“I have a checklist of things I want to get done before I’m outta here,” he says. “What I don’t know is: Just how much applause do I actually need to hear?” – New York Magazine
Author: Douglas McLennan
American Museum Protests Use Of Image Of One Of Its Paintings By German Far-Right Party
The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the owner of a provocative painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, objects to the image’s use to stir up nationalist fear. – The Art Newspaper
Counting Costs Of The Chicago Symphony Strike
The relationship between musicians and management stands foremost in need of repair, with pointed words having been exchanged in both directions. Is there any positive feeling left? – Chicago Tribune
A Historian Ponders The Ethical Questions Of Artificial Intelligence
Fei-Fei Li: The machines don’t need to have consciousness of their own in order to predict our choices and manipulate our choices. If you accept that something like love is in the end and biological process in the body, if you think that AI can provide us with wonderful healthcare, by being able to monitor and predict something like the flu, or something like cancer, what’s the essential difference between flu and love? – Wired
The “Dundee Effect”? How A New Museum Transformed A Scottish Town
Could anyone in Dundee have imagined how the V&A project would have helped transform perceptions of the city? It has been hard to keep pace with the plaudits and accolades that have been heaped on Dundee in the last couple of years and, somewhat remarkably, there is no sign of them slowing down. – The Scotsman
When Nureyev Became Nureyev
A new biopic tries to pinpoint it. Nureyev’s glamour and celebrity — he was a regular at Studio 54, where he hobnobbed with the likes of Liza Minnelli and Truman Capote — gave ballet a new allure, which wasn’t hampered by his reputation for perfectionism, arrogance and tantrums. – The New York Times
The Split Personality Of Trying To Make A Venice Biennale That Reflects Where We Are Now
Curator Ralph Rugoff: “Now that we live in a world in which you can go online and find out in two minutes that there never was a curse brings up interesting issues that seem relevant to this time.” – The Art Newspaper
Neon Is The Ultimate Symbol Of The 20th Century
It represented the future when it was first switched on early in the century. By mid-century it signalled decline more than it did excitement… – The Atlantic
Is The New Emphasis On Inclusiveness Being Made At The Expense Of Connoisseurship?
Alexander Adams: “British arts venues are now ripe for the taking. They are staffed by individuals schooled in cultural relativism and primed by feminism, anti-colonialism and identity politics. They are eager to turn their bastions of so-called privilege and oppression into beacons of inclusivity and empowerment. Their overwhelmingly left-leaning political beliefs welcome the chance to throw off the shackles of connoisseurship, historical rigour and professional integrity in order to become champions of social justice.” – Standpoint
Lots Of Misinformation About Notre Dame. So What’s Next?
Now come the trickier questions. Should the cathedral be restored to look as it did before? Or should some modern changes acknowledge the fire? Hardly had the fire died down when French prime minister Édouard Philippe announced an international architectural competition to design a replacement spire “suited to the techniques and challenges of our time.” – Dallas News