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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Broadway’s Shutdown Has A Long Economic Reach by Artsjournal1

“By one count, Broadway is directly responsible for nearly 100,000 jobs in New York City alone and, as a leading attraction for people who travel to the city, it has an economic impact of …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM

Paris Opera Ballet Publishes Report On Race In Company, And Management Will Act On It by Artsjournal1

“‘There will be no blackface, or yellowface,’ [Paris Opera artistic director Alexander] Neef told reporters, but works like La Bayadère and The Nutcracker would remain, with possible …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM

Governor And Mayor Announce Programs To Revive New York’s Live Performance Industry by Artsjournal1

And, given the notorious personal relationship between the two men, it’s no surprise that their plans are entirely separate. Governor Cuomo’s scheme, called NY PopsUp, will consist of 30…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:03AM

Germany Earmarks Another €1 Billion In COVID Relief To Its Arts Sector by Artsjournal1

“This marks the second chapter of the so-called ‘Neustart Kultur’ program (New Start Culture), which was first launched last July with a bailout of €1 billion dispersed across cultur…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:03AM

David Stull Discusses Acquiring Opus 3 by Artsjournal1

The president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music speaks about the school’s historic acquisition of Opus 3 Artists. – Aaron Dworkin

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48AM

Can a New LACMA Rise from the Rubble? Quaffing Michael Govan’s Kool-Aid by Artsjournal1

The doubts engendered in me by the shifting ground (related to the proximity to the La Brea Tar Pits) under the cranes being used for construction of LACMA’s new Geffen Galleries caused me…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 06:48AM
Sunday, February 7, 2021

Matthew VanBesien Talks Presenting by Artsjournal1

Matthew VanBesien, President of the University Musical Society of the University of Michigan, as he talks about the role of presenters in the arts. – Aaron Dworkin

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Spain Will Pay $7.8 Million A Year To Keep Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection In Madrid by Artsjournal1

The Spanish government has concluded what is, in effect, a 15-year rental agreement with Baroness Carmen Cervera, the widow of Baron Hans Heinrich von Thyssen-Bornemisza: in exchange for an …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

World’s Largest Movie Industry Finally Has Its Theatres Back To (Almost) Normal by Artsjournal1

“India began allowing 100 percent occupancy in cinemas on Monday, lifting a 50 percent cap on seating capacity that had been in place since October 2020. … Various COVID-19 prevention me…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Tony Bennett, Age 94, Has Alzheimer’s — But He Can Still Sing by Artsjournal1

In fact, he recorded his new album of duets with Lady Gaga in sessions spanning 2018 to 2020, and he was first diagnosed with the condition in 2016. And though he is quiet most of the time t…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Actor Hal Holbrook, 95 by Artsjournal1

In a long career spanning stage, film, and television, he was known for roles ranging from John Adams to Abraham Lincoln to Deep Throat to Willy Loman to the Stage Manager in Our Town. But h…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Portland’s Classical Radio Station Will Be Recording And Releasing Music By Nonwhite And Women Composers by Artsjournal1

When the staff at All Classical Portland was looking at how to add more diversity to its playlists, they found that the biggest limitation was how little recorded music by composers from his…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

America’s Leading Black Classics Scholar Says The Field Needs A Complete Overhaul. Is That Even Possible? by Artsjournal1

Dan-el Padilla Peralta came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic at age 4 and grew up extremely poor; it was his childhood fascination with ancient Greece and Rome, combined with his acad…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Hermitage’s Major Fabergé Show Is Full Of ‘Tawdry Fakes’, Says Art Dealer by Artsjournal1

“The explosive claim was made in an open letter to Hermitage boss Mikhail Piotrovsky by Andre Ruzhnikov, who has been buying and selling Fabergé for 40 years. In it, he accuses Piotrovsky…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Meet The Choreographer Behind The Viral Stars Of The UCLA Gymnastics Team by Artsjournal1

Bijoya Das was a gymnast herself from age 6 until an injury in college led her to switch to dance; she’s now a successful commercial dancer and choreographer in the popular music industry.…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Watching Other People Clean Their Houses On YouTube Is Now A Thing by Artsjournal1

