“Von Hornsleth said the collage was his artistic reaction to Stockmann’s article and claimed freedom of expression. He wanted to reply to her in his own language and the pornographic work showed how critics ‘fuck’ others in the sense that they criticise them, he said. Kabré described the collage as ‘a personal attack motivated by revenge.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
One For All And All For One And Every Man For Himself
“I’ve lost track of the language of our art. … It’s been trumped by meaning-deplete, market-aping clichés of our professional shoptalk–branding, innovation, entrepreneurial–and by the hollow repetitions of grant-speak that have sucked the specificity out of such essentials as, ‘community,’ ‘vision,’ ‘values.'”
Orchestra and Opera Team Up In Philly To ‘Do Something Really Spectacular’
But don’t expect the two large, distinct organizations to merge: “That’s not where this is going. I can say emphatically there is no intent for the Philadelphia Orchestra to be the pit band for Opera Philadelphia.”
This Dance Was Nearly Wiped Out By The Khmer Rouge, But …
“The dance is making a comeback after its unique moves were painstakingly recorded by experts who studied sculptures and wall carvings from Angkor Wat’s temples, which are roughly 1,000 years old.”
Search For Stolen Stradivarius Ends In Disappointment
“Following an Interpol alert, Bulgarian police last month seized a violin which they believed to be the stolen instrument made by the Italian artisan in 1696.”
New Director For Detroit Museum of Contemporary Art
The “upstart venue” hires a fundraiser and manager because “We want to be really solid, and we want to be here forever.”
Does Philly’s Newest Arts Festival Threaten The Rest Of The Arts Ecosystem?
“The backdrop for this high-budget, dual-fuzzy-concept festival is a city where the arts are simultaneously thriving and starving.”
The Life Of An Artist’s Assistant Is Far From Glamorous
“What’s most striking about the artist-assistant relationship is how it is airbrushed from public consciousness. Behind every great artist might well be a highly skilled team of assistants, but that truth is suppressed for fear of shattering our illusions: the lone-genius myth helps sales, and is partly what gives an artwork its mystique.”
Taking Back The Silver Screen
“The truth is that British actors are quietly taking the best roles away from Americans with all the effort of picking raisins from a scone.”
The Death Of California’s Visual Effects Houses
“We should be celebrating at this moment, but unfortunately it seems like we’re in the gutter looking for coins.”