“The director general of the Rijksmuseum, Wim Pijbes, has decided to leave the Netherlands’ national museum of art and history this summer to run the new Museum Voorlinden, which is nearing completion on the Dutch coast.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Is Onstage Violence More Shocking When It’s In A Play Written By A Woman?
The current London production of Sarah Kane’s Cleansed is so graphic that audience members are literally fainting in shock. The production’s director, Katie Mitchell, isn’t the only one who thinks people are reacting more strongly because the artists who put it on stage are female.
Where Dancers Keep Working After Age 60
“Five years ago France had barely half a dozen professional dancers over 60; now they’re increasingly common.” Half a dozen of them tell how they do it.
Could This Oscar-Winning Film Help End Honor Killings In Pakistan?
“Before traveling to the United States for the Academy Awards ceremony, Ms. Obaid-Chinoy screened A Girl in the River at the official residence of Pakistan’s prime minister, Nawaz Sharif … [who later] announced that his government was ‘in the process of legislating to stop such brutal and inhumane acts in the name of honor.'”
Surviving An Honor Killing: The Story Behind The Oscar-Winning Documentary Short
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, director of A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, explains how the subject of her film came to be shot in the face and hand, put in a bag and thrown into a river; how she survived, and what she was coerced into doing afterward.
Philadelphia Orchestra To Perform In Mongolia
“The Philadelphia Orchestra has seen many firsts, but few could have imagined this one. In June 2017, the well-traveled ensemble will touch down at Genghis Khan International Airport in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar for concerts that may well be attended by nomads on horseback.”
Cultural Diplomacy: America’s UN Ambassador Uses Broadway Musical To Make Point About Human Rights
“International diplomacy can take unexpected twists, taking in pandas and ping-pong. Now Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the UN, has added Broadway musicals to the diplomatic toolkit.”
‘It’s Like A Pokémon’ – New York Times Reviews Calatrava’s Big, Beautiful Boondoggle Of A Transit Center
Michael Kimmelman: “At first blush, Mr. Calatrava’s architecture can almost – almost – make you forget what an epic boondoggle the whole thing has been. That virgin view, standing inside the Oculus and gazing up, is a jaw-dropper.”
At One Of Paris’s Most Popular Museums, Curators Openly Question Their Boss’s Fitness For His Job
“Six curators at the museum anonymously contacted the newspaper Le Monde last month to contest [his] reappointment. They told the newspaper that the museum was in the midst of a ‘meltdown’.”
Nine Lucky Authors Blindsided By MacArthur-Style $150K Awards
“The Windham-Campbell prizes were established three years ago with a gift from the late novelist Donald Windham, in memory of his partner Sandy M Campbell, to support the work of nine writers with an unrestricted grant of $150,000. Authors are not told they are in the running for the prize, and most are genuinely surprised when they are informed of their $150,000 win.”