The 9-year-old girl’s parents sued the State and Cathedral Choir of Berlin after her application was rejected, but the court ruled that “the acoustic pattern of a choir is part of its artistic freedom” and that a boys’ choir had a distinct sound. – Deutsche Welle
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The World Is Getting A New John Coltrane Album
The music, to be released in September, was the Coltrane Quartet’s soundtrack to the French Canadian film Le chat dans le sac (The Cat in the Bag), which is available online now. “Coltrane hadn’t seen a cut of the film when he recorded the soundtrack, which — probably due in equal part to Groulx’s taste and the onus of licensing — consists of new versions of prior material.” – NPR
Update: Read Art Spiegelman’s Withdrawn Marvel Essay In A British Newspaper
The cartoonist’s essay about the rise of superheroes is online, and he makes his opinion clear: “International fascism again looms large (how quickly we humans forget – study these golden age comics hard, boys and girls!) and the dislocations that have followed the global economic meltdown of 2008 helped bring us to a point where the planet itself seems likely to melt down. Armageddon seems somehow plausible and we’re all turned into helpless children scared of forces grander than we can imagine, looking for respite and answers in superheroes flying across screens in our chapel of dreams.” – The Guardian (UK)
It’s Fine – It’s Great, Actually – To Take Photos In Museums
Don’t get distracted by your feelings about obnoxiousness. Well … a little, maybe. “It’s easy to see why phones can be annoying. They represent a sort of loud carelessness, the idea that someone isn’t really paying attention, isn’t really experiencing the thing that’s in front of them.” But: “The important thing about art is just that you experience it, not how, and for many people, taking photos on your phone is a natural extension of that experience.” – The Guardian (UK)
Art Spiegelman Had To Withdraw From Marvel For Likening The US President To A Fascist Comic Book Villain
This week in comics news: “Cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his graphic novel Maus, withdrew his introduction to a new Marvel comics collection after its publisher insisted he remove a description of Donald Trump as ‘Orange Skull,’ drawing a comparison between the president and Captain America’s fascist enemy, the Red Skull.” – Newsweek
The Number Of Kids Taking A-Level Drama In The UK Has Dropped Below 10,000 For The First Time Ever
But drama is actually doing well, compared to the other arts. Yikes: “Entries for music fell by 6% to 5,125, and dance dropped 18% to 1,050.” – The Stage (UK)
Moving Art Out Of The Galleries
In Brisbane, the Trace show is taking art to bakeries, luggage repair shops, and mechanic shops. The point? To “democratize” the art. – The Guardian (UK)
Calls To Boycott Live-Action ‘Mulan’ Swell After Actor Tweets Support Of Hong Kong Police
The actor Liu Yifei, who plays Mulan in Disney’s live-action movie, “this week reposted an image on Weibo, a Chinese social network similar to Twitter, that took the police’s side. The image she shared was originally published by People’s Daily, the ruling Communist Party’s official newspaper.” The meme she reposted has “become a nationalist meme in China — driven in part by the state-run media.” – The New York Times
How London’s National Theatre Live Changed The Landscape
Broadcasting live theatre changes the audience – and the theatre. But for the better? Directors try to “collaborate with the show’s creative team and company. ‘We’ve got to do it in such a way that the artists are supported, that they trust it.'” – Playbill
Fifty Years On, The Ideals And The Reality Of Woodstock
On stage, musicians – the most famous of the era, the ones who would become even more famous from Woodstock – were flown in; extensive set changes occurred around frantic, angry, urgent housekeeping messages from the stage; and a young generation liked free stuff – and became a generation that could be targeted by marketers. – The New York Times