Sunday, February 3, 2019
The book is – as any artist, or perhaps businessperson at a retreat, could tell you – The Artist’s Way. The first printing was a 9000 copies, and the publisher worrie…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:04PM[SHARE]What? Well, why not? Former editors need to make money somehow. “Special Projects' offices (one in New York, where Ms. Vecchiarelli lives; one in Los Angeles, where Ms. Oliveri does) a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]The music streaming giant wants to change its image and expand into other markets – including the (currently) hot podcast market. “Spotify's 200 million users are already used to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PM[SHARE]And we’re sure blocking that off in any way we can, not just for adults, but for children, too. They need boredom (and so do we). – The New York Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]Picture the High Line, only a museum, in Los Angeles, and designed to “offset the effects of gentrification and revitalize the vibrant heart of black Los Angele.” – Los …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]We all know people win Oscars based on campaigns, right? Well, that takes a toll on those who have to do the campaigning. Just ask Regina King, nominated for her wondrous performance in the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:48PM[SHARE]Maybe the pressure of being mysterious was getting to superstar Frank Ocean, or maybe … well, who knows, with Ocean? But “with Ocean's mask slipping, it is worth wondering how au…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AM[SHARE]The British artist’s “video, audio and photographic installations ingeniously explored extinct languages, alien abductions, girls with psychic powers and the Holocaust.” &#…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]Ridiculous and, quite frankly, disgusting. (And whatever happened to Roma?) – BuzzFeed
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]Leigh Silverman, one of few women (still!) directing on Broadway, assembled an all-woman creative team this year. At a panel, this happened: “Making history ‘was an accident,R…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:36AM[SHARE]That’s a new one: Art historian Christopher Wright says a painting attributed to the mid-15th century artist Rogier van der Weyden’s workshop “is a 20th-century fake, of an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]One novelist, who calls herself a Planner (as opposed to a Pantser), says, “What characters do when I let them loose on the page is often unexpected, but I never regret having nailed d…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]Yeah, that backlash was pretty fierce. – Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:24AM[SHARE]Lebanese violinist Layale Chaker isn’t too pleased about some of the choices forced upon her and her classmates as they grew up. “‘From the beginning you chose your path, W…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:24AM[SHARE]Alma Har’el said women directors, who directed 44 percent of the movies at Sundance this year, said, “We’re here; we’re ready; stop sending us to shadow the fucking w…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:12AM[SHARE]Monday, January 28, 2019
What does transgression mean now – and what are artists transgressing against? Laura Miller: “Much of what transgressive art rebels against is politeness, but politeness ha…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:48AM[SHARE]“For years I have not participated in collective activities, especially if they force me to move from one continent to another. …Â The round table was a disaster, since the oth…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]The brothers’ adventures appealed to many young readers, as the boys filled their lives with adventures that always ended safely. But it’s also true that there were no gay charac…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]With binge-watching on Netflix, themed baking groups, self-GBBO challenges, and more, the U.S. seriously adores the Great British Bake Off. But why? Hm: “Many US viewers have said that…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:48AM[SHARE]And yes, we are talking (again) about Ghostbusters, but “every rebooted franchise plays off our longing for the past"the implicit promise that it can make us feel just like we did the …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Jessica Bejarano was raised by a single mom living in poverty, and she says music saved her life. But it’s not an easy road. “Every time I was told, NO, you can’t be a dire…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Universal had 40 percent of U.S. music business last year, including the top four most streamed artists of 2018. But who will buy Universal – Spotify? Liberty Media? This sounds wild, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Guillou, the organist for the church of St. Eustache from 1963 to 2015, had an international career and was excellent at improvisation. He was quoted as saying he wanted his instrument ̶…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:42AM[SHARE]Actually, you’ll need to understand Keats, and his theory of negative capability, first – Twombly certainly did. – Los Angeles Review of Books
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM[SHARE]And so does Glenn Close. What does this mean for the Oscars? Hm. (Full list of nominees and winners at the link.) – Los Angeles Times
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM[SHARE]Trolls often see themselves as victims, and so they “have a distorted sense of what punching up vs. punching down looks like. So even though most of us would likely say that trolling b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM[SHARE]The tribute to victims of the 2015 Bataclan massacre, painted on an emergency door in the concert hall, was cut out and removed. “The theft, which occurred overnight on Friday, involve…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM[SHARE]There’s been a dramatic shift in the demographics of who’s buying poetry, and giving poets including Rupi Kaur, Carol Ann Duffy, Helen Dunmore and other women six-figure incomes …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:32AM[SHARE]Can we stop calling it the “Man Booker” after the Man Group pulls out? Yes, but, well, we may be part of the problem: “Relations between Man Group and Booker organisers had…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32AM[SHARE]Even before star Brennin Hunt broke his ankle 10 minutes before the end of dress rehearsal, Fox was rethinking its live Broadway musical plans. Why? Money, of course: “The television n…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 27, 2019
And not just skulls, but also entire skeletons: “For centuries, African bones have lay in boxes all across Europe, placed under microscopes or displayed in some attempt to better under…
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