to related mistakes like utilizing the wrong metrics [to…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM[SHARE]

How Artists Should Plan For What Will Happen To Their Work After They Die by Artsjournal1

"For every multi-millionaire dollar Robert Rauschenberg estate, there are thousands of lesser-known talents whose families have to confront the tough decisions about what to do with hundreds…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM[SHARE]

Great Theatre Challenging Capitalism " At $1,000 Or More Per Ticket by Artsjournal1

"We are lingering in a moment in which there is a fashion, or even a giddiness, for spending large sums of money on theatrical experiences that explore the foundations and promises of Americ…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:16AM[SHARE]

Albright-Knox Art Gallery Releases Plans For Its $160 Million Expansion by Artsjournal1

The good news: "When an expanded Buffalo Albright-Knox-Gundlach Museum opens in 2021, visitors will see their own reflections in a kaleidoscopic network of mirrored glass suspended over the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:01AM[SHARE]

Conductor Daniele Gatti And Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Settle Lawsuit Over His Firing by Artsjournal1

"After the dismissal of Daniele Gatti as Music Director of the Amsterdam based Concertgebouw Orchestra, following allegations of sexual harassment, both parties had 'constructive consultatio…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AM[SHARE]

New Tolkien Biopic Disowned By Tolkien Estate by Artsjournal1

"On Tuesday morning, the estate and family of Tolkien issued a terse statement in which they announced their 'wish to make clear that they did not approve of, authorise or participate in the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM[SHARE]

UK Museums To Compare Detailed Visitor Figures With Those From Other Leisure Outlets by Artsjournal1

"A consortium of 18 organisations, including the Tate group of galleries, the British Museum and Imperial War Museums, has contracted market researchers DJS Research for a major project that…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:19AM[SHARE]

Soprano Heather Harper, 88 by Artsjournal1

"She graced the concert and opera stages of the world in roles that ranged from Ellen Orford in Britten's Peter Grimes " where her sympathy for the character drew a near-definitive portrayal…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:04AM[SHARE]

Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Extraordinary Female Iranian Artist, Dead At 96 by Artsjournal1

The first woman artist in Iran to get her own museum (and, at one time, part of Andy Warhol's cohort), she's known for using the traditional Iranian technique of mirror mosaic work to create…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:48AM[SHARE]

Are These Two Guys In India Building The World's Largest Public Library? by Artsjournal1

That's how they're describing it, but not really " it's more like the world's largest poetry-in-the-subways-and-streets project, and it's called StickLit. " The Guardian

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:33AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 22, 2019

Raggin' the Classics by Artsjournal1

Electronica artist Max Cooper and I launch a new project this spring, a collaboration called Glassforms. We overlay electronic sounds " onto piano music by Glass. There have been Glass remix…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:52PM[SHARE]
Friday, April 19, 2019

John Cameron Mitchell's New Podcast Has A Galaxy Of Stars And A Singing Brain Tumor by Artsjournal1

Anthem: Homunculus "is not the first podcast musical to be released. And though it contains a love ballad from a brain tumor to its host, it may not even be the strangest. But it is probably…

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'A Republic Of Readers': Mexico's New Chief Literary Minister (Yes) Is A Bomb-Thrower Who Aims To Transform Its Book Industry by Artsjournal1

The Fondo de Cultura Económica is a huge government-funded publishing house, influential throughout the Spanish-speaking world, and its boss basically is Mexico's minister of literature. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:02PM[SHARE]

Akram Khan Completely Overhauls 'Giselle' by Artsjournal1

No more sweet village maiden, caddish duke, or white-clad dancing spirits. "Khan's Giselle has a new score, new décor and costumes, a contemporary setting " migrant laborers in ghostly aban…

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Ugly Spending Battle And Insubordination Mean Another State Public TV Network May Split With Its Supporting Nonprofit by Artsjournal1

A legal dispute between Oklahoma's network of PBS affiliates and the foundation through which viewers support it just ended (and so did the foundation). Similar discord in Arkansas is even w…

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Italian Futurism Led Straight To Fascism (And The Same Could Happen Again Elsewhere) by Artsjournal1

"There are lessons to be learned for today's technologists and futurists in Marinetti's [Futurist Manifesto], and it would be foolish to ignore them. Let's first take a look at the words oft…

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When Actors Smash The Scenery, These Are The Folks Who Clean It Up by Artsjournal1

Take, for instance, the recent Broadway production of Sam Shepard's True West and the wreckage Ethan Hawke left behind every show. "How would anyone, save for a skilled team of crime scene c…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:32AM[SHARE]

Turns Out Walt Whitman Was Pretty Racist " Should He Be #Cancelled? (No, Here's A Better Idea) by Artsjournal1

"Like many white intellectuals, Whitman seems to have been seduced by the proliferation of racist pseudo-science in the post-Civil War era, … [and his] racism was not limited to black peop…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM[SHARE]

Using Ballet Classes To Help Break Through Peru's Class Barriers by Artsjournal1

"The class led by Maria del Carmen Silva, a former professional dancer, is bringing classical ballet dancing to children from impoverished communities where leotards and shiny pink pointe sh…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:46AM[SHARE]

Police Identify Suspected Cause Of Notre-Dame Fire by Artsjournal1

"Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, … [though they] don't have a green light to search Notre Dame's charred i…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:31AM[SHARE]

Penguin Random House Starts Airline-Style Frequent Reader Program by Artsjournal1

The PRH Reader Rewards Loyalty Program will let members enter proof-of-purchase info online; when you reach 120 points (roughly ten books, the company says), you get up to $30 credit toward …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AM[SHARE]

Guggenheim's Hilma Af Klint Show Is Most Popular In Museum's History by Artsjournal1

"The solo show for the Swedish artist, which has been widely praised by critics, has drawn in over 600,000 visitors. That influx of foot traffic has been accompanied by a 34 percent increase…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AM[SHARE]

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