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Archives for February 27, 2014

Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.27.14

AJBlogs Posted: February 27, 2014 10:22 pm

Scorning the Great American Novel, and Assessing Beck
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-02-28

Fundraising Tactic Worked!
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-02-27

Corcoran Confusion: Bungled Rollout of Its “Wonderful News”
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-02-27

Minimum Viable Product
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-02-27

Droit de suite
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-02-27

 

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AJBlogs Published: 02.27.14

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Ten Ways Theatre Has Changed (And How To Adapt)

THEATRE Posted: February 27, 2014 7:58 am

“A venue has four walls, but that doesn’t mean that your whole audience has to fit inside them.”

THEATRE Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in HowlRound Published: 02.27.14

Revitalizing Alvin Ailey (How Do You Make It Work?)

DANCE Posted: February 27, 2014 7:54 am

“Here was a company of astonishing dancers who continually circled the globe. But their repertoire did not always live up to their talent and range. The quandary? How do you maintain the Ailey’s identity, yet at the same time grow with the art form? How do you balance both the racial and “post-racial” nature of the world in dance terms?”

DANCE Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in Chicago Sun-Times Published: 02.27.14

How 5.5 Million People helped Harry Manx Get His Stolen Guitar Back

PEOPLE Posted: February 27, 2014 7:46 am

His rare guitar went missing at Chicago’s O’Hare airport. So he wrote a post about it on Facebook and…

PEOPLE Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Globe and Mail (Canada) Published: 02.26.14

Where Do New Ideas Come From? Here’s How The Brain Makes Them

IDEAS Posted: February 27, 2014 7:40 am

“How does our thinking leap beyond our existing knowledge to make new ideas? The answer is that we blend multiple ideas that are already in our minds, and these blends contain new ideas that didn’t exist before.”

IDEAS Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in New Scientist Published: 02.26.14

UK Actors Union Asks Arts Council England To Tackle Growing Artists-Working-For-Free Issue

ISSUES Posted: February 27, 2014 7:12 am

“Our members have told us that low and no pay work is a growing problem… and action must be taken, including by ACE, before the culture of working for free becomes so endemic that many artists are forced out of the profession.”

ISSUES Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Stage (UK) Published: 02.26.14

Is Music A Real Language?

MUSIC Posted: February 27, 2014 7:12 am

“How the brain processes musical discourse is not well-understood. Is music a language? If not, how can we still use it to communicate?”

MUSIC Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in Pacific Standard Published: 02.26.14

Analyzing Movies By The Numbers To See How They Work

MEDIA Posted: February 27, 2014 6:55 am

“One disquieting finding from my research is that this year’s lead actors average 85 minutes on screen, but lead actresses average only 57 minutes.”

MEDIA Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 02.27.14

England’s Cathedral Choirs Endangered As Church Budgets Tighten

MUSIC Posted: February 27, 2014 6:49 am

“Many of the 48 cathedrals in England and Wales are suffering as low interest rates hit investments and the cost of maintaining and repairing historic buildings rises.”

MUSIC Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 02.27.14

Guggenheim Responds: Our Security Guards Make More Than $10/hour

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 6:35 am

“The security officers employed by the Guggenheim, who comprise the majority of our front line security team, are paid competitively with their peers at other museums with comparable operating budgets and substantially more than the $10 quoted. As well, our Guggenheim security officers receive a benefits package that we offer to all our full time employees.”

VISUAL Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in Hyperallergic Published: 02.26.14

Dying Art: Greece’s Last Movie Poster Painter

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 6:35 am

“When silent films took off in the 1920s, Hollywood studios employed graphic designers to convey the glamour and excitement of new releases, and handmade billboards came to adorn theaters around the world. The rise of the automobile helped spur a booming industry of painted highway billboards across America, Europe, Africa and in Asia. But in an era of mass-produced printing, the practice has been all but snuffed out.”

VISUAL Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 02.27.14

The Oscar Ballots (What The Voters REALLY Think)

MEDIA Posted: February 27, 2014 6:25 am

“‘Gravity’? I’ve seen better things at planetariums,” while Julia Roberts “was horrendous” and Meryl Streep gave “a bottom-drawer performance” in “August: Osage County.”

MEDIA Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Hollywood Reporter Published: 02.26.14

More Than 800 Migrant Workers Have Died In Construction Of Qatar’s World Cup Stadia. Architect Zaha Hadid Makes A Statement:

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 6:09 am

“I have nothing to do with the workers,” said Hadid. “I think that’s an issue the government – if there’s a problem – should pick up. Hopefully, these things will be resolved.”

