“Art has always posed a problem for Facebook. Its community standards ban nudity, and the combination of algorithms and overseas workers that scan the site for infractions have trouble distinguishing between an artistically nude image and a pornographically nude one. … Now it seems New York magazine’s art critic Jerry Saltz has been caught in the net.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Does The Future Of Orchestral Music Lie In These Two Pieces?
Justin Davidson: “These two not-yet-senior composers … have double-handedly resurrected the grand symphonic manner that, like the novel and the painting, has died any number of times.”
Met Opera Pledges Yet More Art As Collateral For Loans
“The nonprofit secured the credit line with two sculptures by the late French artist Aristide Maillol displayed at the opera house, including the 62-inch bronze L’Eté (Summer) and the 69-inch Venus Without Arms … The Met had already pledged a pair of Marc Chagall murals to Bank of America before the credit line came up for renewal in August.”
Documentary On Delhi Gang Rape Banned In India Following Media Outrage
“An Indian court blocked the broadcast of a documentary about a 2012 gang rape and murder that sparked national outrage and tarnished the country’s reputation, saying an interview in the film with one of the perpetrators could ’cause huge public outcry’.” (The BBC went ahead with a UK broadcast.)
David Hallberg Pulls Out Of ABT Spring Season
“David Hallberg, the American Ballet Theater principal dancer, is injured and will not perform during the company’s Metropolitan Opera House season … Mr. Hallberg, who is also a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, had foot surgery last fall.”
UK Finally Overhauls Child Labor Laws For Performers
“A 10-year campaign to overhaul child licensing and performance regulations is celebrating success after the introduction of a new act marked the biggest change in legislation in more than 40 years.”
It Had To Happen Eventually: Lorna Luft To Play Mom (Judy Garland) In Jukebox Musical
“Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft is to step into her mother’s ruby slippers for a career-spanning new show, Judy: The Life and Music of a Hollywood Legend. With Arlene Phillips as creative director, the show is billed as the only one authorised by the late star’s estate.”
Composer Ezra Laderman, 90
“A prolific composer of symphonic, chamber and vocal music, Mr. Laderman won public notice thanks to his work about Marilyn Monroe for the New York City Opera.”
Veteran Theater Critic Margaret Croyden Dead At 92
“Born in Brooklyn and educated in New York, Ms. Croyden contributed regularly to The New York Times during the 1970s and 80s, The New York Times Magazine, The Village Voice, American Theatre, The Nation and Theater Week” and wrote books about stage directors Jerzy Grotowski and Peter Brook.
Travels With My Censor: An American Author’s Book Tour Through China
“Recently, there have been a number of articles in the foreign press about Chinese censorship, with the tone highly critical of American authors who accept changes to their manuscripts in order to publish in mainland China. The articles tend to take a narrowly Western perspective: they rarely examine how such books are read by Chinese, and editors like Zhang are portrayed crudely, as Communist Party hacks. This was one reason I went on the tour – I figured that the best way to understand censorship is to spend a week with your censor.”