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7h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 6:01 PM ) There is ample absurdity to wring from the fine-art ecosystem, where hierarchies and quid pro quos rule. Players ruthlessly engage in an unspoken competition for limited opportunities and resources—be they grants, residencies, publications, exhibitions, panel spots, teaching gigs, public commissions, or sales. And all of the above is adjudicated by gatekeepers who, like the gods of Olympus, deal fate and favour. – The Walrus Tags: Art, Olympus, Issues, 01.27.2151 people like this. Like
7h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 5:28 PM ) Trump failed to purge all the old élites, largely because he was forced to depend on them, and the Proud Boys never came close to matching the ferocity and reach of the Red Guards. Nevertheless, Trump’s most devoted followers, whether assaulting his opponents or bombarding the headquarters in Washington, D.C., took their society to the brink of civil war while their chairman openly delighted in chaos under heaven. – The New Yorker Tags: Art, Washington, China, Ideas, Trump, 02.01.2191 people like this. Like
9h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 4:01 PM ) If the owner is explicitly saying the business itself won’t survive, keeping the building around as a cultural monument raises additional questions about what culture, exactly, is being preserved. – Curbed Tags: Art, La, Visual, 01.25.21135 people like this. Like
8h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 4:28 PM ) The announcement means the departure of one of Washington’s longest-serving theater chiefs and an opening in a company with a prestigious literary pedigree: It is an arm of one of the world’s great classical collections, the Folger Shakespeare Library. – Washington Post Tags: Art, Washington, Theatre, 01.27.21, Janet Griffin99 people like this. Like
8h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 5:01 PM ) Until the arrival of the coronavirus, the prevalent model was not particularly friendly to rapid response. Symphony orchestras did a good deal of planning two or three years in advance, although that was mostly big-picture stuff — there was still plenty of room for changes at the detail level. – San Francisco Chronicle Tags: Art, Music, 01.26.2165 people like this. Like
11h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 2:03 PM ) For two months, many thousands of farmers have been staging a massive sit-in with their tractors on the highways around New Delhi, demanding that the Indian government withdraw a package of agriculture laws that the farmers say will slash their income and make them prey to Big Agribusiness. And some of these farmworkers, with sympathetic writers and artists, have created a biweekly newspaper called the Trolley Times to “voice the truth of the farmers’ protest.” – The Art Newspaper Tags: Art, Words, New Delhi, 01.25.21, Trolley Times130 people like this. Like
10h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 2:29 PM ) The V&A partnered with the Factum Foundation to create the high-resolution color, infrared and 3-D scans in 2019. And last year, in honor of the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, the museum refurbished the cartoons’ gallery, known as the Raphael Court, by repainting the walls, replacing light fixtures and taking other steps to make the cartoons “more visible and legible to in-person visitors.” – Smithsonian Tags: Art, Raphael, Visual, Factum Foundation, 01.26.21, Raphael Court121 people like this. Like
10h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:01 PM ) In DANCELIVE by Herman Cornejo, shot by Steven Sebring using his specially developed in-the-round camera system, viewers can “watch [dancers] from up close and see their movements from all sides and different angles, the visual equivalent of surround sound. … QR codes … will allow viewers to use their phones to interact with the online images, moving them forward and back, or to convert them into augmented reality. … In time, the two artists hope to create a virtual performance space, building ... Tags: Art, Dance, Steven Sebring, Muybridge, Herman Cornejo, 01.26.2158 people like this. Like
9h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 3:32 PM ) “In many ways, the Book Review’s history is that of American letters, and we’ll be using our 125th anniversary this year to celebrate and examine that history over the coming months. In essays, photo stories, timelines and other formats, we’ll highlight the books and authors that made it all possible.” – The New York Times Tags: Art, Words, 01.25.21122 people like this. Like
12h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 1:05 PM ) “The third season of the award-winning podcast, which arguably set in motion the current boom for non-fiction audio series, was set in the Cleveland justice system. Unlike the first two seasons, which featured one case, it looked at the system overall.” HBO’s adaptation, a limited series, will focus on one Cleveland police officer and the young man he’s accused of beating. (Among the executive producers is basketball superstar Lebron James.) – Deadline Tags: Art, Hbo, Media, Cleveland, 01.26.2189 people like this. Like
11h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 1:30 PM ) After the open letters are published, the articles are out, and the declarations are made on social media, what happens to the people behind them? Artnet News spoke with a number of whistleblowers to find out what followed their news-making efforts and the emotional costs of going public. – Artnet Tags: Art, Issues, Artnet News, 01.26.2189 people like this. Like
