The code of ethics is at least clear. Not that there aren’t conflicts of interest. But the expectations are in place.
What It’s Like To Live In A Frank Lloyd Wright House
“Literally hundreds of Wright’s designs are still in private hands, and the current owners experience aspects of these unique buildings that docent-led tours can’t showcase: repair, renovation, upkeep, and even the occasional die-hard architecture fan knocking on the front door all make the experience of living in a Wright home different than the norm. Curbed spoke with owners of a half-dozen Wright homes to learn what it’s like to live inside one of the architect’s designs.”
Orchestra At Denmark’s Top Opera And Ballet House Faces Major Cuts
“The move is part of the government’s plans to cut about 600 million kroner from the nation’s theatres, museums, art schools and other state-owned culture institutions. As it stands, the Royal Danish Orchestra will see 14 musicians laid off outright and seven positions frozen.”
Why Theatre Critics Need To Stick To A Code Of Ethics
“Once upon a time, the rules were clear. The critic, employed full-time at a major newspaper, attended a show on opening night with tickets paid for by the publications, then ran into a smoky, booze-soaked writing room to pound out an analysis before a 10:30pm deadline, dictating copy over the telephone to a waiting stenographer.”
The 50 Most Exciting Artists Of 2015?
Artnet makes a list.
Membership Has Its Advantages: Modigliani Buyer Charges $170M Painting On His Amex Card
“Liu was the winning bidder for Amedeo Modigliani’s Reclining Nude at a Christie’s auction earlier this month, offering $170.4 million — and when the sale closes, he’ll be putting it on his American Express card.”
Hating On Holiday Music? Why? (A Defense)
“Unlike December’s retail madness, the music is divorced from commercial machinations and chaos; it’s about slowing down and homing in on what matters. In this way, seasonal tunes have an almost childlike outlook.”
Privacy On The Internet? What’s The Reasonable Expectation?
“In reality, the internet is more like a bustling city than a hydra. There are glitzy neighbourhoods: safe, family-friendly and with well-lit streets. But there also are seedy underbellies to be navigated only by those in the know, as well as plenty of dark alleys, forgotten corners and hidden haunts.”
One Of The Largest English-Language Bookstores In The World Is… In Islamabad
With his passion for books, Saeed Jan Qureshi built one of the biggest bookstores in the world — mostly selling books in English, in a country where that is a second language for most people.
Basketball Star Stephan Curry Draws Oohs From Dancers
Curry’s aesthetic appeal is rooted in what ballet dancers seek most: to make their art look effortless.
Billionaire Paul Allen’s New Seattle Arts Space: Closing Before It Even Opens?
What “a concept space” means, maybe only Paul Allen knows. But it looks like he’s cut off his dedicated arts and culture center before even launching it. I feel bad for the staffers. And dumb for hoping for better.
‘Carol’, ‘Beasts Of No Nation’, ‘Spotlight’ Lead Independent Spirit Award Nominations
“Todd Haynes’ period drama Carol led the nominations for the 31st Independent Spirit awards, which were prematurely announced before the news conference to unveil them – then taken down – on Tuesday.”
‘He Lived In Daily Fear Of Humiliation’: Adam Gopnik On Frank Sinatra
“Sinatra’s character flaw isn’t hard to name. He lived in daily fear of humiliation, and in its (often imagined) presence his temper tipped over in an instant. This was followed, usually, by remorse, once he had sobered up and stopped seeing red. But, in the interim, real damage was done to real people.”
Using Murder Mystery And Role-Playing To Teach English Grammar
“Peake then has each student create a grid marking everyone’s name and guessing the motives of potential perpetrators. The students start to interrogate one another, flexing their past-tense prowess as they pick over alibis. Portuguese is banned from the classroom; if anyone veers into speaking in their native tongue, Peake employs the element of surprise, sneaking up on students to tell them their English sounds somewhat suspect.”
If Internet Addiction Is Real, Why Don’t We Regulate The Web The Way We Do Gambling?
“So should individuals be blamed for having poor self-control? To a point, yes. Personal responsibility matters. But it’s important to realise that many websites and other digital tools have been engineered specifically to elicit compulsive behaviour.”
The Seuss Effect: Why Nonsense Words Make People Laugh
While administering a language-based experiment, psychology researcher Chris Westbury “noticed that people always laughed when they saw the non-word ‘snunkoople.’ That got them wondering – was there something in particular about nonsense words that made them funny? If so, could it be measured? Turns out there is and it can.”
HBO’s Documentary ‘Bolshoi Babylon’ Says Sergei Filin Wasn’t Simply Blameless Victim Of Acid Attack
The film “avoids presenting Filin as a martyr. Instead it gives voice to dancers who describe him as biased and imperious, and highlights Filin’s tense rapport with the Bolshoi’s general director Vladimir Urin, appointed by the Kremlin in September 2013 to put the house in order.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.24.15
Making Lulu musical
How to tell if a Lulu performance is going to be musical: Listen carefully to the orchestra in the prologue, the scene with the animal trainer that begins the opera. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2015-11-24
Leaked Release: National Academy’s Feel-Good Statement on Carmine Branagan’s Departure
The chaotic, unprofessional rollout of the National Academy’s leadership transition (which I chronicled in the above-linked posts) continues with today’s anonymous leak to me of the very overdue, nearly finalized press release, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-24
Other Matters: The Gingko Drops
In front of Rifftides world headquarters is a magnificent gingko tree. The previous owner of the house was a medical missionary in China. When he returned to the United States, he and his family brought the gingko as a sapling. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-24
Lookback: Thanksgiving service
From 2004: To be sure, the one thing a new friend can never do for you is say I knew you when, and I find it rather sad that there are so few people in my life who can speak those words. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-11-24
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Danish Composer Wins This Year’s $100,000 Grawemeyer Prize
The song cycle “let me tell you” by Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen has earned the 2016 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, according to the University of Louisville, which distributes the prize each year. The prize includes $100,000.
Why So Many New Christmas Movies On Cable TV?
Simple. “These holiday movies are proliferating because they’re cheap to produce, generate strong ratings and lots of advertising revenue for the television networks. Hallmark parent Crown Media Holdings credited its holiday programming for helping to spur an 11% increase in advertising revenue last year to $328 million.”
Ticket Fraud Widespread As Online Re-selling Sites Proliferate
“Nearly 3,000 cases were reported between May and October, with the Rugby World Cup, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift particular targets, said Action Fraud. On average, customers who bought fake tickets lost £444 per transaction.”
Singapore Opens New National Museum
“The project is part of the city-state’s wish to become a centre of culture and the arts and to overcome its traditional reputation as a money-driven, and somewhat sterile, environment.”
Found: New Home For The 2016 Tony Awards
The 6,000-seat Radio City Music Hall has long been the preferred home for the awards because of its size and proximity to Broadway. But Radio City will be booked this summer with the new “Rockettes New York Spectacular.”
Adele’s New Album Sets New Record For First Week Sales
On Tuesday, Nielsen Music said that in just four days the British singer broke the record previously set by ‘N Sync in 2000. The boy band’s “No Strings Attached” sold 2.416 million albums in its first week.
Adele Mailer, 90, Artist, Actress, Wife and Stabbing Victim Of Norman Mailer
“Adele Morales was an aspiring painter in 1951 when she met Mailer, the author of The Naked and the Dead, who was on his way to becoming recognized as one of the pre-eminent postwar American novelists. The two began living together and married three years later. … The relationship, marked by heavy drinking and ancillary love affairs on both sides, was stormy.”