Across the country, arts leaders say the Kennedy Center’s transformation—complete with a CEO firing, board overhaul and unprecedented political involvement in its programming—has become a cautionary tale for organizations large and small. - The Wall Street Journal
Sure, now everyone (and their annoying friend) has a podcast, but not in 2009, when Maron got his start with WTF. "The podcast made me feel as if ... I could also come back from career humiliation in a way that could be creatively satisfying.” - The New York Times
But as the president tries to push out the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven wonders if his painting now has a chance. - Washington Post (MSN)
“Missing sound recordings include the satirical song ‘Carlo’ by Dafydd Iwan which was written for the investiture of Charles as Prince of Wales in 1969.” - BBC
“As the labor of making movies and shows splinters across far-flung cities and countries, Hollywood has become dislodged from its physical home.” - Vulture
Agosto Machado “has been a witness to decades of cultural moments in New York: the experimental theater of the early sixties, Warhol’s factory, the Stonewall riot, the AIDS epidemic, the gentrification of downtown Manhattan.” - Paris Review
This administration slashed the staff of 30 to about 10, an impossible number to track the government collection, which “has been placed in federal offices and private institutions in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.” - The New York Times
Toni Pimble “is that rare dancemaker whose visual sense and musical sense are equally acute; moreover, her interests are wide-ranging. Over the years she has made ballets of varying length inspired by literature, music, folk tales, Native American legends, visual arts, film, current events, and politics." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Ask Jesse Collins: “‘Credibility with your word’ is what makes a great producer. ‘If something goes wrong, nobody knows me — they’re just going to look at the artist,’ he said, so it’s imperative to deliver or to make it clear when you can’t.” - The New York Times
“What if landlords teamed up with new and emerging artists to showcase their work in these spaces, offered them a chance to practice a medium in which they had little or no experience, and brought art to people in the communities in which they live?” - Seattle Times
Jiří Kylián is "the Czech choreographer-cum-renaissance man, who in one pre-show discussion declares himself ‘the happiest boy in the world’: There has never been such a celebration of his work and, he suggests with wry self-effacement, there will probably never be another.” - The Guardian (UK)
Dyer: “The open secret remains as mysteriously elusive as ever. Which is fine because I don’t go to books for comfort; I have a much-loved memory foam pillow for that.” - The Guardian (UK)
