But Frank Gehry, who lives in Santa Monica, says of his Disney Hall in L.A.: “It’s the one building other than my house that I get to use — a building that I’ve designed that I get to use.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Media Attention To Composers Shapes The Idea Of ‘Success’
“Just as the number of composers have risen, so too have the conduits through which audiences can discover and explore new music. This expansion in numbers has created a growing need-or at least an opportunity-for guidance and, for lack of a better term, taste-making.”
What To Do When Your Script Gets, Like, Accidentally Whacked By Technology?
“All but 20 minutes of the necessary audio was lost: precious minutes upon minutes of the crucial pauses, ‘ums,’ ‘aahs’ and similar grammatical acne that made the first episodes (which ran a total of some eight stage hours) such distinctively funny, if at times maddening, viewing.”
No One Likes ‘Salinger,’ So It Gets Recut – While It’s Still Showing
“The new ‘special edition’ was released to replace the original cut when the film expanded into 60 new US territories over the weekend, after opening in New York and Los Angeles.”
The $10,000 Poetry Prize Offered Over Craiglist
“My husband said go, and so did most of my friends, except one who raised the question of kidnapping. Does anyone kidnap poets? Not for money, certainly. We tried to think of all the possible swindles that this could be, and came up with none.”
Oh, Art Critics. What’s Your Deal With Sex?
Painter Jack Vettriano: “Critics don’t take sex seriously. They think it’s not real art. I will disagree to the day I die.”
What’s LIfe Like For Dancers In The Corps?
Many dancers will never leave the corps for solo careers, but the corps “casts the spell on the whole theater. That artistic integrity really follows through your entire career.”
Does Banning A Book Help The Author?
“It used to be that banning a book made it hot property.” Does that still hold true? Will young people flock to books someone else’s parent wanted banned?
Libraries Save Kids’ Lives, So Why Isn’t The UK Seeing Massive Protests Over Cuts?
“In these times of increasing government emphasis on children’s reading and their resultant educational attainment, surely the closure of public libraries, reduced book spend, limited opening hours and the compulsory redundancy of librarians have had a direct and negative impact on this aspiration?”
Forget Sports – The Real Replay Action Is Online
“No matter how trivial the present, the replay Web can remix it into something significant. The instant replays are starting to become my favorite part of the Web, since the reactions to and commentary on the news often tend to be more interesting than the news itself.”