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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

UK Panel Rules National Gallery's Laid-Off Educators Should Have Rights As Workers, Not Freelancers by Artsjournal1

Mind you, the tribunal didn't find that the 27 plaintiffs were unfairly sacked; neither did it say they should have all the rights of Gallery employees (not the same thing as "workers" under…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:16AM[SHARE]

Brazil's Great Sculpture Park, Inhotim, Reopens Following Disastrous Dam Collapse by Artsjournal1

"The deadly mudslides that resulted from the [Brumadinho] accident did not reach the sculpture park, which is around 20km from the site and had been evacuated, but more than 80% of its 600 e…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:01AM[SHARE]

Peter Hurford, Much-Recorded Organist, Dead At 88 by Artsjournal1

He was best-known for his award-winning discs of the complete organ music of J.S. Bach, though his discography ranged from Handel and Soler to Widor and Poulenc. " Gramophone

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AM[SHARE]

This African Country Has A Stultifying Theatre Culture. Here's How To Change That by Artsjournal1

"Attend three and you will start feeling the monotony in all of it; it is like each performance, each story, is the same," writes Malawian theatre artist Isaac Mafuel. The problem, he says, …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]
Monday, March 4, 2019

Night thoughts about André Previn by Artsjournal1

The obituaries for André Previn were respectful, even admiring, in a way that they wouldn't have been had he died a quarter-century ago. It took a very long time for Previn to be fully acce…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:56PM[SHARE]

Ed Bickert, 1932-2019 by Artsjournal1

One of Canada's finest musicians, guitarist Ed Bickert, died on Thursday at 86. He was quiet and reserved, but the rich harmonies in Bickert's playing captivated listeners and fellow musicia…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:55PM[SHARE]

More From The Late Ed Bickert, With Paul Desmond by Artsjournal1

Here is a piece from the 1975 Paul Desmond Quartet album Live, recorded at Bourbon Street in Toronto in 1975. " Doug Ramsey

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:53PM[SHARE]
Friday, March 1, 2019

We're In A Golden Age Of Advice Columns. Why Is That? by Artsjournal1

John Paul Bremmer (who writes the column "¡Hola Papi!" for Out): "This advice renaissance might seem paradoxical: Why hasn't distrust in the media as a whole negatively affected advice co…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:03PM[SHARE]

Thomas Krens Says Museums Should Be More Like Theme Parks (Seriously) by Artsjournal1

In a speech in North Adams, Mass., which he wants to transform into "the number one cultural destination in the country," the man who tried to plant Guggenheims all over the globe argued tha…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:04PM[SHARE]

John O'Neal, Who Brought Theater To Southern Blacks Who Had None, Dead At 78 by Artsjournal1

"Mr. O'Neal was still in his early 20s in 1963 when he, Doris Derby and Gilbert Moses founded the Free Southern Theater, which presented free productions throughout the South. The troupe oft…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:01PM[SHARE]

The Incredibly Tangled History Of The Verb 'To Be' by Artsjournal1

"The most commonly used verb in the English language (and indeed many other languages) has a strange history. The fact that it has so many more forms than other verbs, which are quite unlike…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:02PM[SHARE]

Tyler Perry Writes His Farewell Letter To Madea by Artsjournal1

"I understood very early on that this mostly blue-collar African-American audience was feeling inspired. They were getting answers to a lot of what was going on in our community that no one …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AM[SHARE]

A Brief History Of Jesus On The Big Screen by Artsjournal1

Cinematic depictions of Christ go all the way back to Edison and the Lumière brothers. And they stretch forward from the silents through Cecil B. DeMille to Mel Gibson " and that's just fro…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:35AM[SHARE]

After 20 Years, William Forsythe Is Back To Making Ballet by Artsjournal1

"'Give me a little booty! Show off! Glissade, glissade, tombé, ballonné, piqué, yessssss!' William Forsythe called out ballet steps, bouncing through them on sneakered feet. 'Let's go, le…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:04AM[SHARE]

Philadelphia's Academy Of Music Is Shedding by Artsjournal1

Well, it's really called "spalling" " chipping and splintering by the brick, concrete or other materials on the exterior of the handsome theater, the US's oldest opera house, now owned by th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:33AM[SHARE]

The Astounding Life Of André Previn by Artsjournal1

"[He] was not only among the most charismatic performers of his day, but also enjoyed one of the greatest classical-music lives since Berlioz and Liszt." David Patrick Stearns surveys an ama…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:17AM[SHARE]

