“Everyone should have a museum dedicated to the worst day of their life and be forced to attend it with a bunch of tourists from Denmark.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Only 33 People Picked Nominees For The Tony Awards. Are We Cool With This?
“The greatest challenge in expanding the size of the Tonys Nom-Com is probably finding people who are able and willing to see all of the eligible shows, as the position demands.”
Dante And Kanye, Sharing One Soul (A Perfect Satire Of A College Essay)
“On ‘Can’t Tell Me Nothing’, Kanye raps ‘I had a dream I could buy my way to heaven’ and weirdly, that’s exactly what happened to Dante. He had a dream, kind of, and then he was in heaven.”
Apple’s Purchase Of Beats Will Change The Music Biz
“Beats headphones, already a fashion statement for many, could be a big hit as wearable technology, coupled with useful and enjoyable data streams. And what could be better than daylong, mood-and-activity-appropriate music?”
The ‘Mistress Of The Splodge’ And The Monumentality Of Sculpture
Phyllida Barlow: “The western world is as monument crazy as the dictatorships. I often think there’s a strange paradox there in that, though they may take a different visual form, both are coming from a highly individualistic place.”
North Miami Wants To Keep Its Museum, But The Museum Doesn’t Want The Same Thing
“The dueling directors are just part of the chaos emanating from a bitter showdown that has erupted between MoCA, as the museum is known, and the city that founded it.”
After New Chinese Museums Open With Big Shows, What Happens Next?
“These cities are not cultural centres, but have experienced a boom due to their coal, oil and gas industries. Expensive property investments there have led to a rise in regional and city art museums. But these museums are established with little research or planning and their weaknesses—collecting, staffing, marketing—are later exposed.”
In British TV Awards, Detective Drama ‘Broadchurch’ Wins Big
“Bradley said he was sent a replica Bafta award in chocolate by his agent last Christmas and added: ‘Finally I can take it down off the mantelpiece and eat it.'”
Could Software Run The Captioning Programs In Theatres?
“We need to get an idea of what works and what doesn’t. We can create beautiful captions that happen exactly on time, but if you’re spending 90% of the time looking at a tablet and not at the show it’s pointless.”
Parents Think Butoh Teacher Influenced Dancer’s Suicide
“Kan’s influence — over her art and her life — led Stern to abandon everything she once treasured: her husband, her parents and her closest friends, according to the lawsuit.”