Tuesday, April 28, 2020
The truth, sad or bad or however one wishes to characterize it, is that both contemporary visual art and contemporary poetry no longer hold anything approximating the central place in cultur…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]Conducted by the advocacy group Americans for the Arts and released Friday, the survey of more than 11,000 creative workers reveals that 95Â percent have lost some income because of the pa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]Friday's concert will strictly adhere to current social distancing guidelines in Germany, with players forming a chamber orchestra, spaced apart from one another on stage. The programme incl…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:54PM[SHARE]Of the 28 proposals submitted, the jury " which included a retired LACMA curator " selected six as the "leading ideas." The winning studios will each receive $1,500 prizes. Nan Goldin declin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]"Opening safely is a very complex project that involves countless new procedures and equipment, all of which require extensive training. This is something we cannot and will not do casually …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:48PM[SHARE]As a post-lockdown city edges into view, we'll have to develop new ways to use the places we share, from public restrooms to restaurants, classrooms, hallways, subway cars, and sidewalks. Pr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]One challenge is figuring out how to monetize the digital experience for an audience that's bathing in a glut of free content. Another is figuring out how to create an experience that's sati…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]Monday, April 27, 2020
In a now infamous email, the Museum of Modern Art told its museum educators "it will be months, if not years, before we anticipate returning to budget and operations levels to require educat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]To the Chinese who encountered the artists, they were of great curiosity. Having originally believed themselves to be the sole players and audience for their walk, they found everything they…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]This footage from 1929 and 1930 of the building's construction " including the placement of an iconic 61st-floor Art Deco eagle " showcases how these workers were less comfortable delivering…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]It's first tagline was "broadcast yourself." But more recently, big video producers have begun to dominate the platform, changing it. " OneZero
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]The modern idea of "Shakespeare," both as artist and ideal genius, was essentially an eighteenth-century creation, though it is often credited to the Romantics. " Hudson Review
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]The fact it has to offer thousands of movies is quite expensive. And not necessarily efficient. Pay-per-view services might be more cost-effective and chew up Netflix's model. " The Conversa…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]What does it mean to be an artist in an economy that actually doesn't allow many people to make their living as artists? The art world is in the midst of a larger inflection point at the mom…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]"It's a reckoning that has stirred intense debate about health policy, inequality and partisan politics, but also extends beyond it, touching on history, values and national identity. And fo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]Nick Hornby: "Before all this started, the BBC was under assault, apparently because of its independence. It was, is, being threatened with all sorts, including the loss of its lifeblood lic…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]The performance is scheduled to begin promptly at 8 p.m. "No one will be admitted. No one will be onstage," reads a news release for the production. "Don't call for reservations. No live str…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:06PM[SHARE]Friday, April 24, 2020
No one has actually studied mass makeovers during a prolonged global pandemic"we're in uncharted territory here"but people like Christopher Oldstone-Moore think there's much to glean from pe…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:12PM[SHARE]While stuck indoors under lockdown, consumer have grown even more accustomed to streaming movies from the comfort of their home. Executives suggest those habits could make moviegoers more un…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM[SHARE]About 11,000 of the Artist Relief applicants completed a survey co-sponsored by the nonprofit advocacy group Americans for the Arts. Sixty-two percent of those surveyed said they are now une…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:03PM[SHARE]"I'm not going to say this new online platform replaces theatre, I just think that temporarily it is a really interesting form of storytelling." " American Theatre
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM[SHARE]For eight years the retired architect, who immigrated to Los Angeles from the Philippines in 1969, had been visiting a different art museum, gallery or public art installation every day of t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:54PM[SHARE]"We're giving it a try to be creative. Yes, it would have been easier just to post a press release, but the board, especially for our chapter, decided to see if we could come up with somethi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PM[SHARE]Practical concerns aside, it can be difficult to keep creating during a pandemic that has already killed more than 180,000 people worldwide. Even so, people who need to express themselves th…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:42PM[SHARE]The logic of private interest " the notion that we should just 'let the market handle it' " has serious limitations. Particularly in the United States, the lack of an effective health and so…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]In 1769, amateur historian James Granger published the Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution. It was an interactive book, aimed at collectors of printed im…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 23, 2020
The three-minute video for the band Thou & the Get's single "Phenom" is a kaleidoscope of ordinary images whose rhythm and hostility bust the limits of Zoom. The video speaks to the lock…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:03PM[SHARE]As the speeches are performed by a succession of people in the videos, it feels "as if they are in conversation even though they are in different parts of the world" said Terry. The three sp…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PM[SHARE]"When a face looks back at us in the real world, that means something very deep: we have to choose how to respond " because they can see us. So we manifest a facial expression, or talk back,…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PM[SHARE]Salary and benefits constitute more than 65% of the Met's annual budget. In addition to the layoffs, the museum announced today, April 22, that its top executives will be taking salary reduc…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:54PM[SHARE]"For the most part, the Oral History of American Music, known as OHAM, has focused not on insurance salesmen or barbers, but has instead gone straight to the source: living American composer…
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