Thursday, June 18, 2020
It might seem an extraordinary thing that a late 19th/early 20th century French composer — and one whose music has had a history of having been dismissed for its seeming simplicity, seemin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMCulture secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a £1 million interest free loan and £149,000 in funding from a “resilience” fund for the Fringe Society, which runs the official website, b…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PM“We have an extraordinary opportunity to still mount a show in a way that we fully expected to, not only without compromise, but actually potentially even with enhancements. We’re able t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMIt is a neurological event where excitation of one of the five senses arouses a simultaneous reaction in another sense or senses (the Greek roots for “synesthesia,” also spelled “synae…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMWednesday, June 17, 2020
This is part of the traditional dance of the Mari, the region’s indigenous nation. Its sudden intrusion into an otherwise classical production is no coincidence. It is part of an experimen…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PMSchott/EAM, a publisher of contemporary composers, recently posted an inspiring list of works from its catalog appropriate for social distancing. Universal Edition put out an intriguing sele…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PMAs statues fall around the world in symbolic revolt against the histories of slavery and colonialism, city and town leaders, museum officials and historians faced with these toppled monument…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PMPublishing such authors was once uncontroversial. The conservative publishing industrial complex has been a mainstay ever since Allen Bloom’s The Closing of the American Mind topped the be…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PMThe airline is known for its collection of at least 1,500 pieces that includes esteemed works by artists such as Richard Deacon, Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Callum Innes, Anish Kap…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:32PM“Young people who break the rules, who don’t want to conform, are natural social scientists. They’re natural philosophers, questioning what’s around them. You might not be channellin…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:06PMWhy did most of New York’s largest museums botch this chance to connect to a younger audience—one that has grown distrustful of their boards, labor practices, executive salaries, and eve…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMBanes was the first dance critic to write about the exciting new urban form known as break dancing. Her article “To the Beat Y’All: Breaking is Hard to Do,” in the Village Voice in Apr…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:54PMSome wonder whether Bookshop will remain a viable player in the online retail ecosystem as stores begin to reopen, and customers who turned to the site during the shutdown revert to in-store…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:42AMTuesday, June 16, 2020
While both publications have a long history of reporting on local arts events happening in Toronto and Vancouver, Media Central is looking to shift editorial focus towards newer, more lucrat…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMLong derided as a crutch, something we fall back on when the appeal of the present dims, nostalgia is a surprisingly sturdy launch point into the future. Not only does it ground us mentally …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:12PMAustralia’s news outlets have seen their advertising models collapse, and regulators propose charging social media platforms when they carry news stories. “In its submission to the watch…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMFor the last several decades, that “feel-good” TV cop story has shaped our understanding of law enforcement. Dozens of police procedurals dominate TV networks, with millions of viewers t…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMFor years now activists have been attempting to cancel the Confederate flag and eliminate other monuments to the fallen Confederacy, along with removing the names of former slave owners and …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PM“We want to make sure the [tourism] industry has a more positive impact on a broader group of locals, not just a few big companies, to improve environmentally friendly mobility and consump…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMLevels of trust in social media companies to make the right decisions about what people can say or post on their websites and apps are low, with more than 8 in 10 Americans saying they trust…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:06PMWhen the public again returns to full contact — with embraces and smooches, and eating together — what will matter most is not the freedom to shop without masks, or to fly without fear. …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:06PMMany on Twitter and Instagram voiced surprise at—but also saw the funny side of—the results of a 1,000-person survey published in the Singaporean newspaper the Straits Times. The publica…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMIt’s worth thinking anew about the value of living memorials, and why so little of our mad fetish for public memorialization has been devoted to them. Could we rethink not just the whom an…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PMMonday, June 15, 2020
Laurie Hertzel, who had served as president since 2019, announced over the weekend she was leaving the 24-member board. Her departure came two days after another board member, Ugandan-Americ…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMPopular YouTube videos are filled with flashes of memes, zoom-ins, funny voices, gurning faces and whiplash-inducing cultural references. Watching a Pewdiepie video is like having some sort …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:18PMThe most important point to start from is that while there are a number of things you should consider when planning your book – such as characterisation, plotting or the style and voice of…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMWe could try to salvage the order by constructing institutions that enable us to meaningfully govern it. But to do that, we’d have learn to do politics with people who are different from u…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PM“We found that 25-to-34-year-old college graduates were among the most likely to move of any demographic group, and that they were systematically moving toward some places and away from ot…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:12PMThese shows will be the first paid gig many people in the industry have had since March. Airwaves’ event director, Cindy Jensen, says organising her event has highlighted how desperate the…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03PMThe Internet Archive announced the National Emergency Library project on March 24, in response to the widespread closures of libraries and schools during the Covid-19 crisis. The temporary i…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:03PMBuyers demand discounts of as much as 30% on new works and 50% on the secondary market, according to art dealers. Temporary reprieve, including government rescue loans or rent reductions, wi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:54PM 
