“Consumers don’t lose a wink of sleep over purchasing derivative works — after all, it’s a bargain. But this landscape is quite different for small fashion houses and young designers, who struggle to brand themselves with distinctive designs before they are copied.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Werner Herzog Celebrates His Birthday By Talking About Himself, For An Audience
“The importance of being impressive seemed to dawn afresh on the German.”
What Do Two Degrees In Creative Writing Do For A Writer?
“A conversation that dwells only in what hasn’t been accomplished and doesn’t try to see what is fighting toward the surface for breath is an impoverished conversation indeed.”
Historical Fiction Often, And Easily, Beats Historical Fact
“Not certainty but the kind of uncertainty that encourages us all to struggle with our convictions to some point of moral balance, played its part in engaging me emotionally with the past.”
Regaining Ballet Mastery After An Illness, Through YouTube
“There are so many makeup and lifestyle gurus on YouTube, but there were not many ballet people doing this kind of thing.”
La Scala’s Loggionisti Pick Off Roberto Alagna (Again)
“I was saddened and shaken. In these conditions, it seemed to me beyond my strength to confront once again so much tension.”
Top AJBlog Posts For 09.07.14
Ten films that have stayed with me
AJBlog: About Last Night | Published 2014-09-05
Local arts funding and urban design
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth | Published 2014-09-05
Is It Time To Break Up Overcrowded Museums?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-05
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No Contract Deal In Atlanta; Musicians May Be Locked Out
“The inability to agree to a contract by the 11:59 p.m. Saturday deadline was not a surprise. Management and the musicians had talked for eight months but, despite small progress, their positions remain polar, their partnership fraying.”
The Pop Artist Who Made Her Art ‘Ooze’ To Make Fun Of Her Male Peers Has Died
Marjorie Strider added sculptural components to “paintings of plants and vegetables but also bright triptychs of bikini-clad women, adding what she called ‘build-outs’ to make the breasts and bottoms of the women emerge realistically out of the image, a challenge to the passive gaze.”
Who’s Responsible For Bad Architecture?
The winners of a prize for worst architecture squabble about who’s to blame, but “whichever party bears ultimate responsibility, these decisions have real consequences for city-dwellers.”