Mahler would be appalled at the recorded perfectionism of the modern Vienna Philharmonic. He changed his mind from one rehearsal to the next. His music is about living in the moment. That’s what Steinaecker’s Toblach ensemble achieved. - The Critic
Starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses, the play has churned up considerable interest: Performed in a 500-seat theater, it’s already sold out for the entire two-month run, and tickets are reselling for as much as $2,000. (Don’t despair entirely, though: There’s a waitlist.) - Bloomberg
“We shouldn’t be vehicles for political protest and we shouldn’t be vehicles in and of itself for political change. I regard museums as civic institutions playing their role in society as providing a frame and context for the political and social discussions while remaining highly trusted.” - ARTnews
Taking the helm of an unhappy company is José Carlos Martinez, a 53-year-old Spaniard, who spent 23 years dancing therey, 14 of them as an étoile, before retiring from the stage in 2011 and serving for eight years as director of Spain's Compañía Nacional de Danza. - The New York Times
The first clue that the painting, an adhesive tape version of the similarly named New York (which hangs right-side up in Paris at the Centre Pompidou), was hung incorrectly came from a photograph of the artist’s studio in taken in 1944, shortly after he passed away. ARTnews
"John Frankenheimer's thriller ... managed the neat, eerie trick of looking prescient for multiple decades following its 1962 release. ... Watching the movie now, it's striking to see how some of its dynamics have been reversed in US politics." - The Guardian
As of early last year, just one in five U.S. adults said they ever use Twitter—a slice that plateaued by 2018. The research shows Twitter’s general user base skews left-leaning and relatively young and that just one quarter of U.S. adult users produce 97% of Americans’ tweets. - The Wall Street Journal
"The list of music to be published includes more than 300 songs, 100 chamber music pieces, 50 orchestral works and other pieces, in genres including classical, opera, jazz and film music. The first works will be published next spring." - The New York Times
Once the company unites data collection capabilities between its various divisions, “we can give you a better experience in the park, because we know what your preferences are in terms of viewing and a better experience on Disney+ because we know what your affinities are.” - The Wall Street Journal
"His novels alternate restlessly from an East Africa of the past to the Britain of the present, as if they comprise two parts of a puzzle — parts that do not quite fit — that it will take a lifetime of writing to solve." - The New Republic
"We don't know the protests are effective, and we do know they're likely to cause financial problems for many museums. Here I'll add my own concern: The activists look so silly. ... The soup-and-superglue movement fails an important test of youthful, radical politics: It does not look cool." - MSN (The Atlantic)
Says one musician: "We are afraid of not being able to arrive at the place of the concert, of losing our (paid) commitments. Traveling with these old, fragile, expensive instruments is already stressful, but at the moment, anxiety dominates when buying an SNCF ticket." - The Strad
"Jokes about raising children make an easy connection with certain sleepy-eyed audiences, but that can be its own parent trap. This is well-trod ground. ... The primary challenge of stand-up on this subject is that it risks cheap sentimentality. Nothing smothers comedy faster." - The New York Times
"Geneva-based UNOSAT and UNESCO, the Paris-based educational, scientific and cultural agency, announced Wednesday that they are finalizing a database of cultural sites that compares 'before and after' images bought from private-sector satellite companies." - AP
