Staffers from NY museums snag cardboard signs and far more at Occupy Wall Street. “Most ephemeral events having to do with the city are worth saving. These items document a particular moment in time which may become significant in the future. If the events fizzle, the objects are still important documents of urban variety and culture.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Bounded In A Nutshell, Or Actually, An L.A. Elevator
These actors take Hamlet (and other Shakespeare plays) where it’s not necessarily welcome – or understood. “I thought they were practicing for their night jobs as actors,” says one accidental audience member. “It’s L.A.”
A Decade Of The iPod: What Has It Done For, Or To, Music?
“In the pre-digital music world, acquiring music below the mainstream radar involved something akin to a treasure hunt. If you grew up in a small town or rural area especially, you often had to chase the music … There was lasting value attached to the prize.”
Art Can Be Hard To Handle, Say Locked-Out Sotheby’s Workers
“Our job is about trust. People have to be comfortable with you because some of these pieces are thousands of years old.”
Occupy Arts And Culture? With A Lot Of Hand Movements, Yes
What happens at the meetings of Occupy Wall Street’s Arts and Culture Committee? Lots of talk, lots of hand signals — and a familiar discussion about arts funding as less important than “other pressing issues.”
Ballet’s Costume Sale ‘Like Lord Of The Flies’
Watch out for flying toe shoes! Little did the Oregon Ballet Theatre know that its two-day costume sale wouldn’t even last two full hours.
How Did The High Museum Get So Many Matisses? Ask MoMA
Museum of Modern Art director Glenn Lowry has helped his institution loan many works to the High Museum of Art. Why? “Bringing great art to Atlanta has to also over time create a culture of collecting within Atlanta. That’s where you start to get a critical mass of collectors who in a very collegial way compete with each other to develop outstanding collections. That will be the legacy. The exhibitions come and go. Staff comes and goes. The legacy always is the actual works of art that remain in a community.”
From A Jazz Bar To Marathons, Novelist Haruki Murakami Has Lived With Courage – And Discipline
Haruki Murakami, author of Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood and After the Quake, didn’t set out to be who he is. “Elements of Murakami’s background are mysterious, even to him. He can’t say why he decided to become a writer. It merely struck him one day, out of the blue, while watching a baseball game.”
Defying Cultural Stereotypes, And Divadom, To Arrive At Musical Heights
Concert pianist Mitsuko Uchida, who mixes her Japanese heritage, German musical training and life in the U.K. as she continues to find musical success: “What truly matters is that your love of music is stronger than your love of yourself. Success will come if you have something [musical] to say.”
Where No Beeps Or Buzzes May Sound: Finding Sacred Spaces For Art
“Some activities – whichever activities one finds particularly meaningful – deserve a special respect, even (or particularly) in this electronic-overload age.”