“People turn to music in times of crisis — I do — but even as it brings happiness and helps process deep feeling, it can feel like something extra. There’s an urge to repurpose it, to figure out how it can serve a higher cause.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Museums Are Set To Become Downright Creepers (In An Attempt To Collect Data)
“A team of experts at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum searched for hidden spots in the rotunda to conceal tiny electronic transmitters. The devices will enable the museum to send messages about artworks to visitors via their smartphones while at the same time collect details about the comings and goings of those guests.”
The BBC Is Facing Massive Cuts That May Destroy It (Or So Its Advocates Say)
“It’s an unsatisfactory system in all sorts of ways but, like democracy, it’s the best we have. The making of good programmes is an expensive business: if you do it on the cheap you just get poor-quality, home-made programmes and a lot of bought-in stuff, much of which is rubbish.”
How Did Shakespeare, The Playwright, Become Shakespeare, The Myth?
“It is useful, in answering this question, to think of Shakespeare less as a legendary artist and more as a product: In order for a product to sell, it of course needs to meet certain demands of quality. But the ability to make the sale is also dependent on more banal considerations.”
With Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars At Stake, Apple Would Like Ruling In E-book Pricefixing Overturned
“In Apple’s version of events, the company did ‘nothing more’ than ‘[hear] out’ the publishers’ complaints about Amazon and convey its ‘openness to pricing above $9.99.’ Nothing in the evidence, they stress, definitively shows otherwise.”
Living In Fantasy Worlds
“The infrastructure of organised religion now seems to have passed to the fantasy writers and film-makers, Builders of Worlds, and we the followers obligingly immerse ourselves in their imaginings, arguing amongst ourselves about our various interpretations of their gospel with all the fervour of true believers.”
What Should Arts Journalists Do With The Hacked Sony Information?
“The entire business world is fueled by secrecy, but the sort of secrecy kept behind Hollywood’s closed doors, notorious for its power plays, publicist machinations, and bloated egos — that’s sexy.”
How Los Angeles Became A Gallery Force In The Art World
“‘Regen Projects was the point of rendezvous,’ [MoCA director Philip Vergne] says. ‘You would go, you would have a drink, you would talk. It’s a gallery made by the artists. There is a whole network of relationships around it, a real communality.'”
Another Group Of Investors Has A Proposal To Revive New York City Opera
“The low price reflects how little is left of the opera company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in October 2013 after years of growing deficits and costly missteps with its endowment.”
Arts Council England Tells Theatres To Diversify Or Lose Funding
“We have to open up access to power and to resources. Looking up, too many see the white cliff-face of the arts establishment and feel they just cannot climb it.”