“These aren’t Hoarder spinoffs for viewers to gawk at other people’s misery, nor are they aspirational home-organizing tutorials where influencers showcase impeccable walk-in closets. …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Man Banned From Library For Life Because He Left Anti-Trump Poem There by Artsjournal1

A 68-year-old retiree in Seymour, Indiana was a regular visitor to his local branch library and had become friendly with some employees there. In November, he brought a political poem he had…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

UK’s Art Dealers Don’t Like New Anti-Money-Laundering Rules, But They’re Practicing Acceptance by Artsjournal1

“The new regulations … mandate that dealers must conduct specific checks on clients and report suspicious transactions that may suggest money laundering to the government. … The report…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Arts Donations Down By 13% In North America And A Third In Britain — But There’s Good News! by Artsjournal1

Yes, 2020 was a no-good-very-bad year for the arts (and most everything else), but a new study from TRG Arts and Purple Seven has at least a few glad tidings. In the U.S. and Canada, half of…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

South Africa’s Most Versatile, Most Beloved Singer, Sibongile Khumalo, Dead At 63 by Artsjournal1

“[She was] a virtuoso vocalist whose ease of motion between opera, jazz and South African popular music made her a symbol of the country’s new social order after the end of apartheid. �…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Golden Globe Nominations 2021: ‘Mank’, ‘The Crown’, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’, ‘Nomadland’ by Artsjournal1

Streaming services thoroughly dominate the roster: Hulu took 9 nominations, Amazon Studios 10, and Netflix a whopping 42. Among notable details: Tom Hanks and Spike Lee were snubbed, and of …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Mexico Makes Legal Claim To Collection Of Pre-Columbian Art About To Be Sold At Christie’s by Artsjournal1

“The National Institute of Anthropology and History, a division of the Mexico government dedicated to the preservation of cultural artifacts, has filed a legal claim over 33 pre-Columbian …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Why Men Should Spend Less Time Watching Porn And More Time Reading Erotica by Artsjournal1

“Finding your thrills in erotic literature, rather than in video scenes, might take a little longer, but it means caring more about the characters involved, which brings more meaning to th…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

AI Robot Recommends ‘The 67 Best Books To Give A Woman’ by Artsjournal1

“On its face this list is a little concerning — in a few years, robots might render humans’ book-recommending jobs obsolete. I, a human with a book-recommending job, am indeed a little…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

The Times’s ‘Five Minutes That Will Make You Love {Piano/Sopranos/String Quartets}’ Series? It’s Working by Artsjournal1

Says classical music editor Zachary Woolfe (who came up with the idea in the shower), “It has doubled our audience for classical music. It’s gratifying that whatever we do, people are wi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Taking Ballet Class Outdoors In The Middle Of A New York Winter by Artsjournal1

“Across the city, amateur and professional dancers are donning sneakers, masks and lots of layers to carry on with a familiar ritual that, for many, is essential to maintaining physical an…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM

Dante’s Descendant Wants Poet’s Conviction On Corruption Charges Reversed by Artsjournal1

In 1302, caught on the wrong side in one of Florence’s perpetual factional struggles, Dante Alighieri was fined and banished on a probably trumped-up charge of corruption in political offi…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 02:24PM
Friday, February 5, 2021

Who Was Mike Nichols When He Wasn’t Playing Mike Nichols? It’s Not An Easy Question by Artsjournal1

“Making stories was how Nichols coped with the world. The biographical question is: why was there a need to cope? The answer is not mysterious. Nichols was unusually self-aware, and he lik…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54PM

How Do Great Cities Die? So Slowly That Most People There Barely Notice by Artsjournal1

It’s not usually after a disaster: in those cases, great cities tend to rebuild and often become grander. (Think of London and Chicago after great fires, Lisbon and San Francisco after ear…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54PM

Video Opera And ‘Relevance’: Where They Meet And Where They Miss by Artsjournal1

“Recent case histories are alternately breakthroughs and models of artistic self-defeat. Which was which?” asks David Patrick Stearns. “The reverse of what I expected.” The key: the …

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54PM

While Bela Lugosi Slept, They Made A Whole Other ‘Dracula’ On The Set — And It’s Better by Artsjournal1

“Shot in half the time the Lugosi vehicle was allotted, and on a much smaller budget, Drácula” — yes, it’s the Spanish version — “contains revealing differences. It’s 29 minut…

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:54PM

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