Monday, March 16, 2020
“ Did you think the owner of Hobby Lobby paid too much for something that wasn’t authenticated so he could put it in his museum? You were correct. “Experts have confirmed what has long…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:24PMHere’s part of the letter (note: not a lot of actors are “middle-class” either) for the campaign as shared in tweets on Sunday: “Now is the time for Congress and local governments to…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:30AMAt Signature Theatre in Arlington, Va., the staff hired a crew to film a new play whose run was supposed to last until March 29 – and the theatre is shut until March 30. The idea is not 10…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:15AMIt’s not a surprise, considering that everything else is canceling, but it’s a massive blow. “Gaffney said the decision will have a ‘multi-million-dollar impact on our organization a…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:15AMNo one was injured in the theft, but what the heck is going on? “The loss of the paintings was a fresh blow to [Christ Church] college, which had already made headlines this weekend after …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 07:06AMSunday, March 15, 2020
Kathryn Morgan, who spoke on the Today Show about mental health and the ballet world, went viral for that – but had much more to say. On her own YouTube channel, she gave a lot more detail…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMFirst came the comments from actor Lawrence Fox; then came the tweets labeling him “a disgrace” after his appearance on the show Question Time; then came Equity’s official apology for …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 05:18PMKana shodo, which is more than a millennium old and in which the first known novel was written, has fallen out of use for Japanese women today – but artist and master calligrapher Kaoru Ak…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMAnd then there’s the social-media-scheduled applause for hospital workers as well. In Rome, one neighborhood sang the anti-fascist anthem “Bella Ciao.” And “elsewhere in the city, po…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMOf course, they’re not alone, but the virus has especially terrible timing in a country hit by sudden so-called austerity measures. “The Australian arts industry operates on a knife-edge…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMWhat it feels like to abandon communal reading and working in one of New York’s most glorious public spaces – not good. Said one retired professor: “I see we’ll have digital access�…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMLyn Gardner: “I think theatre is wonderful, but I don’t think it is worth dying for.” – The Stage (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMIn other words, maybe don’t go for Netflix’s Pandemic or Outbreak. Instead, grab some popcorn and stay calm with Great British Baking Show or Planet Earth II. – Time
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMThis 1915 monument to coal mining is going to live on, by luck (and a heritage fund). “The crowning glory was a spectacular debating chamber, nicknamed the pitman’s parliament, in which …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMNo, nothing can replace live theatre, but since we can’t (or shouldn’t) be at the theatre together, at least we can stream a lot of live performances that were recorded for posterity. �…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMThough he never reconciled his love for books with the need to make money – the landlords seized his inventory in 2006 – Brown ran a place that was devoted to writers, readers, and lover…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMWhat a shock; it’s mostly TikTok. (But funny, funnier than that rhyme.) – The Boston Globe
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 03:48PMMeteorites are the hot new thing at Christy’s. The auction may (OK, probably will) be rescheduled over virus fears, but the fact remains that meteorites are becoming more popular to collec…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMThere are the terrible – quack “guides” to combatting the virus that causes COVID-19 – and the amusing: “Coronavirus Zombies Volume 1: The Living Dead Apocalypse by one Maximus Wil…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAs local and state governments try harder and harder to urge social distancing and isolation, internet usage will naturally increase from private residences. And “while it’ll be difficul…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMAlso, to keep you away from the world of crowded bars or restaurants. Seriously, don’t do it. Instead, why not start a series like the many, many-volumed Discworld of Terry Pratchett? (Yes…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 11:03AMA lot of movies are delayed, awards ceremonies postponed, movies (including the new Bond movie and the live-action Mulan) put off until later … and a lot of places are now closed “indefi…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMIn an act of generosity to millions stuck at home with no entertainment options during the rest of the month (or longer), the Met “will stream a title from its Live in HD series each night…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMThis isn’t a small issue: “The Met is the largest performing arts organization in the nation: It is a $308 million-a-year operation, but a fragile one. The high costs of mounting opera, …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMShakespeare apparently wrote King Lear while the Globe was shuttered because of the bubonic plague (a trope that echoed heavily on Twitter over the weekend). Then there’s the economic oppo…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 08:42AMTuesday, March 10, 2020
The work, a photograph of a figure in a rock, had disappeared, “loaned out to curator Rebecca Ballenger for a traveling exhibition from 1983 to 1984, but allegedly not returned. A Georgia …
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:36PMMonday, March 9, 2020
Indeed, cartoonist Chris Riddell thinks younger artists should follow their passion by “bunking off” school, if necessary, to get their true arts education. – The Observer (UK)
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 01:48PMAnd just in time – a lot of the “dream cast” for the documentary is aging, with at least one collector/vendor/devotée dying before the documentarians could get to work. “The profess…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMThough bars, restaurants, and gyms remain open, as long as managers can guarantee that people remain at least three feet away from each other at all times, the country’s entire cultural ca…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMAuthor Rachel Vorona Cote: “Despite my best efforts, I am not chill, and will never be chill—I possess only meager crumbs of that coveted asset. So, I muddle on as best I can. Reading is…
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 10:42AMWhat if you just looked away instead? Another radical idea from Great Britain. –The Guardian (UK)
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