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Monday, April 9, 2018

Britain Is In The Midst Of A Jazz 'Explosion' by Artsjournal2

Whoa: "In the UK, a new and thrilling jazz movement has evolved. As with Lamar, Thundercat and Washington, it is born out of fresh experimentalism, is reaching far younger, more diverse audi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:15AM[SHARE]

What Happens When Tony Winners Gather For A Religious Ceremony? by Artsjournal2

Well, they try to "modernize" it, for one thing. And the design! The Passover celebration - on a Monday, natch, when theatres are dark - "took place in a large downtown apartment in a prewar…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]

A Rock With Yoko Ono's Handwriting Has Been Stolen From A Toronto Museum by Artsjournal2

Was it maybe a mistake? "'It's a totally interactive (exhibit), there's a bunch of rocks on the ground and people can walk up to them and pick them up,' Long said. The intention is that the …

SOURCE: Toronto Star at 07:30AM[SHARE]

Another Director Busts Through A Glass Ceiling by Artsjournal2

How did director Kay Cannon get the job of helming the new sex comedy Blockers - and making it "a harder R" than it had been in its original script? She went to a meeting. "Point Grey and Go…

SOURCE: Variety at 07:15AM[SHARE]

Amazon Cancels Award-Winning Classical Music Series 'Mozart In The Jungle' After Four Seasons by Artsjournal2

Will Hailey pursue her conducting career? What will happen to Malcolm McDowell and Bernadette Peters, er, Thomas and Gloria? WHEN WILL JOSH BELL CAMEO NEXT? Unless another company steps in a…

SOURCE: Vulture at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Sunday, April 8, 2018

The Addictive Drug That Is Opera by Artsjournal2

Or, more specifically, that is Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann, who is singing Tristan in Boston: "You can never get rid of it. It is always there, stuck in your brain."

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:30PM[SHARE]

How To Preserve Outdoor Art? Enlist The U.S. Army, Of Course by Artsjournal2

Just whoa: "Alexander Calder, who famously rejected the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1976 as a form of protest against the Vietnam War, would be extremely surprised to learn that the con…

SOURCE: hyperallergic.com at 04:00PM[SHARE]

Will The Death Of The DVD Extra (And The 'Making Of' Featurette), Can Young Filmmakers Learn How Films Work by Artsjournal2

This is a serious technology question: "With DVDs steadily joining VHS cassettes as extinct technology, what has become of the fun, insightful mixed bag that movie fans came to know as bonus…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:30PM[SHARE]

Top AJBlogs Posts From The Weekend Of 04.08.18 by Artsjournal2

Cecil Taylor Is Gone Cecil Taylor, a pianist who fashioned his music from myriad styles and sources, died yesterday in New York. He was 89. From his earliest recordings in the mid-1950s with…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:15PM[SHARE]

La Wilson, Assemblage Artist Who Never Explained Her Works' Meanings, Has Died At 93 by Artsjournal2

Wilson's assemblages, she said, only told a story (to her, at least) when she put them together, and she didn't plan the story ahead of time. "Inside the home garage that was long ago conver…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PM[SHARE]

Talent Agencies Are Exploding Onto Every Scene In Hollywood (And Beyond) by Artsjournal2

As agencies try to get into the production business during this time of streaming, not everyone is excited by the multi-tentacled operations. "The Writers Guild of America sounded an alarm i…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 02:00PM[SHARE]

Two Artworks By Egon Schiele Have Been Ordered To Be Returned To The Heirs Of A Victim Of The Nazis by Artsjournal2

Thirteen years after a different court turned down the heirs' claims, the judge in this case "rejected the idea that Mr. Grunbaum had voluntarily transferred the artworks during his lifetime…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:30PM[SHARE]

Why Has This Poet Disappeared? by Artsjournal2

The discussion of modernist poet Lola Ridge spurs a call to arms, or rather to pens: "Gender is part of who gets remembered. In 2015, 71.7 percent of biographies were about men and 31 per ce…

SOURCE: lithub.com at 12:30PM[SHARE]

Restoring A Landmark In Los Angeles (And Heading Toward A Museum's Future) by Artsjournal2

The details of the Academy of Motion Pictures' restoration of the old May Company building, now the Saban building, are pretty cool: "Taking apart the steel windows uncovered a bit of archit…

SOURCE: www.lamag.com at 12:30PM[SHARE]

When You're A Woman Starting To Direct, Go Big (So You Don't Go Home) by Artsjournal2

Constance Zimmer, who just directed an episode of UnReal: "I saw Greta Gerwig [an Oscar nominee for her directorial debut of Lady Bird] on a panel recently and she said, 'When it's your firs…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 12:00PM[SHARE]

Helen Molesworth, Who Was Abruptly Fired As MOCA's Chief Curator, Will Give A UCLA Commencement Address by Artsjournal2

