The 2015 closure and renovation will leave “Asia’s aspiring arts hub without a dedicated art museum.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Making Classical Recordings (Yes, On Vinyl) Pure Again, Expensively So
“The second reissue was the rare Mozart box set. A collection of the composer’s complete Parisian work on seven discs, directed by Fernand Oubradous, and limited to 300 copies, it will cost you £2,495.”
Women *Do* Write About Film – If You Know Where To Look
“Women who are doing criticism and commentary have made their advances in formats other than day-of-release, up-or-down reviews in big outlets, which is essentially what interests Rotten Tomatoes and other aggregators that try to come up with a number that represents “critical opinion.'”
This Dance Philanthropist Takes Her Coffee Seriously
Dance philanthropist/publisher Patsy Tarr: “We own two espresso machines, and we use them both. We must drink four lattes apiece each morning. I wake up dead, and that’s how I get going.”
The Rise Of Streaming TV, Er, ‘Cheating’
“How many of us haven’t lied about our catch-up addiction and had to sit through the same episode of Mad Men or Breaking Bad twice so our spouse doesn’t catch us out?”
Netflix Might Be Getting All Of The Hype, But Here Come Amazon Pilots
“Amazon hasn’t matched that buzz with its slate of pilots, despite the presence of prominent actors such as Jeffrey Tambor, who stars in ‘Onion News Empire’ — and ‘Arrested Development’ — and John Goodman, who stars in the Garry Trudeau-created pilot ‘Alpha House.'”
Watches: They’re Still Going, Increasingly As Complex Pieces Of Art
“Eight hundred ninety-one parts–each hand-finished to a tolerance of one hundredth of a millimeter–mesh to measure and display everything from the phases of the moon to an interesting but inessential equation used to account for the discrepancy between mechanical time and the time kept by the sun.”
Christine White, 86, Who Had A Starring Role In Classic ‘Twilight Zone’
“The show became a classic — remade in a movie, honored in song and spoofed on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ ‘3rd Rock From the Sun’ and ‘The Simpsons.'”
Yeah, ‘Digital Ethnic Cleansing’ Is As Bad As It Sounds
“You could imagine autocratic regimes or other communities taking advantage of that, creating a scenario in which one group finds a way to, for example, filter another group’s content from the web. Or to shut down — or severely slow down — their Internet access.”
Wait, Why Are Latino Playwrights Writing Asian-American Characters? (Um, Why Not?)
“Latino writers are asked to write ‘rice and beans’ plays about immigration, drug cartels, and the working class. That expectation assumes we’re all the same, and–most problematically for me–it creates a theatrical culture of inauthenticity. There are amazing Latino playwrights writing about these subjects; they’re true and important to them. But when you force me to do that, you’re perpetuating a lie.”