Tag: 01.11.21
Smithsonian Abandons $2 Billion Redo Of National Mall Castle
The Bjarke Ingels Group proposal was unveiled with great fanfare in late 2014 as a reimagining of the campus on the southern edge of...
The Important Privilege Of Being An Absolute Beginner
"For most of us, the beginner stage is something to be got through as quickly as possible, like a socially awkward skin condition. But...
France Guarantees Unemployment Funds For Artists
In the U.S., some artists have turned to philanthropic or community support to get by. But in France, dancers, musicians, even the set-builders, costumers...
How One Arts Funder Is Trying To Diversify Its Selection Process
“The ‘X-factor’ that drew me to an organization was their organic feel. Anyone with money or political ambition can rent a space, start a...
Why We’re Still Fascinated By Gatsby
"Were you to lay this thing out by the sentence, it’d be as close as an array of words could get to strands of...
New Memoir’s Accusations of Incest Rattle French Intelligentsia And Its Culture Of Silence
In the book, La familia grande, prominent attorney Camille Kouchner, the daughter of Bernard Kouchner, former foreign minister and co-founder of Doctors Without Borders,...
Why Government Needs To Invest In The Arts — Particularly Now
Political developments have revealed a nation split more fiercely than most people ever imagined. Many of the civic institutions that have sustained American life...
The Philosophy Of Wine? But Of Course…
"Not content to simply establish the origins of our belief systems, philosophers focus on the evidence that supports our belief systems and whether we...
Ancient Buildings At Palmyra, Destroyed By ISIS, May Really Get Rebuilt
"The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria, which was severely damaged by ISIS militants in 2015, appears to be heading toward reconstruction. In November,...
NEA Releases A Blueprint For Arts Organizations Reopening
"The NEA conducted in-depth interviews with nine arts organizations to identify common practices among those who have successfully reopened their doors to audiences or...
Frank Gehry’s Dream Of Turing The LA River Into A Vast Cultural Space
Architect Frank Gehry has unveiled a bold plan to transform the river into more than just a concrete flood channel and establish it as...
Meet Someone Who Has Worked At ABT For 50 Years
" Jones was first hired by ABT co-founder Lucia Chase when the company needed a short woman for the corps. She spent eight...
Orwell Topped Book Bestseller Lists This Weekend. But…
“1984” rose to the top of Amazon’s top-selling book list over the weekend. On Monday, it reached the No. 1 spot. Not bad for a...
Do Critics Shape The Theatre Of Their Time? Ben Brantley Says —
"Has it really happened that way, though? To go back to my paragon, Pauline Kael, she was perceived as shaping the course of Hollywood,...
Streaming Revenue In US Should Go Well Over $100 Billion This Year
"Total spending on streaming services and software is projected to reach a record $112 billion in 2021, an 11 percent growth over 2020, according...
Smithsonian Gives Up On Long-Planned $2 Billion Redesign
"When the Smithsonian introduced a futuristic plan for the 17 acres around its iconic administration building, the National Historic Landmark known as the Castle,...
Patricia Loud, Matriarch Of America’s First Reality TV Family, Dead At 94
"Ms. Loud was a California mother of five. She drank, she plotted her divorce, she adored, and accepted, her openly gay son. She did...
St. Louis Symphony Musicians Accept 15% Pay Cut
"Musicians will retain 85% of their base pay and 80% of other compensation, including career track and overscale … in addition to health benefits...
What I Learned About Myself When I Got Amnesia
"We all forget things, of course – who your 6th-grade social studies teacher was or what you had for lunch a month ago are...
For-Profit Immersive Museums Are Investing Big For After The Pandemic
While traditional museums are discussing closures and mergers, the for-profit industry around experiential or immersive art is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into...
Miami Museum Planned Exhibition As Investigation. That Proved Problematic
By the time the exhibition closed in March, because of the pandemic, the college had scaled back a plan to host programming that directly...
After 43 Years, Chicago Tribune Arts Critic Howard Reich Retires
He reflects on his career and (in typical fashion) leaves readers with a basketful of music, book and video recommendations. - Chicago Tribune
The Center Of Hollywood’s COVID Outbreaks
Eleven more cases came from The Kominsky Method, a Michael Douglas-starring Netflix series where aging actors confront mortality. Around the same time, according to...
Simon Rattle To Leave The London Symphony For Munich
Rattle said his reasons for accepting the Munich job were “entirely personal, enabling me to better manage the balance of my work and be...
Sign Of The Times: Choir Rehearsals And Concerts Via Car
The founder and conductor of Canada's Luminous Voices, which now uses the cars' FM transmitters, a mixer, and wireless mics for rehearsal and, crucially,...