The dean of the school said, "It is in the times that are most challenging that we, as artists, must engage the world with our greatest passion, clarity and forward-thinking vision. ... To b…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]

Wes Anderson's Aesthetic Has Taken Over Our World by Artsjournal2

The director of (most recently) Isle of Dogs has affected not only other movies but also everything about our visual world, including Instagram and much more: "He has had a boggling influenc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]

Molly Ringwald, Now An Adult Who Deeply Understands The Me Too Movement, Revisits The Problematic Teen Movies That Made Her A Star by Artsjournal2

This is a fine, nuanced, complex piece of writing. For example: "How are we meant to feel about art that we both love and oppose? What if we are in the unusual position of having helped crea…

SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 10:00AM[SHARE]

Ursula K. Le Guin Explained Why Dictators Aren't Usually Into Poetry (And Definitely Not Poets) by Artsjournal2

From an interview published this year: "Dictators are always afraid of poets. This seems kind of weird to a lot of Americans to whom poets are not political beings, but it doesn't seem a bit…

SOURCE: lithub.com at 09:30AM[SHARE]

What's Up With The Casual Colonialism Of Major Movies? by Artsjournal2

Are Indiana Jones and Lara Croft really meant to inspire kids to go into archaeology? "Although the character of Indiana Jones arguably raised the profile of archaeology as a whole, and Lara…

SOURCE: hyperallergic.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]

Will London's 'Hamilton' Set Records In The Olivier Awards Today? by Artsjournal2

The London version of the smash hit already raked in a record-breaking 13 nominations. Can it beat last year's Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which broke records with nine wins last year?

SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 08:30AM[SHARE]

What In The World Is Hollywood Doing With A Star Like Sandra Oh? by Artsjournal2

The lead of this piece sums up the issues, really: "For four years after she left Grey's Anatomy, Sandra Oh waited. She waited for offers to come in, juicy scripts that could come alive in t…

SOURCE: Vanity Fair at 08:00AM[SHARE]

Maya Angelou: Poet, Memoirist - And Godmother Of Hip Hop? by Artsjournal2

She mentored Common, inspired Kanye West, and won three Grammys for her own spoken word poetry. "Angelou saw hip-hop's innate connection to the tradition of poetry. When asked whether she th…

SOURCE: Washington Post at 07:30AM[SHARE]

After Protests, The Brooklyn Museum Defends Its Hiring Of A White Curator Of African Art by Artsjournal2

Who can afford to be an art historian, or a curator? "The Brooklyn Museum job was advertised as a part-time position for a limited period. 'It goes without saying that for many, this kind of…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 07:00AM[SHARE]
Monday, April 2, 2018

Steven Bochco, Creator Of 'Hill Street Blues' And Perhaps Modern TV Itself, Has Died At 74 by Artsjournal2

Bochco also created "LA Law" and "NYPD Blue." His "boundary-pushing methods as a producer could make some network executives skittish. But they often deferred to him and were ultimately rewa…

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 11:00AM[SHARE]

Instagram Has Become A Playground For Artists Like Cindy Sherman And Damien Hirst by Artsjournal2

But what does that mean for their art - and who owns it? "Astute artists are using Instagram to connect with their fanbase in ways they couldn't before. Earlier this year, it became clear th…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:30AM[SHARE]

Elizabeth Ebert, 'Grande Dame Of Cowboy Poetry,' Has Died At 93 by Artsjournal2

The poet, who wrote for many years in obscurity, "kept small stacks of paper in every room of the farmhouse " just in case. She wrote whenever the rhymes blossomed: sometimes in the middle o…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:45AM[SHARE]

Edie Falco Plays Tough Women On TV, But She's The Self-Described 'Buddhist Mom' To Her Neighborhood by Artsjournal2

This is a fun interview with a true New York actor: "What's been the biggest surprise? "Becoming a successful actress. Never in my wildest dreams. I waitressed for a gazillion years and then…

SOURCE: Vulture at 09:30AM[SHARE]

Britain Has A Problem With Dance Exams by Artsjournal2

Students aren't supposed to have "unauthorized absences," but what could be more authorized than students taking school-approved dance, music, theatre and other arts exams? Apparently, a lot…

SOURCE: www.bbc.com at 09:00AM[SHARE]

The Science Of Restoring Jackson Pollock by Artsjournal2

What else is there to say? (Quite a lot, but - ) "'Everyone thinks anyone can replicate a Jackson Pollock painting,' said private conservator Chris Stavroudis, recalling a Three Stooges bit …

SOURCE: Los Angeles Times at 08:15AM[SHARE]

How Good Can The Job Of Ambassador For Hollywood Be Right Now, Considering? by Artsjournal2

Charles Rivkin, former Ambassador to France and assistant Secretary of State, is the new chair of the Motion Picture Association of America (and the representative for the six "old-line" stu…

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 08:00AM[SHARE]

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