Llyn Foulkes “doesn’t really play by art world rules. He doesn’t network. He isn’t that interested in socializing or kissing up to collectors.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What Do You Do When You’re The Volunteer Fundraising Organization For A Locked-Out Orchestra?
“It’s touchy being pals with people at loggerheads — the orchestra’s management and its locked-out musicians — without seeming to take sides. It’s also hard to drum up enthusiasm, never mind dollars, when a contract dispute has led to a concertless season.”
J.K. Rowling To T.V.: Your Views Of Teenagers Are Rarely Realistic
The author of the Harry Potter fantasy books says that T.V. shows present a romanticized view of teenage life.
Attendance Down, Deficit Up For Stratford’s Famous Festival
“Stratford, whose attendance has seen a pretty constant decline for a decade now, hasn’t seen lows this low for a quarter-century.” But how should the newish artistic director solve the problem – or is it even a problem?
A New Jeeves Novel? Is The World Mad?
“There never was a more self-deprecating natural born genius than Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, whose appreciation of his own oeuvre lay in direct inverse proportion to the rapture enjoyed by its readers. He would probably be flattered that so gifted a novelist [as Sebastian Faulks] is to publish Jeeves and The Wedding Bells in November, though if he was peeved he would be infinitely too polite to let on.”
So Disney Commissioned A Documentary About …
Itself, of course. And its imagineers.
How Many Canadians Does It Take To Make A Symphony?
Try 5000.
How Does An Earworm Really Work? [VIDEO]
“Danish design agency Benny Box has created a short animated film — called Jazz that nobody asked for – that serves as an ‘ode to all those unwanted songs out there, that have nowhere to go.'”
Van Dyck Painting Identified Online – And Validated Offline
“The painting, which was not thought to be important and in a bad condition, was covered in layers of dirt and varnish and was not on display.”
The Tradition Of Defining The Black Theatre Tradition
“In every generation young producers and artists seem to find a way to launch new initiatives that build access and support for artists of color, either on their own accord or within ‘mainstream’ institutions. The warning from this quick stroll through history is to stay clear of absolutes, for in each debate or conflict great contradictions arise.”