“Even as his reputation grew, he became increasingly frustrated with racism in America. When European universities began offering him teaching positions in the late ’60s, he accepted. By the early ’80s, after the death of his only child in Los Angeles, he had vowed never to return to the United States. He never did.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Can Art Historians Deal With The Fact That Abstract Expressionist Paintings Have Been Faked?
Not with lawsuits at stake. “Unless there is change in the legal system to protect art historians’ expert opinion–as with that of doctors, for example–‘it’s going to be very dicey’ to speak out.”
The Early Cave Painters Were (Possibly) Almost All Women
A new study says it’s all in the finger length. The study’s author: “There has been a male bias in the literature for a long time. … People have made a lot of unwarranted assumptions about who made these things, and why.”
Face It, We All Loved (Or Love?) Bad Music
Even a composer can admit he once loved Yanni. YANNI. The rest of us now need have no shame.
Is The L.A. Opera Avoiding A New Philip Glass Piece That Criticizes Walt Disney?
John Berry, artistic director of the English National Opera: “If I was running L.A. Opera, which has to rely on private money, I’d think twice about doing it.”
How Our Eyes Trick Us Into Buying Things (Especially Wine)
“No part of the bottle is wasted for these subliminal mind tricks. Even that little piece of metal at the top of the bottle gets jazzed up with a fancy print, a sophisticated stripe or subtle sparkles”
How To Resist Advertising? Chew Something.
“The reason why adverts manage to imprint brand names on our brains is that our lips and the tongue automatically simulate the pronunciation of a new name when we first hear it.” But not if we’re eating popcorn.
Guess What? Social Media Experiments Can Create New Fans For Opera And Symphony
“We’re creating a culture of fans who like what we’re doing and will share their experience with others. It’s really about engaging with your information.”
People Of The Internet: Jonathan Franzen Doesn’t Actually Hate You, Or The Thing Itself
Franzen’s new book “does not really constitute a dismissal of Internet writing. In fact, its eccentric, Weblike structure–there are footnotes to footnotes of footnotes–provides a model for intellectually serious blogging.”
Hey Theatres: Fund Your Audiences, Not Just Your Playwrights
“One of the concerns is where the next generation of artists will come from. What’s talked about less often is how to nurture the next generation of audiences. It’s all very well creating a funding culture that supports theatremakers, but it starts to look far less sensible if there is no one to see their work.”