VISUAL Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.26.14

Frank Gehry Rebuffs Request To Change Design Of National Mall’s Eisenhower Memorial

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 6:04 am

The project “received yet another setback last week when its architect, Frank Gehry, rebuffed calls from the Commission of Fine Arts to revise his designs.”

VISUAL Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.26.14

What, Exactly, Is The Authority On “Proper” English?

WORDS Posted: February 27, 2014 5:56 am

“It doesn’t mean that it is part of Standard English or any other recognised dialect. Still, if George W Bush can misunderestimate some things and Sarah Palin can refudiate others, then, like, whatever.”

WORDS Published: 02.20.14

Read the story in Prospect Published: 02.20.14

“Fifty Shades” Passes 100 Million Books Sold

WORDS Posted: February 27, 2014 5:46 am

“Vintage Books announced Wednesday that sales for E L James’ sexually explicit trilogy have reached 100 million copies and have spent 100 weeks on The New York Times’ paperback best-seller list.”

WORDS Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in Yahoo! (AP) Published: 02.26.14

Why Do So Many Foreigners Win Oscar’s Best Director?

MEDIA Posted: February 27, 2014 5:44 am

“Over the last 20 years, 11 winners of the best director Academy Award — arguably second in prestige to best picture at Tinseltown’s biggest annual show — have been from outside the United States.”

MEDIA Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in Yahoo! (AP) Published: 02.26.14

Federal Court Orders YouTube To Take Down ‘Innocence of Muslims’

MEDIA Posted: February 27, 2014 5:01 am

It was the video that launched a thousand riots (and, just maybe, in part, the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi). The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered Google to remove all copies of the anti-Muslim potboiler from YouTube – on copyright grounds. (And it’s on copyright grounds that Google will appeal.)

MEDIA Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 02.26.14

‘Innocence of Muslims’ Got Yanked Because of Copyright? What Was the Court Thinking?

MEDIA Posted: February 27, 2014 5:00 am

Eugene Volokh explains the ruling point by point.

MEDIA Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Washington Post Published: 02.26.14

‘This Is Like Finding a Vermeer’: Rare Medieval Korean Paintings Turn Up in Honolulu Museum’s Basement

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 1:20 am

A group of Korean curators was examining uncatalogued works in the vaults of the Honolulu Museum of Art when they identified two ink-on-silk paintings from the late 16th century, an era from which little Korean art survives.

VISUAL Published: 02.25.14

Read the story in The Huffington Post (AP) Published: 02.25.14

U.S. Congress Considers Bill on Artists’ Resale Royalties

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 1:19 am

“The American Royalties Too Act (ART for short) recommends that artists should receive a flat 5% of the resale price for works sold at auction for more than $5,000.”

VISUAL Published: 02.26.14

Read the story in The Art Newspaper Published: 02.26.14

George Lucas and Wife Give $25M for Chicago Children’s Arts Center

ISSUES Posted: February 27, 2014 1:16 am

“Chicago investment executive Mellody Hobson and her husband, Star Wars creator George Lucas, are donating $25 million to the private University of Chicago Laboratory Schools to support the construction of an arts building.”

ISSUES Published: 02.25.14

Read the story in Chicago Tribune Published: 02.25.14

FBI Reopens Investigation Into 1975 Amherst Art Theft

VISUAL Posted: February 27, 2014 1:14 am

“It was just over 39 years ago that the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College experienced what was likely its worst moment: Thieves broke in on a winter night and made off with three centuries-old paintings valued at more than $400,000.” Two of the works were recovered in 1989; authorities now hope to locate the third.

VISUAL Published: 02.22.14

Read the story in Daily Hampshire Gazette (Northampton, Mass.) Published: 02.22.14

Injured ‘Spider-Man’ Dancer Discusses His Lawsuit

THEATRE Posted: February 27, 2014 1:11 am

“It was a stunt that Daniel Curry had performed many times before in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark: Plant himself firmly on a hydraulic lift in the pit beneath the stage, then remain steady as he rose a dozen feet to emerge for the start of Act II. … Then, in a split second, something solid pressed down against his right foot, then crushed it.”

THEATRE Published: 02.27.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 02.27.14

Can These Guys Crowdfund a West End Musical?

THEATRE Posted: February 27, 2014 1:04 am

“[John] Bant and his co-producer Gavin Kalin are seeking to raise £200,000 for The Pajama Game‘s West End transfer – about 14% of its total capitalisation costs – through the online crowdfunding platform Seedrs, which allows people to invest as little as £10. They hit £40,000 within 24 hours.”

THEATRE Published: 02.25.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.25.14

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