“You have to be brave — and give yourself to the story. If it’s not scary to you, then, so what? I like to see plays where people are giving it up.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
In The Shadow Of Hollywood, Art Still Blooms
“How does a serious artist work so close to the culture industry of Hollywood?” asks The Guardian in an interview with L.A. artist Paul McCarthy. Simple: Adapt. “McCarthy has created his own alternative movie studio on a scale to compete with the official ones. You might call it BadDreamWorks.”
Publishing’s Dead? Nope: The Kindle Fire Goes After The iPad … Through Magazines
How do you beat up on an iPad? With a better newsstand. Obviously.
How Will Classical Music Stay Alive? The Jasper Quartet Has Some Answers
“How can classical music die if it keeps showing up on ‘The Simpsons’?”
It’s Just A Silly Cartoon … That Leads To Arrests, Threats And Murder
Sure, political cartoonists who satire Islam have been in the news recently, but political cartooning that incites violent reactions has a long history in Europe.
Texting Together, All Alone
We’re not going to give up our cell phones. So how can we tame them into a manageable part of life?
Books By The Carton: Shouldn’t They Mean More Than That?
“Ikea novels are the kind of fiction that comes direct from the factory, with no intercession of craftsmanship or artistry en route to the consumer. They are created by often talented writers, frantic to make a career.”
A Choreographer Who Doesn’t Really Love Dance, Except When He Does
Choreographer John Jasperse has a new show opening at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, but he’s still ambivalent about dance. “With me it’s very much like I’m simultaneously really committed to it and have a deep problem with it.”
Cold, Groovy Walls House Warm Art In Denver
The architect of Denver’s new Clyfford Still musuem “did a rare and risky thing here. He let the concrete express itself.”
EMI: A Tribute And An Elegy
“With sales dying fast and records about to fade from our lives, perhaps it’s fitting that EMI fades out too. Records are what the company did but records are finished. And a nice place in history isn’t a bad place to be.”