“Judy Morr occupies a comfortably cluttered and modest office, basking happily in as little attention as she can possibly get, quietly programming dance, especially ballet, for as many people she can get to come see it.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Skiing In Winnipeg? Warm Up In A Gehry Hut
“The mind behind iconic projects as the Guggenheim in Bilbao, the Dancing House in Prague, the Experience Music Project in Seattle, the Cinematheque francaise in Paris, and the Strata Center in Cambridge, is turning his attention to making a warming hut along the Forks skating trail this winter.”
Curtains For The Colorado Symphony Unless Something Drastic Changes
“Unless the symphony works fast to slash salaries, find new sources of cash and ultimately change the way it does business, its very existence is in question. … We’re talking dead: a major city without a symphony orchestra.”
To Save Short Stories, Tweet! A Lot.
Neil Gaiman: “Short stories are the best place for young writers to learn their craft: to try out different voices and techniques, to experiment, to learn. And they’re a wonderful place for old writers, when you have an idea that wouldn’t make it to novel length, one simple, elegant thing that needs to be said. People like reading short stories. And they like Âlistening to short stories.”
Conceptual Art Goes Surreal With Abramovic Video Game
“It’s not a game in the truest sense of the word, considering it’s surprisingly realistic and not a lot of fun.”
Got A Nasty River? Indianapolis Artist Wants To Clean It Up
A six-mile long work of public art, a smartphone app and a lot more ask Indiana’s art-loving citizens to consider where a raindrop goes — and what happens downstream.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Stuck In Partial Recovery
“At the heart of the DSO’s dilemma is a catch-22. The major donors needed to rebuild the orchestra’s endowment won’t pony up their millions if they think the money is going to go straight to the banks rather than support the orchestra.”
Move Over, New York; L.A.’s Blasting Through
“Since the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s, New York has dominated textbook accounts of contemporary art. Pacific Standard Time hopes to establish Los Angeles as an equal player in the post-World War II art world by spotlighting its unique contributions, including David Hockney’s dazzling swimming pool paintings, Ed Ruscha’s deadpan-humorous prints and the lifestyle-defining furniture of Charles and Ray Eames.”
For Filming Le Carré’s Stories, Beautiful Minds With A Broad Canvas
“Mr. le Carré is maybe the most eccentric constructor of fiction in English literature since Joseph Conrad. His stories are full of digressions and long flashbacks; he circles around his plots for the longest time, as if he were doing reconnaissance on them before deciding to go in for the kill. And the verbal textures of the books can be challenging too, because his spies tend to speak in their own special jargon, which seems like normal speech, but isn’t quite.”
No Matter What, Fund The Arts
“The arts give more than they take,” says columnist Christopher Hume. “That’s true whether you’re a bottom-liner and first nighter, the most ardent admirer and one of the cost-of-everything-and-value-of-nothing crowd.”