“There was a lot of attention towards me. I’m in my 50s. I’m not quite one foot in the grave, but it does kind of feel like it’s all over. I’m glad that the royalties will pay my bills and that I have enough new work, but boy, it sure seems like a different world we’re living in.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Fifteen Unsung Heroes Of Arts Administration
“Unsung heroes of arts administration are the individuals who keep the trains running on time, who will never be handed the microphone at the annual gala to “say a few words,” who won’t have the opportunity after a career in the cultural sector to give a curtain speech, or even make the announcement asking us to silence our cell phones. Those veterans and rookies for which we all know full well that the show would not go on without them. Those people who make our workplaces more pleasant, including those who might secretly keep watering the office fern no matter how hard we try to kill it.”
Death Of Vine’s Six-Second Videos Is The Death Of An Art Form
“Like flash fiction before it, best represented by the apocryphal Ernest Hemingway six-word story, “For sale: baby shoes, never worn,” the original six-second limitations on the app’s videos forced users to craft concise narratives that capture a slice of life or create a bit of movie magic in a mere moment. It became flash film.”
Just How Did Buffalo’s Albright Knox Museum Raise $100 Million In Three Months?
With Jeffrey Gundlach’s help, the Albright-Knox has completed what may be the fastest capital-raising campaign in US museum history. In less than three months, it amassed more than $100m—a rate of more than $1m a day.
French President Says Louvre Must Protect Artifacts In War Zones
Last year, President Hollande asked the president of the Louvre, Jean-Luc Martinez, to prepare a report for protecting heritage in areas of conflict after the destruction of the ancient site of Palmyra in Syria by Isis last year. Martinez subsequently devised a 50-point plan, including establishing a single European database of seized or stolen cultural property. In 2018, Louvre is due to start moving more than 250,000 works of art and artefacts from Paris to the 23,500 sq. m, €60m store in Liévin, a move which has enflamed some of the museum’s curatorial staff.
So Now There’s A “Dementia-Friendly” Opera…
“The abridged version of The Marriage of Figaro – a partnership with Scottish Opera, and supported by the Life Changes Trust – will soften sound and lighting, add a narrator to the stage, and allow audiences to travel freely between the auditorium and the foyer during the performance.”
Ex UK Culture Minister: The Arts Suffer From Too Much Lefty Politics
Ed Vaizey, who was removed from his position as arts minister by prime minister Theresa May in July, said: “Let’s not beat about the bush: the arts are relentlessly left wing. As the former [London] mayor’s head of culture once said: there is no pro-fox hunting play. Indeed, there are no plays about over-powerful trade unions letting down their members. As a Remainer [myself], there is no pro-Brexit play attacking unaccountable Brussel’s bureaucrats building a European superstate. There’s no play exposing the corruption and abuse in a country like Venezuela – why not?”
Why Is The Quality Of Canadian TV So Bad?
“What’s exceptionally frustrating, especially in the matter of television in Canadian culture, is the lack of emphasis on quality. Said it before and saying it again: We make an awful lot of TV in this country and we are, frankly, accepting of a great deal of mediocrity. Money is thrown at all manner of drivel.”
How Police Censorship Shapes Hollywood
As the entertainment industry grew into a national business, states and municipalities competed to lure productions out of Hollywood, and the balance of power among city governments, police departments and the entertainment industry seriously shifted over the past century.
How/Why Music Can Help You Work
People’s minds tend to wander, “and we know that a wandering mind is unhappy,” Dr. Sood said. “Most of that time, we are focusing on the imperfections of life.” Music can bring us back to the present moment. “It breaks you out of just thinking one way,” said Teresa Lesiuk, an assistant professor in the music therapy program at the University of Miami.