“Activists from a loose coalition called the Boyle Heights Alliance Against Artwashing and Displacement are demanding that the galleries leave… Artists who didn’t grow up in Boyle Heights, they look at Boyle Heights as a blank canvas. They don’t realize they are painting over another work of art.”
Author: Douglas McLennan
Stephen Fry: I Hate Dance! (A Meditation – A Rant, Really – Against Moving)
Directed, choreographed and performed by the US dancer and filmmaker Jo Roy, the result is a delightfully charged piece of performance art that’s utterly engaging, whichever side of the dance divide you tap your feet.
The Public Acclaim And Private Grief Of The Public Theatre’s Oskar Eustis
“His 16-year-old son, Jack, took his own life nearly two years ago. Now, Mr. Eustis, with his family, faces the kind of soul-searching for which there can be no preparation. How to hold on and move forward at the same time. What it means to be a public figure with a private grief. How he thinks about the work he does and the shows he sees. The tragedy coincided with a time of extraordinary success in Mr. Eustis’s professional life.”
Here Are The Dominos In The $250 Million Old Master Fakes Scandal
“This calls into question the long-held belief that art history experts can identify the hand of a master simply by looking at a work, and could have major implications for the Old Master market moving forward.”
Sales Of Bob Dylan’s Books Soar And Sell Out
“Dylan’s memoir, Chronicles: Volume One, jumped from No. 15,690 on Amazon’s best-seller list on Wednesday night to No. 278 in the wake of the Nobel news, and it is now out of stock. Meanwhile, a bound compilation of Dylan’s lyrics, The Lyrics: 1961-2012, hopped from No. 73,543 to No. 209 in the same time frame. (Dylan’s music also saw the effect, with Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits and Blonde on Blonde making it to Amazon’s top 25 for CDs and vinyl by Thursday night.)”
An Artwork Is Damaged In Transit, Setting Off A Fascinating Insurance And Authentication Battle
If the piece can be repaired does the artist have to do it? If not, does the piece then lose its value because it’s no longer authentic? And who pays what to whom?
New York Armory’s New Director Defines The Immersive Arts Experience
In an age when it has become common to consume entertainment on hand-held devices, Pierre Audi said, the appeal of multisensory immersion in a cultural event is growing: “Nowadays we are attracted to it because we are naturally — and it’s healthy — becoming uncomfortable with the ritual of going to a concert, business as usual.”
How Do You Measure Aesthetic Value? This Researcher Has Some Ideas
“For arts professionals, curators and artists, my research shows that evaluative measures (qualitative or quantitative) are most useful when selected and combined in ways that take into account how people encounter an exhibit in practice, and how they observe each other’s actions and share aesthetic experiences in the course of social interaction.”
How The Corruption Of The Bolshoi Mirrors The Decay (And Resilience) Of Russia
Simon Morrison describes “the thuggish Bolshoi as having survived revolution after revolution because the “narrative respects its own laws of storytelling,” the struggle time and again the perfection of ballet’s eternal laws. “To dance, after all, is to condition the body, and with it the mind, to let go,” he writes. Yet it is this very inability to let go—to let anything go—that has divided what used to unite the love of millions.”
UK Decides To Phase Out Art History Exams Over Protests Of Art History Teachers
“Earlier this year, the board sent out a new history of art syllabus for consultation, which received widespread approval – but now it says that it has decided not to develop it for teaching in 2017. Students taking the current course will be unaffected and will be able to take their AS-level exams in 2017 and A-level exams in 2018, says the board. But this news means that once that course is phased out under government rules, they will be the last to take history of art for A-level.”