• Subscribe
    • Free AJ Newsletters
    • Subscribe to AJ’s Premium Newsletters
  • Follow
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Tumblr
    • RSS
  • Advertising
    • Advertising
    • About AJClassifieds
    • Place a Classified Ad
  • About
    • About
    • Contact
    • Sources

ArtsJournal - Newsside

  • HOME
  • DANCE
  • IDEAS
  • ISSUES
  • MEDIA
  • MUSIC
  • PEOPLE
  • THEATRE
  • VISUAL
  • WORDS
  • AUDIENCE
  • AJBLOGS

Archives for February 23, 2014

Top AJBlog Posts 02.23.14

AJBlogs Posted: February 23, 2014 10:54 pm

SOS: An American Poet Is Waiting to Be Rescued
Source: Straight|Up | Published on 2014-02-22

The Anti-Corruption Drive Hits Classical Music
Source: The Great Flourishing | Published on 2014-02-22

‘My mother was a friend of Mahler’s’
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2014-02-23

[ssba_hide]

AJBlogs Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in AJBlogs Published: 02.23.14

The Last Of The Original Von Trapp Family Singers Dies At Age 99

PEOPLE Posted: February 23, 2014 10:45 pm

“Ms. von Trapp was the reason the governess came to work for the family — she needed a tutor at home because she also had scarlet fever and was too ill to walk to school.”

PEOPLE Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in The New York TImes Published: 02.23.14

So It Begins: Netflix Pays Comcast To Keep Streaming Speeds Up

MEDIA Posted: February 23, 2014 10:40 pm

“For Netflix users who are Comcast subscribers, the pact should mean better quality. Customers have been complaining about problems streaming Netflix videos. The online video service’s monthly tracking of Internet speeds shows a deterioration in recent months for Comcast and Verizon subscribers, though the reasons for slow-down are a matter of dispute.”

MEDIA Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 02.23.14

Alec Baldwin Explains Just How Horrible The World Has Become

PEOPLE Posted: February 23, 2014 10:35 pm

“Now I loathe and despise the media in a way I did not think possible. I used to engage with the media knowing that some of it would be adversarial, but now it’s superfluous at best and toxic at its worst.”

PEOPLE Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in Vulture Published: 02.23.14

So, Is Ice Dance Headed For Reality TV Too?

DANCE Posted: February 23, 2014 10:30 pm

Gold-medal winners Davis and White “have a small window of opportunity. The Winter Olympics soon will be forgotten by general sports fans, who quickly will move on to other things, because spring training is heating up and then March Madness is right around the corner.”

DANCE Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in USA Today Published: 02.22.14

The Best Directing Talent Is Coming From The Art World. Why?

IDEAS Posted: February 23, 2014 10:25 pm

“There’s a wee bit of a gap that has closed down. I remember seeing Billy Wilder being led around this exhibition of conceptual film. He was being really dismissive and saying ‘A 12-year-old could do that.’ You wouldn’t get that attitude from George Clooney, Brad Pitt or James Franco.”

IDEAS Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in BBC Published: 02.23.14

The Oscars As (Blood) Sport

MEDIA Posted: February 23, 2014 10:20 pm

The second-year producers suit up for the big game day.

MEDIA Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 02.22.14

A Battle (Lightly) Wages In London, Should Heritage Or Development Come First?

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 10:15 pm

“In a wise world a way might be found to have the best of both plans. The hall could be kept, along with a new office building higher than the low-ish stepped design currently proposed, which for reasons of townscape feels obliged to limbo dance beneath an invisible height limit. It could be beautiful, this coexistence of market and office building, not a compromise.”

ISSUES Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in The Observer (UK) Published: 02.22.14

Even The New York Times Editorial Board Has Feelings About The Four Seasons Picasso

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 10:10 pm

“Those who seldom or never dine at the Four Seasons may feel estranged from an argument about the artistic integrity of a place where billionaires cluster over bluefin sashimi and roast squab with truffle sauce. But the survival of a Picasso, even a semipublic one, should concern everybody.”

ISSUES Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in The New York TImes Published: 02.22.14

Fake Art Historians ‘Verifying’ Faked Art? Yes, And It’s Disgusting

VISUAL Posted: February 23, 2014 10:05 pm

One art historian: “The more wobbly things are shoved to the side. The various kinds of evidence, their status and what job they do in proving the case are never really inspected.”

VISUAL Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in The Observer (UK) Published: 02.22.14

‘Researchers’ With No Archaological Training Vandalize Great Pyramid Of Giza

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 10:00 pm

The two men’s “hopes of rewriting history were dashed … when a self-posted trailer on YouTube for a documentary detailing and revealing their exploits, drew almost universal condemnation and angered Egyptian authorities.”

ISSUES Published: 02.20.14

Read the story in The Art Newspaper Published: 02.20.14

Look, Haters Gonna Hate, Especially If You Rise To The Top

WORDS Posted: February 23, 2014 9:55 pm

“Winning a prestigious award not only garners more attention for a book, but also more negative reviews.” Hunh.

