“The shift began in the 18th century when the old patronage system–by which artists were supported by members of the royal court–gave way to the marketplace economy, and artists began being paid by printers and booksellers.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Violin That Soothed Titanic Passengers To Their Deaths Sells At Auction
“The violin that was apparently played to calm passengers on the Titanic as it sank was sold for £900,000 in just 10 minutes at auction in Wiltshire.”
Super Successful Performance Artist Takes Her Money And …
Builds a performance center, of course: “a 33,000-square-foot center called the Marina Abramovic Institute that is to be the culmination of her life’s work: a place, she says, that can be a Bauhaus for our time, a mecca for artists, scientists and thinkers.”
How Do Humans Learn From Social Network Rejection?
“It reorients our attention and says, okay, if I’m being rejected from a group, how do I need to change my behavior or what I say or think in order to not be excluded or rejected from that group? It teaches me lessons about how to behave differently in the future.”
The Great Drama That Is The Detroit Institute Of Arts’ Current Struggle
“Can art’s value be measured in terms of what it would fetch at auction, or does it provide something far greater if less measurable to a community, particularly one desperately seeking a rebound? Is it appropriate to discuss art as a balance-sheet asset, or is this controversy yet another sign of a money-obsessed culture?”
Kickstarter’s Most Successful Category?
Dance: “Across all of Kickstarter, 43 percent of projects get funded, but it’s the small but dedicated collection of dance projects that boasts a funding rate of 71 percent.”
The CEO of DreamWorks Has Some Existential Quandaries About Movies And Success
“Spiegel: The 2011 Western comedy Rango, for example, was everything but a children’s movie, but still very successful.
“Katzenberg: Successful? Not really. It didn’t make money. I don’t know how you gauge success. It won an Academy Award, and it appealed to adults. But the movie lost money.”
What Does The Ubiquitous Selfie Say About Us?
“The idea of the selfie is much more like your face is the caption and you’re trying to explain a moment or tell a story.”
What Do Award-Winning Authors Think Of The State Of Reading Today?
“Concerns over the ‘glut’ of information available to us are ultimately, I think, pretty near-sighted. There couldn’t possibly be a more ridiculous excuse for not reading. Don’t know what to read? Read anything! Read everything!”
Your Own Personal Opera
For the new opera “Invisible Cities,” audience members wear wireless headphones and wander L.A.’s Union Station as the singers and musicians perform directly to them – and as dancers gradually reveal themselves.