Ticket sales and attendance were way, way down. And that may not change. “It’s not cyclical. This is a technological shift on a generational scale, and the long-term technology is distribution on the web — and that’s not ten years, that’s forever.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Building An Artist’s Utopia In Brooklyn, One Huge Warehouse At A Time
Dustin Yellin, a 36-year-old sculptor, just bought a 24,000-square foot warehouse in Red Hook, Brooklyn, with plans to create a large arts center. “He sees Red Hook as a kind of anti-Chelsea, its relatively cheap rents and remoteness from Manhattan making it a prime setting for a grass-roots cultural operation.”
In Pakistan, Literature Finds New Voices Risking It All To Tell Stories
“South Asia is suddenly awash in literary festivals – from Dhaka to Kerala, from Jaipur to right here in Karachi, next month – and Pakistani authors are headlining all of them, and pulling the big crowds.” But can those authors stay safe when their fiction mocks the Taliban?
A Prize For Art That Wasn’t Made For Art’s Sake
Forget eternally art-focused art. Here’s Visible 2011. “The prize is dedicated to artists and collectives who aim to bring about responsible social change through their artistic practices. This idea is rooted in the mission behind Pistoletto’s foundation, that art should not be self-referential.”
Fit Four Hours Of Footage Into One Minute? Just Ask The Trailer Makers
“Nothing inspired more envy and admiration than last year’s trailer for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. It’s 1:39 with cuts on every beat of an updated version of Led Zepplin’s ‘Immigrant Song’ — some 170 fugue state-inducing edits. It’s all the more impressive when you know it might have started as a four-hour version of the unfinished movie, replete with visible green screens.”
Did Pinochet Have Poet Pablo Neruda Killed? New Suspicions Arise
Was Pablo Neruda murdered, as his bodyguard believes? “While Neruda’s widow and his own foundation have rejected the theory, its resurgence nearly 40 years later reflects the suspicions haunting this nation of 17 million that the full story behind the coup and the dictatorship remains untold.”
Bring ‘Em In Young With Drinks And Dancing, Late Nights At The Symphony
At the New World Symphony’s “Pulse” concerts, young (that is, under 40) audience members mingle at the bar, with fellow audience members and the musicians. One 38-year-old says, “What I liked most was that it was really informal. That was fabulous. The musicians are very young, so it was great to be close to them.”
Painting Absence With Lights: Artist Doug Wheeler Finally Gets His Way In N.Y.
Doug Wheeler “has said no to major museum exhibitions, because of his doubts that the works would be shown in the way they were intended. In a career of more than four decades he has never had a full-time American gallery represent him except for a brief, troubled turn with the Los Angeles dealer Doug Chrismas. He even once turned down Leo Castelli.”
When It’s Time To Sell A Beloved Instrument, Tears – And Millions Of Dollars
For musicians who have lived long with their instruments, it’s hard to let go, even when they can’t play any longer – and even for $10 million.
The U.S. Speaks English … And A Lot Of Other Languages Too
The U.S. may not be as monolingual as the Census suggests – and Europe isn’t as multilingual as it likes to believe.