“The hall’s vaunting aspiration to energize its environs and redefine the concert-going experience could be for naught if the shortcuts and loss of time to fine tune prove crucial.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Look, No, The Internet Isn’t Killing The Creative Class – It’s Just Hard To Make A Living In The Arts
“This Jane Jacobs-ish defense of the Comic Book Guys of the world is passionate but unconvincing: Are we really losing something essential with these ‘gathering places’ that isn’t made up for by Wi-Fi-enabled coffee shops (frequently havens of creative production, not just consumption) on the one hand, and online forums for critical discussion on the other? Does the labor of culture have to happen in a store?”
The Massacre Of French Cartoonists Will End Up Strengthening Art Itself
“Artistic forms — be they performance, installation, or more traditional methods of image-making — have come to the fore as a way of answering violence, challenging the official routes of art distribution.”
Michigan’s Oldest Opera Company To Lose Its Longtime Director
“‘Die Frist ist um,’ Lyall said, paraphrasing The Dutchman’s opening line, ‘The time is up,’ in Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman. ‘I wasn’t asked to leave,’ he said. ‘This was strictly, 100 percent, my choice.'”
Cultivating A Youthful Orchestra (And Classical Music Audience)
“Despite the graying of the classical music audience — or perhaps because of it — American orchestras and major music institutions are chasing youth with ever more ambitious programs to reach, and teach, the next generation of players.”
Actors Are Narcissistic, But In The Nicest Way Possible
“Theater stages represent ecological niches that provide narcissists with an opportunity to fulfill their desire for admiration.”
Is MoMA’s Director Leaving For An Art Auction House?
“Let’s face it, despite the perceived divide between working for ‘non-profit’ and ‘for-profit’ institutions, there are more similarities — perhaps especially in the art world — than most might want to admit.”
French Media, And Google, Will Help Charlie Hebdo Survivors Publish Next Week
“The remaining staff aim to print 1m copies of the satirical weekly, which has a typical print run of 60,000.”
Classical Music Administrator Resigns From Position, Reminds Organization To Keep Things Radical
“Question the impulse to administer people, to make them compete against one another, to set up panels of judges or bureaucratic processes to make what should be individual artistic decisions. Don’t put arbitrary barriers between artists and audiences. “
YA Author Tries A Kickstarter To Fund Her Writing, People Freak Out, Other Writers Respond
“Writing takes time. Having the time to write takes money. You can’t get around that. Publishers pay advances. Most of the time it’s not enough to fully support you, but $7k is still a standard advance for a lot of authors.”