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Archives for March 3, 2014

Top Posts From AJBlogs 03.03.14

AJBlogs Posted: March 3, 2014 9:31 pm

Robert Ashley, 1930-2014
AJBlog: PostClassic | Published 2014-03-04

Star-Power? The Detroit Institute of Arts?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-03-04

Novelists in the New Economy, and a National-ist Goes Classical
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-03-03

Hidden history
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-03-03

Structure matters
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-03-03

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AJBlogs Published: 03.03.14

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Here’s The Artist Who Is Co-Curating The Whitney Biennial

VISUAL Posted: March 3, 2014 10:29 am

This is the first time the Whitney has allowed an artist to operate as a curator who chooses other artists for inclusion in a show.

VISUAL Published: 03.04.14

Read the story in ARTnews Published: 03.04.14

Live Theatre Broadcast Of “War Horse” Breaks National Theatre Record

THEATRE Posted: March 3, 2014 8:36 am

More than 155,000 bought tickets to see the play in local movie theatres. “National Theatre Live broadcasts theatre productions to cinemas around the world. Since it began in 2009, more than two million people globally have watched more than 30 broadcasts of different productions.”

THEATRE Published: 03.02.14

Read the story in The Stage (UK) Published: 03.02.14

Are These The 12 Best Ballerinas Of All Time?

DANCE Posted: March 3, 2014 8:25 am

“How can we define the best of the best? It is a matter of opinion and will always be subjective, but there is also the question of popularity and influence.”

DANCE Published: 03.02.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 03.02.14

A Small Device That Lets You Turn Anything Into A Musical Instrument

IDEAS Posted: March 3, 2014 7:44 am

“Guitars, trombones and violins are so last century. A device about the size of a credit card lets you transform a plant into a piano or make a glass of water behave like a drum.”

IDEAS Published: 03.01.14

Read the story in New Scientist Published: 03.01.14

Why The Razzies Are A Joke Past Its Prime

MEDIA Posted: March 3, 2014 7:21 am

“Uproarious disasters and offbeat passion projects are lumped in with the bland and forgettable, with precedence given to nominees who are famous, attractive and/or rich. (In that respect, the Razzies is notably shallower than the ceremonies it supposedly sends up.)”

MEDIA Published: 03.02.14

Read the story in The Telegraph (UK) Published: 03.02.14

How Teen Angst Is Being Expressed In The Digital Age

ISSUES Posted: March 3, 2014 7:09 am

“It is no longer enough to ask whether young people are being shaped by digital technology or are themselves shaping it when both teens and tech are increasingly being configured by a commercial imperative to turn users into more readily sellable data.”

ISSUES Published: 03.02.14

Read the story in Financial Times Published: 03.02.14

The Economics Don’t Add Up – It’s More Difficult Than Ever To Make A Living As A Writer

WORDS Posted: March 3, 2014 7:00 am

“Ever since the credit crunch of 2008 writers have been tightening belts, cutting back and, in extreme cases, staring into an abyss of penury. Never mind the money, the very business of authorship is now at stake.”

WORDS Published: 03.01.14

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 03.01.14

What Tech Companies Desperately Need: English Majors

PEOPLE Posted: March 3, 2014 6:57 am

“As important as the technology is that powers our lives, businesses also depend on humanities-oriented communicators to articulate why the technology matters. Indeed, every technology company, and certainly every startup trying to make its imprint on the world, needs English majors. Perhaps many.”

PEOPLE Published: 02.25.14

Read the story in ReadWriteWeb Published: 02.25.14

How Tech Companies Are Redesigning Office Space For Creativity

VISUAL Posted: March 3, 2014 6:52 am

“Increasingly, Silicon Valley companies are paying builders to fuse their values of speed, change and productivity with their perceived corporate smarts and quirkiness. It is a big shift.”

VISUAL Published: 03.01.14

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 03.01.14

How Is It That We Let Corporations Define Our Culture?

ISSUES Posted: March 3, 2014 6:48 am

“I put it to you that there’s something pathetic about all of this. And lazy. We let a corporation that peddles coffee and doughnuts define the culture. It’s phony-baloney but we lap it up, like simpletons.”

ISSUES Published: 03.01.14

Read the story in The Globe and Mail (Canada) Published: 03.01.14

What’s Wrong With Art Today

VISUAL Posted: March 3, 2014 6:45 am

“Big art, big artists, big dealers and big money play their roles in a hypnotic and well-rehearsed production, and toothy smiles abound. Yet this intoxicating spectacle is just the most public manifestation of a problem in the art world that has become increasingly obvious over the past decade: more and more, the cart is pulling the horse.”

VISUAL Published: 02.28.14

Read the story in Huffington Post Published: 02.28.14

What’s Really Wrong At The Metropolitan Opera (The Experience Sucks)

MUSIC Posted: March 3, 2014 6:08 am

There’s no lobby, the food is bad, the bathrooms are inadequate, and… Why is it so hard to take care of audiences when they spend a lot of money to go to the opera? Manuela Hoelterhoff unloads.

MUSIC Published: 02.28.14

Read the story in Bloomberg Published: 02.28.14

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