“As the winter season of New York high culture kicks into full swing, one thing seems quite apparent: there is little appetite for the new in the performing arts here, because innovation carries so much financial risk.”
Radio As We Know It Is Dead (So Here’s How To Fix It)
“So where does this leave plain old over-the-air radio — you know, the kind that fades away when you drive out of town? Simply put, in a new context. That context is the Net. It’s the new broadcast band. Here on the Net (where you are right now), audio servers are the new transmitters and mobile devices are the new portable radios.”
Give A Choreographer £10,000, And See What She Does With It
Rosemary Lee, who just won Britain’s Bonnie Bird award: “I am longing to return to the studio. … As an independent artist with a family it is not easy finding the time, resources, and opportunities to research and experiment with dancers.”
Novelist Error Messages
“Cannot proceed with this manuscript because the plot cannot be found in the first third of the text.”
The Turner Prize: Yet Another Way The UK And US Are Deeply, Deeply Different
“The prize is well known in Britain, and it makes for a moment when people entirely uninterested in contemporary art discuss contemporary art. The award ceremony on Monday will be shown live on national television, as it is each year, and bookmakers are eagerly taking bets on the winner.”
Yes, It’s A Challenge To Play A Controversial Leader While That Leader Is Still Alive
“Naomie Harris’s task has been to treat [Winnie Mandela’s] transition from innocent young woman to violent demagogue sympathetically – or at least with understanding.” The Observer (UK) 11/30/13
Hollywood By The Numbers: Still So Intensely Sexist
“The film industry doesn’t exist in a bubble. It’s part of a larger society that tends to have biases and prejudices.”
Peter Kaplan, 59, Legendary Editor Of The New York Observer
“There are few publications in New York City–either extant or extinct–that do not bear at least some of his influence. Writers talk about the old Observer as if it were a sacred religious text. Under Kaplan’s tenure, the paper became nothing short of the best kept secret in New York.”
Dramatic Underinsuring Of Art Collection Leads British City To Suggest Selling It Off
The city of Bradford “had been insuring its 4,000 item collection for £20m but a new valuation found that 195 pieces alone were worth more than £30m.” And the city’s in debt – so should it sell some art?
If The Bradford Council Sells Some Art, It Will Lose David Hockney
“Hockney has said he is on the verge of ‘giving up’ on his birthplace over the sale, which would include some of his own paintings.”