“For almost a decade beginning in the 1960s,” he used 16mm film “to record hundreds of reels, many of which are still little known even among scholars because of the fragility of the film and the scarcity of projectors to show them on.” Now MoMA and the Andy Warhol Museum are joining forces to fix that.
Author: Matthew Westphal
For Museums, “Deaccession” Ia A Dirty Word. Should It Be?
“The principle,” says the president of the AAMD, “is that works of art shouldn’t be considered liquid assets to be converted into cash. They’re records of human creativity that are held in the public trust.” On ther other hand (says the other side), “Once you’ve decided to sell a work of art, what you end up with is money. And money is fungible. And saying that that money has to be cordoned off and only used for art doesn’t address the realities of running any sort of museum.”
Amazon Vs. Hachette: What Would Orwell Really Think?
George Packer: “Amazon has its own corporate lexicon, its own uses of language. Warehouses are ‘fulfillment centers,’ algorithmic recommendations are ‘personalization.’ I won’t call it Orwellian, because that poor, much-abused term should be reserved for special occasions, like North Korea. But it’s a style conducive to cheerful deception, and Orwell would have seen straight through it.”
Shark Week Jumps It: Discovery Channel Lied To Scientists To Get Them To Appear
“[Jonathan] Davis was shocked to find that his interview aired during a 2013 Shark Week special called Voodoo Shark, which was about a mythical monster shark called ‘Rooken’ that lived in the Bayous of Louisiana. … His answers from unrelated questions were edited together to make it seem like he believed in its existence and was searching for it.” And his is not the only instance.
Artist Who Smashed Ai Weiwei Vase Pleads Guilty, Gets Probation
Máximo Caminero will spend 18 months on probation, do 100 hours of community service and reimburse the insurance company $10,000, but he’ll avoid further jail time for dropping one of Ai’s painted Han Dynasty urn in front of a photograph of Ai dropping a Han Dynasty urn.
The Great Art Collections That The Likes Of Us Don’t Get To See
“Why do companies such as UBS bother with collecting expensive modern and contemporary art at all? What’s in it for them?” Alastair Sooke looks at the Swiss mega-banks’ art collection, among the biggest held by any business.
“Commando Squad”: Anthony Tommasini’s Fantasy Music Festival
The “Commando Squad” was Virgil Thomson’s American version of Russia’s “Mighty Five”, and it included himself (of course), Roger Sessions, Walter Piston, Roy Harris and (commander) Aaron Copland. The New York Times chief music critic dreams up a musical festival focusing on their lesser-known works.
Benjamin Millepied Really Is Staying Involved With L.A. Dance Project
When the news hit that Millepied was to be artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet beginning this fall, observers were skeptical (despite his protestations) that he’d continue to pay attention to the company he had founded just in 2012. Now LADP has announced it will premiere a new Millepied work in October.
Philadelphia Extends, Expands Free Museum Passes For High School Students
“Under the program, a dozen of the city’s biggest and most popular museums” of art, history and science “offered free admission and other programs geared toward young people. The only requirements: Live in the city, be 14 to 19, and sign up. They did. Big time.”
Why Watching Classical Music Through A Performer’s Google Glass Is A Waste Of Time
“Seeing a musical or operatic performance from only one performer’s point of view actually destroys the experience. It confuses ordinary reality with the artificial reality that art creates. … If you see [an opera] though the eyes of one participant, the performance is revealed for what it actually is; a bunch of people in fancy dress shouting in a foreign language.”