Breder left New York to take a faculty position at the University of Iowa in 1966, and he soon established the first interdisciplinary art focus in the country. “Increasingly drawn to conceptual art and the radical political performance art being practiced by the Viennese Actionists, he asked permission to create a program that would embrace video and performance art and encourage students to move back and forth across artistic frontiers — in general, to throw off all creative constraint.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Galleries Are Exploring New Models – And New Kinds Of Sites – To Break The Mold And Succeed
Many gallerists believe “the future of the mid-tier gallery is seasonal, project-based or off the beaten path.”
What Is The Future For Classical Music (Yes, It Has A Future)?
Well, let’s start with the good news: “In any given month an extraordinary 30% of the U.S. population listens to classical music on some device. That translates to 100 million people in our country alone! Another happy number … is that more than 40 million Americans sing in a chorus.”
Having Power, Over Time, Can Look A Lot Like Having A Traumatic Brain Injury
Power is a drug, or it’s worse than a drug. A psychology professor found during two decades of work that people “under the influence of power” act like they have brain injuries, “becoming more impulsive, less risk-aware, and, crucially, less adept at seeing things from other people’s point of view.”
Chinese Censors Cut A Gay Kiss From ‘Alien: Covenant’
Though six minutes are gone, including some of the violence in the movie, but “China-based expats and local moviegoers were quick to pick up on the missing Doppelganger gay moment, which takes place late in the film between the two cyborgs Walter and David, both played by [Michael] Fassbender. Many said the removal of the gay kiss is much more jarring than the various cuts to the film’s violence.”
Instead Of Relegating It To The Sidelines, Put Music At The Very Heart Of Education
Why make sure every child has the opportunity to learn music and to play an instrument? “Learning to read and play music gives you access to a new language, other worlds. It is one of the greatest gifts, along with security and self-belief and simple love, that a child can be given.”
How Are We Supposed To Look At ‘The Cosby Show’ Now?
Yeah, we’ve got a problem. “As a nation, we’ve never known what to do with our fondness for the work of men who have become troublesome. We force ourselves to practice impossible moral surgery that hopes to cut off the artist to save the art. Mr. Cosby’s mistrial just further extends our permanent impasse with certain great figures and their problems.”
Jacob’s Pillow Is Going Beyond A Festival With Full-Year Residencies
The festival’s new leader said, “There is a crisis of ambition in this country for choreographers. … Choreographers need space and time to experiment with new works.”
Here’s The Reason The Roxane Gay-Written Marvel Comic Was Canceled
And no, it wasn’t “diversity.” Nope – it’s a system of how comic books are sold, “a system that rewards the status quo, instead of taking risks and breaking new ground.”
A Young Artist About To Break Into The Big-Time Was Killed In The Grenfell Tower Fire
Like all of the stories from those who died in the fire, Khadijah Saye’s is terrible – and the timing is also deeply awful: “Her work was being exhibited as part of a showcase of emerging artists at the Venice Biennale, and now an important gallery was offering to show her art. The director had wanted to meet at her studio, not knowing she worked out of the 20th-floor flat she shared with her mother.”