Having abandoned last year its long-anticipated plan to for a North American ticket-selling platform, the company told its British customers this week that it is closing Amazon Tickets, which had been operating in the UK since 2015. However, sources say that the online retailer has been working on a new ticketing platform that would work with the voice-activated Amazon Echo and the Firestick streaming device.
Author: Matthew Westphal
Fired President Of Weinstein Company Plans To Sue For $85 Million
“[David] Glasser, known within the company as the ‘third Weinstein’, is expected to claim that his termination was ‘nothing more than a desperate attempt to deflect attention away from the very people who were empowered to halt Harvey Weinstein’s abusive behavior – chairman Bob Weinstein and the two other members of the TWC board of directors,’ according to a statement from his law firm.”
Lost Donizetti Opera To Have World Premiere, 180 Years Late
“L’Ange de Nisida (The Angel of Nisida) – composed in the late 1830s after [Donizetti] moved to work in Paris – never saw the light of day. It was written for the city’s Théâtre de la Renaissance, but the company went bankrupt before it was premiered. The opera was thought to have been lost until musicologist Dr Candida Mantica … painstakingly located and deciphered the score’s fragments over eight years. … The work will be premiered on 18 July at Covent Garden by London-based Opera Rara.”
Madrid To Get New Museum Of Contemporary Latin American Art
“The Miami-based philanthropist and art collector Ella Fontanals-Cisneros has announced that she will donate some works from her collection of Latin American art to the Spanish government, which will exhibit them on the second floor of Madrid’s historical La Tabacalera, a former tobacco factory.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.21.18
High Noon adapted for the stage, speaking sharply to 2018 and with no exit
High Noon is a great movie, but does it immediately jump to mind as a story that’s ripe for re-evaluation and revision? … read more
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2018-02-21
Engagement at the Core
In addition to what has been said to this point concerning community relationships, programming, and marketing, I would suggest that in the beginning all internal stakeholders in an arts organization continue their work as is and … keep it simple. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2018-02-20
Da Vinci’s BFF, the CPA
It’s common modern practice to consider art and commerce in opposition to each other, and artists and accountants as cartoonish polar opposites, as well. But it wasn’t always so. … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2018-02-21
“Respect” Not “Hagiography”: How National Portrait Gallery Sizes Up Obama & His Predecessors
In pithy new blurbs, the National Portrait Gallery’s revamped and reinterpreted “America’s Presidents” installation strives to tell each former officeholder’s “unique stories of both triumph and failure” (in the words of the introductory wall text). … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2018-02-20
Rob Clearfield: Quiet And Deep
Rob Clearfield, Wherever You’re Starting From (Woolgathering Records)
The Chicago pianist’s low-key approach to solo piano might lead to wool-gathering that would justify the name of his label. But he bolsters … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-02-21
The Founding Father Of Art History (And Italian Renaissance Gossip)
“Giorgio Vasari has been variously called the father of art history, the inventor of artistic biography, and the author of ‘the Bible of the Italian Renaissance’ – a little book called The Lives of the Artists. It’s a touchstone for scholars looking to get a peek at life in Michelangelo’s day, and quite fun, too, depending on whose wildly embellished life you’re reading. Ingrid Rowland joins us on the [Smarty Pants] podcast to tell the story of the man behind the men of the Renaissance that we know so well – and, of course, to gossip a bit about Florentine egos, and even a few naughty monkeys.”
This ‘Onion Public Radio’ Podcast Sticks It To ‘Serial’ And ‘S-Town’
“‘Do you know the girl who was shot then brutally stabbed over and over until her face was barely recognisable?’ If you’re familiar with the gory juggernaut of a genre that is the true-crime podcast, you will know this scenario is only a slight exaggeration – and that the genre is ripe for a spoof. Which is where intrepid investigator David Pascall comes in, alongside the residents of Bluff Springs, Nebraska, in A Very Fatal Murder.”
Turning Cute Kids Into Social Media Stars Is ‘Bad News For Our Relationships With Real Children’
Indeed, the entire “marketplace of cuteness”, argues Rebecca Onion, is problematic at best: “the marketplace of cuteness has less interest in age-appropriate gibberish. Instead, it demands that kids fit into an adult’s idea of what’s funny, even as they obviously, being children, are not in on the joke.”
The Premises Of TV Shows Are Just Getting Too Weird
“By one count, America alone produced close to 500 television shows across networks, cable and streaming services last year. … Competition is so fierce that a bizarre premise seems like the best way in. Would I watch a show where Daniel Radcliffe works in a bar? Maybe. Would I watch Miracle Workers, a show where Daniel Radcliffe plays an angel battling against the worst instincts of his boss” – God – “who is also Steve Buscemi? Almost definitely yes, if only to see what it’s like.”
They Make Skating ‘As Ethereal As Ballet’ – A Dance Critic On French Ice Dancers Papadakis And Cizeron
Gia Kourlas: “To me, no team, gold medal or not, matches the artistry of Ms. Papadakis and Mr. Cizeron. … Suddenly, a competition is a conduit for more than skating. It’s a window into another space and time: eerie, quiet, floating.”