“According to sources at the TSO, one of Canada’s oldest and largest musical institutions expects to post a $4-million-to-$6-million deficit for the current financial year, which ends on June 30, due to higher-than-expected spending on programs and administration.”
BBC’s The Space Moves Away From New Digital Art, Back to Live Events
Following political controversy over some of its original projects last year, “The Space – the Arts Council England and BBC joint digital art venture-– is reverting to its original brief … [of] projects that capture and distribute live art events and those using technology to enhance artworks.”
Montreal Is Throwing A 375th Birthday Party And Arguing About Whether History Should Figure In
“The party crowd, for once, holds all the power.”
Can Maya Rudolph Make Variety Shows Cool Again?
“‘Maya and Marty,’ a collaboration with the producer Lorne Michaels, grew out of her successful 2014 NBC special ‘The Maya Rudolph Show,’ which drew 7.2 million viewers. Every week, the new show will feature a lineup of skits and celebrity guests. The first episode included Miley Cyrus, Larry David and Mr. Hanks and brought in 6.4 million viewers.”
Does A New Art Space Inevitably Mean Gentrification Will Follow?
“Despite its seemingly progressive mission, [new Los Angeles gallery] PSSST has recently received strong opposition from activists both within and outside the Boyle Heights community, some calling for increased dialogue with community groups, while others simply want the space gone.”
What’s Up With Sony Pictures? (Hint: Not Revenues)
“Sony executives disputed the perception of internal upheaval at the studio, maintaining that the close proximity of the changes is a coincidence. Though the moves were seen as surprises in much of Hollywood, Sony countered that both are strategic moves that have been in the works for months.”
The Louvre’s Flood Plan: Close, And Move Everything Up
“In some galleries, it looked as though a family was about to move in — or out. Boxes were subdivided by foam boards, creating spaces for vases and other precious objects. A seemingly abandoned ancient frieze sat on a wooden pallet on the floor of one gallery, half wrapped in plastic sheets.”
Can The Big Apple’s Biggest Circus Save Itself Through Crowdfunding?
“The Big Apple Circus, conceived when the two men were itinerant jugglers who drove cabs and picked grapes, was born of something almost antithetical to material interest, a raw creative anarchy coupled with a desire to provide children, whether they were from Park Avenue or the South Bronx, a shared sense of cultural experience.”
Are Hardcover Books The New Vinyl?
“It’s a deeply satisfying experience to hold something in your hands that you actually went to look for. To know that few people will ever appreciate what you went through to get what you now have.”
What Can We Gain By Thinking Of The Present As If We’re Already In The Future?
“What I tried to do was think about the present day using the criteria we use to think about, say, the 14th century because it doesn’t seem the same as the criteria we use for looking at the culture, you know, in a normal, sort of everyday way.”
A Debate About Diversity In The Museum World
What portion of the museum field is essentially hostile to ideas like intersectionality, as opposed to merely being intimidated by them? Does AAM have the institutional will to enact policies that support expanding diversity? If that will is absent, what does it take to move large organizations like AAM to become catalysts for profound change in the field? What would the field look like if they did, and, ultimately, how do we deal with these differing, sometimes oppositional viewpoints?
Youngest-Ever Winner Of $65k Griffin Poetry Prize
Adam Sol, who served on the jury alongside Alice Oswald and Tracy K. Smith (they considered 633 books of poetry from more than 40 countries) said it was the “ambition and reach” of Liz Howard’s book that “made her work stand out. This is a debut book – holy crap. Who knows what she’ll do next.”
Can Neuroscience Help People Learn New Languages?
“Tell me if this sounds familiar: you just turned off the light, your head is on the pillow, your eyes are closed, and yet, instead of drifting off to dreamland, you find yourself thinking about something that happened earlier in the day. Surprisingly, this process of reactivating your memories occurs even when you aren’t aware of it, and not only is it normal, it might actually improve your memory. As a second-language researcher, I am especially interested in harnessing this phenomenon to help people learn new languages.”
Remember Desktop Publishing? And The Print Shop?
“The desktop publishing era, short as it was, did something really important: It turned the process of publishing into something anyone could do cheaply and professionally. … In its original form, [The Print Shop] was an ’80s-tastic program that redefined the parameters of print design into something that could literally be called child’s play. Today’s Tedium considers the ramifications of the software platform from which a million dot matrix paper banners were born.”
Teenage Audience Member Jumps From Top Balcony During ‘Grease’
“A teenager has been seriously injured after jumping from an upper circle balcony during a performance of Grease at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre. … His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening.”
Carnegie Hall Names Its First African-American Chairman
“[The election of] Robert F. Smith, the private equity titan who was named the richest African-American man by Forbes last year after making a fortune in software, … brings to an end a low moment at the hall. The billionaire Ronald O. Perelman served as its chairman for less than a year before stepping down last fall after he alienated the board by clashing with the hall’s executive and artistic director, Clive Gillinson.”
The Met Opera Has A Long Wait For Yannick – Is It Worth It? Asks Anthony Tommasini
“What is surprising, though, and concerning, is how long the Met is willing to go without a music director, even an interim appointment. After becoming director designate in 2017, Mr. Nézet-Séguin does not officially begin his tenure until the start of the 2020-21 season.”