The thing is, “the museum received a blistering report from a City Council-hired consultant earlier this month calling for a ‘complete rebirth; and reorganized leadership. Museum Management Consultants Inc. issued its 62-page report April 9.” Now the Kansas City City Council is putting forth widely divergent plans for what to do about the museum at 18th and Vine.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Judging A Translation Is Fairly Tough, But Here Are Some Ideas To Consider
Here’s the deal: “We owe translators, and perhaps also ourselves, some recognition of what it might have meant to have handled every single word (space and punctuation mark) of the writing-to-be-translated, to have taken a decision in relation to its every single word (space and punctuation mark), and indeed to have written every single one of its parts.”
Top AJBlogs For The Weekend Of 04.22.18
La Salle Art Museum’s Promo Video Highlights Deaccessioned Works
“Wander through six permanentgalleries [emphasis added],” the caption for the video walk-through on the La Salle University Art Museum’s homepage exhorts potential visitors. But while the galleries may be “permanent,” the installation shown on … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-04-20
‘For Sure Verboten’
U.S. cities with the fastest-growing wealth gaps. Monster Nor’easter The first day of spring a blinding white curtain kidnapped the city. It was a true blast of winter. We solemn jurors braved the … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2018-04-20
Replay: the Benny Goodman Trio plays Gershwin
Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, and Gene Krupa, the original members of the Benny Goodman Trio, play George Gershwin’s “Nice Work if You Can Get It” in an unidentified 1960 video clip: (This is the … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-04-20
Armstrong And Ellington: Azalea
Until the past couple of days, spring around here was a date on the calendar and a rumor. But now there are tulips in front of the house. And magnolia blossoms 15 feet … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2018-04-19
Breasting the Wave
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season Lar Lubovitch’s Something About Night. (L to R): Barton Cowperthwaite, Brett Perry, Nicole Marie Corea, Tobin Del Cuore, and Belinda McGuire. Photo: Nan Melville Once … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2018-04-19
Richard Oldenburg, Who Expanded MoMA And Drew Massive Crowds, Has Died At 84
He led the museum through competing curatorial arguments, staff strikes, and more, while also getting a massive expansion and a boost to the endowment. But it all began with books, and a close relative: “Mr. Oldenburg — whose older brother is the Pop Art sculptor Claes Oldenburg — was a publishing executive when MoMA hired him to run its publications department in 1969. The job allowed him to work closely with curators and artists on catalogs and books, an experience that proved critical when the board of trustees named him director three years later.”
One Of France’s Busiest Tourist Sites Is Evacuated By Police After A Threat
Mont-Saint-Michel, in northwestern France, was evacuated Sunday after a man made threatening remarks on a morning shuttle to the site, got into a fight with café owners, and made threats against security forces. “Tourists were blocked from entering during the lockdown as around 50 police conducted a house-to-house search. Holidaymakers were evacuated from hotels and the abbey was shut.” The site was reopened after police found the man.
Fifty Years Ago, These Four Pieces Of Music Blew Up The Modernist Status Quo
Mark Swed: Terry Riley’s ‘In C’ “is simply a collection of 53 melodic motives, all in or around the key of C. Any instrument or vocalist — and any number of them — can play or sing. Each motive is repeated, over a pulse, as long as each performer wants before moving on. … I was told not only that I couldn’t bring that sacrilege into the classroom, but to get it out of the music building and that the only place for it on campus was the trash can. That’s when I knew the revolution had begun.”
One Hot Contemporary Art Trend: Tapestries
Renaissance tapestries are cold, ice cold – no one seems to want to spend substantial amounts of money on them. But new tapestries? Think computer-assisted, bright, and built to last. “Artists are getting really excited by tapestry and are trying to push what can be done with the medium.”
A Photojournalist Killed In Libya Left Behind Tender Portraits Of Soldiers At Play
Tim Hetherington, killed on assignment in 2011, “abhorred violence, but he took it upon himself to explore the subject of war on the front lines, alongside soldiers in Liberia, Afghanistan, and Libya. While embedded in Afghanistan on assignment for Vanity Fair (for which he won the 2007 World Press Photo of the Year), Hetherington came to understand war as a function of male sexuality.”
It’s Time To Stop Using An Ethnic Slur To Describe Itinerant Singers, Actors, And Dancers, Says Equity
“The union that represents stage performers announced this week that it would cease using the title ‘Gypsy Robe’ to describe one of its most cherished insider rituals — the passing of a colorful patchwork garment from one chorus to another on a Broadway show’s opening night — citing the potential offense to Roma people.” Some performers are not happy with this decision.
Actually, Kendrick Lamar Should Have Gotten A Pulitzer For Writing, Not Music
Here’s why: “Literary recognition would transform every other young black boy writing rhymes. It would stick two fingers up at the notion that the only way young black boys can get respect is on the streets. Contrary to popular belief, young black boys spend more time writing poetry than they do stabbing and shooting each other. For real. They have transformed the English language with an unparalleled lyrical dexterity. But we refuse to acknowledge that.”