WORDS Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in The New York TImes Published: 02.21.14

An Artist Discovers The Performance Perils (And Promise) Of Dogshows

PEOPLE Posted: February 23, 2014 9:50 pm

“The show was initially going to be just about all the dog contests Major was entered in – including the one where he wins biggest ears in a show in south-east England – until Melody started to feel a growing sense of guilt. If she was going to force him to compete, and subject him to a judging panel, shouldn’t she put herself through a similar experience?”

PEOPLE Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.23.14

If You Want To Go On At The Met, Dress For Success In High Fashion

MUSIC Posted: February 23, 2014 9:45 pm

“It is largely a portrait of what Ms. Callahan calls ‘unique personal style,’ or sartorially inclined ordinary folk. Recent posts include a man clad in form-fitting, head-to-toe leather, and a blonde bombshell whose off-the-shoulder dress showed off her extensively tattooed back.”

MUSIC Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in The Wall Street Journal Published: 02.21.14

Art Is Collective Energy, Right? So The Whitney Biennial Believes

VISUAL Posted: February 23, 2014 9:30 pm

“Donna De Salvo, the museum’s chief curator and deputy director of programs, said the form is ‘extremely vital,’ offering opportunities in an art market that has become harder to penetrate. The Internet and social media allow artists to come together over many miles, and, as lines blur between disciplines, collectives fulfill the greater need for collaborations.”

VISUAL Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in The New York TImes Published: 02.21.14

Time To Train Kids In Theatre Etiquette?

THEATRE Posted: February 23, 2014 9:22 pm

“Often it’s the adults, not the children, who are badly behaved. I have seen adult audiences bristle at the arrival of a school party at the theatre, as if they resent the intrusion of young people into what they see as an adult-only arena.”

THEATRE Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.21.14

How Have African Americans Changed Classical Music?

MUSIC Posted: February 23, 2014 12:30 pm

Leonard Slatkin: “When it comes to the African-American sector of the classical music workplace … there remain but a few who are in the forefront of the industry. Many attempts to alter this situation have seemed patronizing, and, in many cases, unfair.”

MUSIC Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in Detroit Free Press Published: 02.21.14

Photographers Join Forces To Protect Their Work (From Other Artists)

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 12:15 pm

“Technological advances, shifting artistic values and dizzying spikes in art prices have turned the world of visual arts into a boxing ring for intellectual-property rights disputes.”

ISSUES Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 02.21.14

Before The Oscars, How To Make Yourself Watch Emotionally Devastating Movies

MEDIA Posted: February 23, 2014 12:00 pm

“Let me tell you about how I finally saw Schindler’s List. I planned a party—complete with wine, hummus, and Korean tacos—and sat down with seven friends to sit through three hours and 14 minutes of unrelenting horror.”

MEDIA Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in Slate Published: 02.21.14

Wait, Why Is The NSA Interested In My ‘Angry Birds’ App?

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 11:45 am

“The spy agencies call these ‘leaky apps.’ The spies collect information from among others, Google Maps, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Yahoo’s Flickr, which in turn can transmit location, buddy lists, browsing history, and more.”

ISSUES Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in Pacific Standard Published: 02.22.14

10 Artists Still Kicking Creative Ass In Their 80s

PEOPLE Posted: February 23, 2014 11:30 am

The new Elaine Stritch documentary “raises familiar questions about career longevity and the innate compulsion to create.”

PEOPLE Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in FlavorWire Published: 02.22.14

Hollywood Has Some Issues Around Sex And Middle-Aged Women

ISSUES Posted: February 23, 2014 11:15 am

“Really? Why is she wearing that? Is that what astronauts wear under their spacesuits?”

ISSUES Published: 02.23.14

Read the story in The Toronto Star Published: 02.23.14

That Time A Theatre Made A Cool Infographic With Its Actors To Help Get Money

THEATRE Posted: February 23, 2014 11:15 am

“Sure, there are funding challenges, but when haven’t there been arts funding challenges? We live in a time with new technologies that can be used to enhance our art form and new technology that can be used to reach new audiences for marketing and development.”

THEATRE Published: 02.20.14

Read the story in HowlRound Published: 02.20.14

Are Pot Dispensaries Threatening Hollywood’s Theatre Row?

THEATRE Posted: February 23, 2014 11:00 am

Rising commercial rents are a threat, but “some also pointed to a recent influx of marijuana dispensaries and a resurgence in criminal activity in the area, including prostitution.”

THEATRE Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 02.22.14

The Producer Who Doesn’t Care About Box Office Receipts

PEOPLE Posted: February 23, 2014 10:45 am

“Her willingness to back the visions of directors such as Anderson, Jonze and Bigelow could even be said to put a 21st-century spin on the sort of cultural patronage practised in Renaissance Italy by the Medici family.”

PEOPLE Published: 02.21.14

Read the story in Financial Times Published: 02.21.14

Next Page »

[wp-rss-aggregator template=”ajblogpage” limit=”20″]

.