Ms. Bass, a well-known arts philanthropist who is currently a vice chairwoman of the boards of both Carnegie Hall and the Metropolitan Opera, was selected to step in following the end of the brief and contentious tenure of Ronald Perelman.
Month: October 2015
Art in America, ARTnews, Antiques Magazines To Consolidate Online
“The art media properties controlled by Peter Brant, including the century-old magazine Art in America and ARTnews, will be consolidated online at ARTnews.com by the end of the year.” The publications Antiques; Art & Business; Modern; and Skate’s Art Market Research are also included in the plan.
Huntington Theatre And Boston University Sever Relationship
“After 33 years, Boston University and the Huntington Theatre Company are parting ways, and the university is putting the BU Theatre up for sale, effective immediately. For the highly regarded Huntington, which just two years ago won a Tony Award for regional theater, the dissolution of the partnership with BU ushers in a period of uncertainty.”
Gail Zappa, 70, Frank Zappa’s Widow, Executor, Defender
Before Frank died, “he asked his wife to sell his master recordings and get out of the music business, she has said. But, she noted, he never said what to do with his publishing catalog – the rights to his compositions – and so she defied his request and became the keeper of his musical empire. In 2002, she created the Zappa Family Trust to manage his intellectual property, including the rights to his image.”
Jerry Lewis The Auteur
“The love-fest for Lewis at Moving Image this Tuesday, like the one at the 92nd Street Y in 2012, had a remarkably young audience of a new generation of New York cinephiles … Lewis has become a central artistic reference point for the world of young cinema, and his interviewer on Tuesday night suggested why. That interviewer was none other than Martin Scorsese.”
Why Misty Copeland Focuses So Much On Being A Black Ballet Dancer
“I think it needed to happen. Dancers in the past have talked about it, but they haven’t had the platform that I’ve had, which makes a huge difference. I think that it’s forcing the conversation to be had, and it’s a part of me, and it’s a part of my experience in my life and my struggles. … Just because I’m a principal dancer now doesn’t mean that all goes away.”
The Most Unorthodox Choreographer On New York City Ballet’s Roster
Kim Brandstrup: “Because I’m not from a ballet background, I often don’t use codified steps. First you need the trajectory through the room, then later you can shape it, detail it and make the picture.” Says NYCB principal Sara Mearns, “We couldn’t really get it [at first]. It was like, how big a jump would get you over here, or what kind of turn would work there? Then we realized, we are out of our comfort zone, but we are really free. He is directing us, but he will let us go where we want with the movement.”
Donald Seawell, 103, Founder Of Denver’s Performing Arts Center
“That his tenure at The Denver Post from 1966 to 1981, including the role of publisher, was only one of a dozen hats he wore over the decades speaks to the breadth of his life and times.”
Can A Good Poster Still Change The Zeitgeist? Definitely
“From Ben Shahn’s anti-H-Bomb design to the Guerrilla Girls’ campaign against gender inequality in art museums, posters have a long history of engaging and informing people through a mixture of artistry, wit, and economy. It would be easy to assume that posters have lost some of their impact in a hyper-connected landscape. But in many ways, the rise of social media has given protest and advocacy posters a bigger audience than ever before.”
A Difficult Hand To Play: ‘The Gin Game’ Actors Lay Their Cards On The Table
“Depending on the staging, as many as 200 card moves are required over all. And if the wrong move happens during the wrong hand, the actors can easily find themselves in the middle of the wrong act. … Here are the memories and lamentations of some Gin Game survivors – and, in the case of Mr. Jones and Ms. Tyson, future survivors.”