“Over the past year, Mr. Elmes and his wife, Philippa Kaye, have bought nine buildings totaling about 600,000 square feet in that city’s Corktown neighborhood and in neighboring Highland Park, paying what he described as the price of ‘a small apartment in New York City’ for the properties.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Satellite Fairs Like Art Basel Miami Beach Can Show Power Curators ‘The Next Big Thing’
“Fairs are tough on art—and dealers. Curators on tight schedules are not going to ring twice, if a gallerist is missing in action when they visit the fair.”
It’s Easy – Too Easy? – To Write About Yourself
“The bot encourages you to communicate in emojis, but you can also add words. Everything you say is logged on your iPhone, and the idea is that if you’re diligent and reply every time it asks you what’s up, eventually you have yourself a journal.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.07.14
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Life Under the Dome
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2014-12-07
Health policy is arts policy
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2014-12-07
Everybody’s Got One
AJBlog: We The AudiencePublished 2014-12-07
Easier than Literature
AJBlog: PostClassicPublished 2014-12-06
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Polish Intellectuals Are None Too Pleased With The Threat Of Russia
“It is the fear that Europe is not reacting forcefully enough to the crisis in Ukraine, the fear that Putin will advance not only to the Donets River, but soon also to the banks of the Vistula. And it is the fear of Putin himself, who just a few days ago made reference to the ‘centuries old common history’ that connects Poles and Russians.”
Renee Fleming (Unlike Your Typical New Yorker) Falls For Chicago
“Chicago is a great cultural capital. I don’t think that’s widely known. I don’t even think Chicagoans as a whole understand how rich this city is. Besides the major institutions, which are already world-class, the amount of theater alone is just mind-boggling.”
Who Owns Public Art, And How Do We Feel About That (A Sea Change)
“These are different times. We don’t see artists as sole, heroic, mysterious creators any more. We are used to appropriation of all kinds, from sampling to mashups to critical homages. We are used to referencing and remixing. We are in constant debate over the possibility of originality. And we are used to the idea of art as vandalism, too.”
Can You Get Too Old To Write Poetry?
Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate: “It was gradual, and I had the sense of poetry fading on me, or me fading on poetry, for several years. And then I would think ‘No, this is good.’ And then six months later it wasn’t so good.”
Reshaping Los Angeles With Latino Urbanism
“What the shift means for immigrants themselves — particularly in quickly gentrifying neighborhoods like downtown or Boyle Heights — is a separate and deeply fraught question.”
You Think Hamlet Is Long? This Play Will Last 24 Years
“‘I have a weird thing about theater feeling like lies all the time,’ he said. So, a few years ago, he and his collaborators set out to make a ‘sincere’ work – one that doesn’t just imitate life, but chronicles and interprets it.”