“The museum is acknowledging that it may have overreached and is facing a deficit of $10 million this year, which officials said would almost certainly balloon to as much as $40 million if the Met does not change course and scale back.”
Oh Boy, The Inevitable Backlash Against “Hamilton” Has Begun. Terry Teachout Isn’t Surprised
“I’m with Mr. Butler, albeit for somewhat different reasons. To criticize “Hamilton” because it simplifies and fictionalizes Alexander Hamilton’s life and achievements is to miss the point of the show—something that literal-minded historians too often do when grappling with historical fiction.”
When Artists Break Up With Their Galleries, Who Gets What?
When a long-term relationship comes to an end, what is the fallout? Who gets the unsold art? And what if the gallery has invested in the production of work that is still in its possession?
‘Shuffle Along’ To Tony Committee: We’re A Revival, We Swear!
“But the question is complicated, because this production of ‘Shuffle Along’, a show that first opened in 1921 as one of Broadway’s earliest all-black musicals, features songs from the original but an almost entirely new book. It is arguably as much a production about ‘Shuffle Along’ as it is a production of ‘Shuffle Along.'”
Major Art Gallery Collapses, And Artists Fight To Keep Their Work From Being Sold To Pay Creditors
“Lawsuits by artists and collectors, seeking the return of consigned works, demanding profits, or both, have never stopped Douglas Chrismas, the founder of Ace Gallery, from doing business. … But on April 6, Mr. Chrismas lost the keys to his gallery, after failing to make a $17.5 million court-ordered payment to settle his debts in a long-running Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.”
Classical Music Is Thriving In Beijing And Shanghai; In China’s Smaller Cities, Not So Much
“Many second- and third-tier cities, like Wuhan and Xi’an, are struggling to fill their gleaming new theaters and concert halls with quality musicians and audiences. Most of these cities lack regular concert seasons and the funding to bring in distinguished foreign orchestras. In some, once-grand halls are falling apart because of poor upkeep.”
The Ancient Discovery That Is Changing What We Know About Chinese History
“The texts show that some philosophers believed that rulers should also be chosen on merit, not birth—radically different from the hereditary dynasties that came to dominate Chinese history. The texts also show a world in which magic and divination, even in the supposedly secular world of Confucius, played a much larger part than has been realized. And instead of an age in which sages neatly espoused discrete schools of philosophy, we now see a more fluid, dynamic world of vigorously competing views—the sort of robust exchange of ideas rarely prominent in subsequent eras.”
The Grave-Robbed Ancient Manuscripts That Are Changing Our Understanding Of History And Philosophy
“The texts also show a world in which magic and divination, even in the supposedly secular world of Confucius, played a much larger part than has been realized. And instead of an age in which sages neatly espoused discrete schools of philosophy, we now see a more fluid, dynamic world of vigorously competing views — the sort of robust exchange of ideas rarely prominent in subsequent eras.”