13h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 12:02 PM ) Since this year’s 78 contestants from 20 countries can’t travel to Switzerland, they’re submitting pre-recorded videos. The jury members (masked and socially distanced, of course) will meet in Lausanne to watch and judge those videos together, keeping to the same schedule they would in a normal year. – Pointe Magazine Tags: Art, Dance, Switzerland, Lausanne, 01.26.21115 people like this. Like
12h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 12:31 PM ) Before the pandemic, in-person classes offered by the Remy Bumppo Theatre Company tended to be small, with only 8 to 10 students. But over the last months, the theater has dropped prices between 50% and 80% and, it wrote, watched enrollment triple. – Chicago Tribune Tags: Art, Chicago, Issues, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, 01.26.2156 people like this. Like
12h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 12:40 PM ) In a new book, the often under-appreciated contribution that black soldiers made during the civil war is brought to light with a trove of unseen photosA classic tintype photo from the 19th century showing a civil war soldier, whose garments are hand-colored in gold paint. The soldier, crowned by a gold frame, looks forward, holding a gun over his chest.But rather than just any war portrait, it’s part of the overlooked history of African American soldiers who fought during the period. This one an... Tags: Art, Books, Photography, US news, American Civil War, Culture, Art and design
14h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RAgthGA-9Q
Have you ever played 4’33” in public? Or rather, have you ever not played 4’33” in public? Calling as its score does for no notes at all over its titular duration, John Cage’s signature 1952 composition has made many ponder (and just as many joke about) what it means to actually perform the thing. If music is, by its most basic definition, organized sound, then 4’33” is anti-music, the deliberate absence of organized sound. Yet it isn’t silence... Tags: Google, Art, Music, College, Boston, Jfk, Seoul, Orwell, Cage, John Cage, Facebook Twitter, Nam June Paik, Paik, Harvard Square, Brooklyn Rail, Brattle63 people like this. Like
14h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 10:35 AM ) The director, Sarmad Khoosat, is (or was) a popular member of one of the country’s most beloved entertainment families; the film itself, Zindagi Tamasha (in English, Circus of Life), has been approved by three different boards of censors and a committee of senators, and it won a big prize at one of Asia’s most important film festivals. But, based on a trailer, a far-right Islamist party has declared the movie blasphemous and incited a vicious campaign against the director (including multiple th... Tags: Art, Asia, Media, Pakistan, Sarmad Khoosat, 01.22.2154 people like this. Like
15h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 10:03 AM ) On New Year’s Day, Munawar Faruqui, a rising talent in India’s relatively new comedy circuit, was starting off a two-week tour with a gig in Indore when the leader of a Hindu extremist group accused Faruqui, who is Muslim, of “insulting religious sentiments” (a crime in India) and had him arrested. He had not yet even started his routine. Two courts have denied him bail, and the police say releasing him would cause “a law-and-order situation.” – BBC Tags: Art, India, Theatre, Hindu, Indore, 01.26.21, Faruqui, Munawar Faruqui135 people like this. Like
13h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 11:32 AM ) Despite the long tradition of anti-urbanism in the U.S. that always seems to see the demise of cities just around the corner, they will survive because they are one of humanity’s greatest inventions. – The Conversation Tags: Art, Ideas, 01.25.2188 people like this. Like
14h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 11:04 AM ) The long-overdue work that larger institutions have started on in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests has been the day-in-day-out project of some other groups. Joshua Barone talked to people at seven of them — among them the Sphinx Organization, Imani Winds, and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra — about what they do and what advice they’d give the wider classical industry. – The New York Times Tags: Art, Music, Black Lives Matter, Joshua Barone, 01.27.21105 people like this. Like
17h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 8:00 AM ) “The Antiquarium, a museum located on the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, fully reopened this week for the first time in more than 40 years. Home to some of the razed settlement’s best-preserved artifacts, including protective amulets and plaster casts of Mount Vesuvius’s victims, the museum will host a permanent display narrating Pompeii’s history. – Smithsonian Magazine Tags: Art, Pompeii, Visual, Mount Vesuvius, 01.26.21129 people like this. Like
16h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 8:32 AM ) The charge by actress Sand Van Roy was first made in May 2018; it was dismissed for lack of evidence nine months later, and subsequently reopened following a civil complaint by Van Roy. After a five-hour hearing in Paris this week, the judge declared Besson an “assisted witness,” a status under French law which means there is currently not enough evidence to prosecute but that the case may proceed if new evidence should emerge. – Variety Tags: Art, People, Paris, Luc Besson, Besson, Van Roy, Sand Van Roy, 01.26.2196 people like this. Like
