Sunday, March 24, 2019
The move comes after Britain's National Portrait Gallery and Tate (all of them) said the same thing. "The Guggenheim announced its decision on Friday in a brief statement that did not mentio…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:30AM[SHARE]Just ask Sarah Bernhardt, or her greatest rival. "Technological advantages like the steam locomotive and gas lighting made it possible for acting companies and star performers to reach large…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]At least, according to Richard Grant, a 2019 Best Supporting Actor nominee who eventually made the movie with Melissa McCarthy (nominated for Best Actress in 2019) as lead instead. The issue…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]And writing about trauma doesn't bestow some kind of catharsis on authors, or so says T. Kira Madden, author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls. "My love for magic, still, is all abo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 18, 2019
The iconic Trocadero is going out in May, according to owner Joanna Pang, who says (and this is depressing as heck) "The landscape of the business has changed in the last five years. It's ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:00AM[SHARE]Every way possible. In this video, the folks at Wired dig into research and find out things like "why the prefrontal cortex shuts down during improvisation. 'It's not just something that hap…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:30AM[SHARE]So The Perfectionists " a show on Freeform "about a scandal involving college students striving for excellence by any means necessary" " premiered Saturday night. The pay channel's president…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:00AM[SHARE]Go read the entire (short) story that the booksternet (Liternet?) is flipping out about. " Twitter
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:45AM[SHARE]Marlon James knew he was gay from a young age, but he believed he shouldn't be, so he underwent an exorcism through his church. "He describes the exorcism process as 'a kind of mental contro…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AM[SHARE]Alumni from the academy, which began in 1972, have gone on to American Rep, City Ballet, and the National Ballet of Canada " but the university is claiming low enrollment means it's closing …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:15AM[SHARE]The new mosque, designed by the architects who created the London Eye, isn't the typical style of mosque in Britain, where the driving force has usually been somewhat utilitarian. This one "…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:00AM[SHARE]To be real, many book-lovers can't afford the books, or even the ephemera, at the Antiquarian Book Fair. But hey, information wants to be free, right? That seems to be true at the fair, with…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:45AM[SHARE]Yes, even in 2019, a magazine article " in this case, in Wired " can make a difference. For instance, "Kerry Rivera's Healing the Symptoms Known As Autism, which advocates dosing autistic ch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AM[SHARE]Tracy Letts, who was one of the performers in playwright Nassim Soleimanpour's Nassim, didn't get a rehearsal ahead of time (no actor does), and he was a bit worried he might cry while actin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AM[SHARE]As true-crime podcasts, books, and films explode onto Netflix and many, many other platforms, ethical questions should arise. "It may be impossible to make documentaries or write about horri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:00AM[SHARE]Sharmat was the author of more than 130 books, but the Nate the Great series " inspired by her love for detective stories and her dislike of boring children's books " was her most well-known…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:45AM[SHARE]Dang, Chicago. Here's the story's start, when actors get to the theatre, but the set doesn't: "The cast arrived at the theater and got into costume. No wrestling ring. It's 5 p.m. and gettin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]To do that, we first need to go down a rabbit hole of, well, history (recent history). Do we remember this? "In 2013, [the owner] made plans to tear down the building and replace it with con…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:15AM[SHARE]Arquette's willingness to take on ferocious characters is serving her well " and so is TV. "Television's artistic renaissance"and its willingness to tackle complex stories about older women"…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, March 17, 2019
Yes, this happened (will it lead to new fundraising opportunities for symphonies?): A musician's boyfriend and the DSO, working together, "created a fake networking event for young musicians…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:30PM[SHARE]The CBS Corporation's directors agreed to a payout of $1.25 million for an investor lawsuit over money paid to Redstone after his health deteriorated in 2014. Is this the last lawsuit around…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:00PM[SHARE]Oti Mabuse is one of the professional dancers on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing " and then she got the call to choreograph a new production of Ain't Misbehavin'. " BBC
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:30PM[SHARE]Iglauer, a staff writer at The New Yorker, went to Canada for an assignment about the salmon fisheries of British Columbia, and she fell in love. She was also a war correspondent and, betwee…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:00PM[SHARE]Silenced at LA MOCA last year, curator Helen Molesworth lets loose. " Lee Rosenbaum
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:51PM[SHARE]And yes, it's in Captain Marvel too: White superhero, POC sidekick. To be fair, "The characters would probably balk at the classification of 'sidekick.' Yet they're designated by the films a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:30PM[SHARE]In a new movie, a little girl imagines a roller coaster (and an entire amusement park) into existence. The glamor and thrills of amusement parks, and roller coasters in particular, can lead …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:00PM[SHARE]Christopher Knight on why this isn't going to work " with a review of a new show embedded within the commentary: "Art museums have two audiences " one general, who may or may not have a genu…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:00PM[SHARE]One of his accusers "said that this case was 'always the word of a low-level assistant and a perceived eccentric woman of color against an extremely powerful and wealthy TV personality,' so …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:30PM[SHARE]Hammer " profiled in this New Yorker story just a few weeks ago " made 75 short and longer films over the course of her career, winning prizes and praise. Now, "Hammer's legacy lives on in h…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:00PM[SHARE]Why is true crime so hot right now? Ask an agent: "I suspect the true-crime podcast thing is driving the current interest." " The Guardian (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:30AM[SHARE]Though the movies that won awards were serious, the festival "has turned into something of a testing ground for the hit potential of Hollywood comedies." " The New York Times
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