Broadway Producer And Harper Lee's Estate Are Shutting Down Local 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Productions All Over America by Artsjournal1

"The theaters were planning to stage an adaptation of the novel by the playwright Christopher Sergel, which has been widely staged by adults and students for decades. Lawyers for the produce…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:02AM[SHARE]

Former Balanchine Dancer Sues Balanchine Trust And Its Founder (And She's A Board Member) by Artsjournal1

"Susan Gluck, a trustee of the George Balanchine Trust, which administers the rights to perform Balanchine's ballets, filed a petition Thursday … seeking a full accounting of the financial…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:46AM[SHARE]

American Repertory Theater To Move Across River From Cambridge To Boston by Artsjournal1

Greater Boston's leading resident theater company has been on Harvard Square for decades, but it's just been given $100 million by hedge funder David E. Goel and his wife as the lead gift fo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:31AM[SHARE]

Edinburgh Wrestles With The Question 'How Much Festival Can One City Take?' by Artsjournal1

It's not just the ever-growing Fringe: the International, Film, and Book Festivals are expanding, too. But yes, the Fringe is the biggest issue: it regularly sets attendance records and is n…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AM[SHARE]

WOMAD Is Having Trouble Booking Artists, Who Are Spooked By Brexit by Artsjournal1

Last year, the headache for this world music festival was that performers were either denied UK visas or found the process of trying to get them too tortuous to deal with. This year, organiz…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]

A Crowdsourced Archive To 'Provide The Foundation' For Rebuilding Aleppo by Artsjournal1

The project, called Aleppo Built Heritage Documentation and based in Berlin, "[has] assembled the largest repository of information on Syrian heritage outside the country " more than 200,000…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:44AM[SHARE]

Philippe Vergne, Pushed Out Of Directorship Of LA MOCA, Lands New Job by Artsjournal1

The 53-year-old curator, who left Los Angeles after the controversy over his firing of chief curator Helen Molesworth (among other troubles), will be director of the Serralves Museum of Cont…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:29AM[SHARE]
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Should Historical Art And Artifacts Be Returned To The Country Where They Were Created? (A Four-Way Debate) by Artsjournal1

Author Tiffany Jenkins (Keeping Their Marbles) argues no; Africanist Marie Rodet argues yes, "as part of a reparation process"; anthropology museum director Nicholas Thomas says, in so many …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PM[SHARE]

Departures: André Previn And Ira Gitler by Artsjournal1

In interviews, I found Previn bemused by the difficulty that critics, and sometimes his fellow musicians, encountered when they tried to strike a balance in considering his variegated musica…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:56PM[SHARE]

Recent Listening: The Bill Mays Trio Is Back by Artsjournal1

Bill Mays Trio Live At COTAPianist Mays recently reassembled his trio for a concert and their first CD release in more than ten years. Mays, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson came …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:55PM[SHARE]

Theatre Made By Ex-Inmates To Show Outsiders That Prison Is Not Like 'Orange Is The New Black' by Artsjournal1

Matt Trueman meets the women of the company Clean Break and playwright Luke Barnes, who talk about their scripts and the work they produce both inside and outside prisons. " The Guardian

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:01PM[SHARE]

Wendy Whelan And Jonathan Stafford Are New York City Ballet's New Leaders by Artsjournal1

"Jonathan Stafford, 38, who has been running the company for more than a year on an interim basis, will become the new artistic director of City Ballet as well as its affiliated academy, the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:34PM[SHARE]

André Previn, 89 by Artsjournal1

"[He] was a musical polymath who began composing for Hollywood at 16 and won a quartet of Oscars, and had additional careers as a jazz piano phenomenon and major symphonic conductor. All the…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:31PM[SHARE]

Translating The Hebrew Bible As The Poetry It Is by Artsjournal1

Few English-speakers are aware that much of ancient Jewish scripture is written in sophisticated verse, full of wordplay and soundplay. Translators have concentrated on the meaning of the wo…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:02PM[SHARE]

Ira Gitlin, One Of America's Greatest Jazz Writers, Dead At 90 by Artsjournal1

"[His] criticism appeared regularly in publications like DownBeat and JazzTimes. He wrote two books about bebop, the challenging form of modern jazz that emerged in the 1940s. And, along wit…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:03PM[SHARE]

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