16h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 9:04 AM ) “Leading stock photography company Shutterstock announced today that it has acquired TurboSquid, a digital media company that sells 3D assets, for $75 million. The move is both a talent and an IP acquisition, and it will give Shutterstock’s two million customers … access to raw materials for making images from scratch.” – Fast Company Tags: Art, Shutterstock, Visual, 01.26.2169 people like this. Like
15h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 9:31 AM ) “There are some in the industry who believe houses have a responsibility to publish a wide range of viewpoints, seeing it as a First Amendment issue.” (And conservative books have tended to sell well.) “But a burgeoning group of mostly younger industry members argue” — especially in the wake of the Capitol riot and Simon & Schuster’s subsequent cancellation of its contract with Sen. Josh Hawley — “that certain conservative figures, whose messages they say are harmful to society at large, should... Tags: Art, Words, Capitol, Simon Schuster, Sen Josh Hawley, 01.22.21127 people like this. Like
17h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 7:46 AM ) Austine Wood Comarow creates lovely pieces like "Garden Gold," which shift in hue as the pieces move. The materials themselves have no colors:
We perceive the color as a result of the interaction of polarized light and certain optically active materials such as cellophane. — Read the rest Tags: Art, Video, News, Light Art, Polage116 people like this. Like
21h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 4:00 AM ) We moderns might wonder what ancient peoples did when not hunting, gathering, and reproducing. The answer is that they did mushrooms, at least according to one interpretation of cave paintings at Tassili n’Ajjer in Algeria, some of which go back 9,000 years. “Here are the earliest known depictions of shamans with large numbers of grazing cattle,” writes ethnobotanist/mystic Terence McKenna in his book Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge. “The shamans are dancing with... Tags: Psychology, Google, Art, College, History, Reddit, Algeria, Seoul, Johns Hopkins, Facebook Twitter, U S Forest Service, McKenna, Sahara, Roland Griffiths, Brian Akers, Colin Marshall53 people like this. Like
23h ago ( January 27, 2021 at 2:06 AM ) At a new exhibition, Not Another Second, 12 LGBT+ seniors share stories of resilience, struggle and loveWhen Pearl Bennett, now 69, came out as a transgender woman at a family dinner when she was 50, she wasn’t warmly embraced.Bennett’s mother leaned in and asked: “What is all this?” Continue reading... Tags: Art, Transgender, Art and design, Sexuality, LGBT rights, Bennett38 people like this. Like
January 27, 2021 at 1:00 AM The artist caused a sensation by shredding all his possessions – car, toothbrush, love letters, even his dad’s old sheepskin coat. Two decades on, does the former YBA have any regrets? Twenty years and an epoch ago, Michael Landy destroyed his worldly goods, all 2,277 of them, in the just-closed flagship branch of C&A on Oxford Street in London. It was a wildly theatrical event. The mise en scène involved a snaking conveyor belt bearing tubs full of carefully catalogued objects, with a team of b... Tags: Art, London, Culture, Art and design, David Bowie, Oxford Street, Performance art, Saab, Joy Division, YBA, Landy, Michael Landy46 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 7:49 PM Join award-winning documentary filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland in this live, ninety-minute online class.
Lisa Immordino Vreeland has been immersed in the world of fashion, art and culture for the past 25 years.
Her first book was accompanied by her directorial debut of the documentary of the same name, Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012). Her second film, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (2015) and had its European premiere at Art Basel. Her s... Tags: Art, Events, Diana Vreeland, Cecil, Telluride Film Festival, Lisa, Peggy Guggenheim, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Penelope Tree, Art Basel Her141 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 5:01 PM “Digital performance has only exacerbated the definitional crises during this year of hard and soft quarantine. At a recent UCLA roundtable on the subject of the future of theater, I came to the conclusion that, even in this pioneering moment in which artists from different time zones can collaborate without ever coming into direct contact, place still matters.” – Los Angeles Times Tags: Art, Theatre, Los Angeles, Ucla, 01.26.21144 people like this. Like
January 26, 2021 at 5:29 PM After reporting in the Kansas City Star turned up evidence that William Rockhill Nelson, the Nelson in the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art was a segregationist, the museum is reassessing being named after the real estate and newspaper magnate who helped found the museum. – Artnet Tags: Art, Kansas City, Visual, Kansas City Star, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, 01.25.21, Nelson Atkins Museums, William Rockhill Nelson the Nelson70 people like this. Like
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