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What are the keys to success in the art world? Some combination of hard work, smart early career choices, artistic talent, access to the connected and the gate-keepers, and a bit of serendipity. The same ... read more
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2018-11-16
Winking to the choir
In today’s Wall Street Journal I review two new issue-driven New York shows, The Prom and Natural Shocks. Here’s an excerpt. * * * In the wake of the midterm elections, the pollsters are telling ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-16
Replay: Edward R. Murrow interviews Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
Edward R. Murrow interviews Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on Person to Person. This segment was originally telecast by CBS on July 2, 1954: (This is the latest in a series of arts- and ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-16
Almanac: T.S. Eliot on television
“It is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome.” T.S. Eliot (quoted in the New York Post, September 22, ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-16
The come-to-Arvo moment – and then some – at St. Ignatius Loyola
The Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and conductor Tonu Kaljuste bow at St. Ignatius Loyola in New York. Arvo Pärt disarmingly lacks barriers. He hides nothing. Evasion, irony and pretension are unknown in ... read more
AJBlog: Condemned to MusicPublished 2018-11-15
Recent Listening: Eden Bareket
Eden Bareket, Night (Fresh Sound New Talent) New York City is still the jazz capital of the world. For about a century, young musicians have gone there from nearly every country to ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-11-15
The Music of Stanley Kubrick
A FEW months ago I went to see a restored 70 mm print of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and film I had not seen (I realized) in decades. A number of things struck me, ... read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2018-11-15
Visit from a dead diva
In this week’s Wall Street Journal “Sightings” column, I report on “Callas in Concert: The Hologram Tour,” which I saw last week in Connecticut. Here’s an excerpt. * * * Maria Callas gave a concert ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-15
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-15
Almanac: W.H. Auden on mass entertainment
“What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. This is bad for everyone; the majority lose all ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-15
$91.88-Million Hopper Sale Makes “Chop Suey”of Ebsworth’s Vow to Seattle Art Museum (with video)
In my Wall Street Journal review of the 2007 opening of the expanded Seattle Art Museum, I noted that SAM’s campaign to “augment its permanent collection, in time for its 75th anniversary next year,” had ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-11-14
The HBO test
I have a suggestion for any opera company that commissions a new opera. And I don’t mean this as a joke. Once the work starts to take shape, show it to someone at HBO. And ... read more
AJBlog: SandowPublished 2018-11-14
Snapshot: Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin—and Charles Laughton introduces him
Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin’s A Flat Polonaise, Op. 53, on Producers’ Showcase: Festival of Music. He is introduced by Charles Laughton. The director was Kirk Browning. This performance was originally telecast by NBC on January ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-14
Almanac: Aldous Huxley on mass entertainment and the death of the amateur
“In the days before machinery men and women who wanted to amuse themselves were compelled, in their humble way, to be artists. Now they sit still and permit professionals to entertain them by the aid ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-14
Small Wins
Last time, I mentioned the idea of “small wins.” It’s a common concept in change management discussions and a fairly self-evident one. Still, I’ve been struck by the number of community engagement professionals leading ... read more
AJBlog: Engaging MattersPublished 2018-11-13
It Became A Lazy Afternoon
This afternoon it was 30 degrees out there, with a piercing breeze. Drivers were unruly, aggressive, rushing. The line at the gas pump was slow. I returned home, shivering, to a greeting ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-11-13
Arts Funding: The US vs the World
NOT long ago I wrote a story about the arts in LA since the Great Recession. I spoke to so many people, some at length, that most of my reporting ended up lost in ... read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2018-11-13
Lookback: Clive Barnes, R.I.P
From 2008: When I was a teenager and first became aware of criticism as a profession, Clive Barnes was one of its very biggest names. Born in 1927, Barnes had come to this country in ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-13
Almanac: Clive Barnes on television
“Television is the first truly democratic culture—the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want.” Clive Barnes, “Stage: Sinister Comedy; ‘Love ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-11-13
Lord Harry Gets Mixed Results (& hurls verbal missiles) at Sotheby’s Impressionist/Modern Sale
Auctioneer Harry Dalmeny (new to me) at Sotheby’s Impressionist/Modern sale tonight had a strange way of trying to entice bidders by pelting them with barbed wisecracks: —I’ll have to hurry you: I’ve got a late ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-11-12

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