Sunday, February 17, 2019
Yes, his angry Hitler from 2004’s Downfall was memed millions of times, but many of us remember him best as the angel Damiel from Wim Wenders’ 1987 masterpiece about divided Berl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:04AM[SHARE]Not unique enough for a visa for the Canadian artists, that is. EXIT Theatre’s founder had consulted a lawyer and submitted reams of information about why the play Crippled, by playwri…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:30AM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2019
Several businesses were involved in purchasing jewelry from the Philippines and selling it as “genuine” Native American art – scams worth $12 million, with 300 shipments fr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM[SHARE]Some things have changed, says actor Alyssa Milano. “I used to joke that whenever there was an animal on set there would be someone from the Humane Society [there] … but women ar…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]Hm. The company has announced some recent “initiatives” and training courses for kids. “These programs aren’t just charity of course: They stood to serve Amazon itsel…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]When Alicia Keys sat between two pianos and started to play, she gave a brief shout-out to Hazel Scott. But who was Hazel Scott? “An expert pianist who made a career out of the maneuve…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]Holy hell. Quick recap: “We got a Talented Mr. Grifter story about a best-selling novelist, a plagiarism scandal involving the former editor of the biggest and most reputable pap…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]It’s worth a try. “It’s been nearly a decade since Russian state museums last loaned works from their vast and magnificent collections to U.S. institutions. For example, no…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM[SHARE]Reading doesn’t quite go with our everyday understanding of time. “It's incommensurate but parallel: books unspool their own chronology of plot, intersecting our own lives, but i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM[SHARE]Need we say any more? (We will: They’re real. The photographer: “There’s a wave of change that is happening in the dance world and it was important to me to push it forward…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM[SHARE]It’s a Shostakovich three-peat for the orchestra and its conductor, Andris Nelsons. Nelsons: “I don't even know what to say. … I'm very happy, and honored, but mostly I'm p…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:32AM[SHARE]Yes, some newspapers are. But the myth of objectivity is – and journalism, at least in the U.S., is returning to its roots. – Wired
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]The BAFTAs in London happen “just two days before voting begins for the Oscars, are often considered a bellwether for the Academy Awards. The Favourite has been nominated for 10 Aca…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]Well, that’s one reason, anyway. “Having a buddy relieves some of the solo tuba pressure. Plus, it's fun to have someone to learn from and decompress with.” – Chicago…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]But don’t worry, capitalism was saved by the show’s “Galentine’s Day,” which has now become a very real thing. – The Wall Street Journal
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]Thelma Schoonmaker is an editor – perhaps the editor, in this case. She’s won three Oscars, and she just received an honor at the BAFTAs. Though she’s happy about the push …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]Surprise! “Those expecting a ho-hum Grammys night were surely jolted awake on Sunday when, just minutes into the show, Michelle Obama walked onto the stage hand-in-hand with Lady Gaga,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 10, 2019
As the ceremony happens, the blog will update with a full list of winners. To begin with, though, it’s red carpet commentary. – The Guardian (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:32PM[SHARE]Or at least it COULD change, according to those at Janelle Monáe’s “Fem the Future” brunch. Stacy L. Smith, founder and director of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative: &…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PM[SHARE]Looks like it. Of course, there’s always (been) Agatha Christie and The Mousetrap, but looking beyond Dame Agatha, “Changes do appear to be happening. And activism … is …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:36PM[SHARE]If you’ve seen Hirokazu Kore-eda’s other films, like Nobody Knows or Like Father, Like Son, you won’t be surprised that The Shoplifters isn’t all about…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM[SHARE]Smaller market orchestras deserve great marketing (not this mess). – Greg Sandow
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM[SHARE]What would Isaac Newton have thought of this new ballet? – Deborah Jowitt
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM[SHARE]Anne Midgette: As more and more orchestras record their live performances for broadcast and for sale, the Grammys may change. “Since, as we've seen, recordings tend to feature differen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM[SHARE]Lou Harrison’s Piano Concerto is “a technical tour de force: a terrific sonata form whose trajectory does not depend on directional harmony.” – Joe Horowitz
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:24PM[SHARE]The OCAC’s future is in doubt after negotiations with both Portland State University and the Pacific Northwest College of Art ended without a deal. Meanwhile, with 70 full and part-tim…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]Pilcher had been writing short stories and novels for decades before her most famous book made her a star, and not just in Britain and the U.S. “A string of German TV productions based…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:18PM[SHARE]Here’s some of the real story of Yalitza Aparicio, the first indigenous woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. Sure, she didn’t know cinema that well – and here’s …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]So, to quote a great movie whose screenwriter had also written the book, stop saying that! “The reality is that if 76% of any population is participating in a single activity the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]The future, and present, of fiction is cli-fi – books about what humans do while, and after, we change the climate. “We need to show people what life will look like under current…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:06PM[SHARE]As fake OxyContin prescription slips fell from the upper walkways of the Guggenheim Museum, protesters explained this action against the museum, which has accepted rather a lot of money from…
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