One museum covered artwork donated by immigrants; another rehung its collection to emphasize art by those from the countries affected by the travel ban. Museums whose remit is history sent people into the street to collect artifacts from the Women’s March; other museums say it’s up to the artists, not the museums, to respond. Not every museum is focused on action around politics, but every museum is confronting the times in some way.
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Marilyn Young, Historian Of And Challenger To The U.S.’s Forever Wars, Has Died At 79
“In one form or another, she explained in 2012, since her childhood the United States had been at war —’“the wars were not really limited and were never cold and in many places have not ended — in Latin America, in Africa, in East, South and Southeast Asia.'”
How To Get Canadians – And The World – To Care About Canadian Art
The head of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television actually returned from a successful U.S. career for the job, so her perspective might seem somewhat U.S.-ian: “The way the Canadian industry is set up right now, we fund people to make work, but we don’t fund people to market work. If people don’t know a film is out there, and you’re not marketing it to them as American companies do, then you won’t get people to see it. It’s not that complicated, actually.”
Nine Broadway Shows That Closed Before They Even Opened
For instance: “Senator Joe – A rock opera that tells the story of Senator Joseph McCarthy, Senator Joe is perhaps as infamous as the man that inspired it. Apparently, financing was so shaky that the theatre’s marquee still read Kenny Loggins on Broadway—a hold-over from the theatre’s last tenant—for all three of the show’s previews.”
When Private Funding Drives The Arts, You Get The Mall Of America Writer’s Residency
No, that’s not a joke. Marie Myung-Ok Lee: “When I saw the ad promoting a residency at the Mall of America, my first impulse was ‘I must apply!’ See, a bunch of scenes in my novel take place in the freaking Mall of America! It had a nice honorarium ($2,500) for 5 days in residence at a connected mall hotel, plus a $400 food stipend, which is a lot of Cinnabons. But a quick look at the terms reveals the horrifying things the artist gives up in the for-profit residency: her art.”
Artist Jimmie Durham, Living In Exile In A 12th-Century Convent-Turned-Studio In Italy, Finally Gets A New American Show
Durham, who says he didn’t come to the opening of his Hammer Museum show because he’s had health problems in the last couple of years, says, “I guess you could call leaving New York a statement or position in that I didn’t want to be judged by my monetary success. I didn’t want to be a part of the American dream.”
When A Music Lover Returns To The Chicago Symphony After Eight Years
Fran Hoepfner is still stuck on Brahms, luckily, since the orchestra was too: “The piano is to reckoned with. Maybe it’s a protagonist in the face of adversity. Maybe I’m projecting. Who’s to say? After almost ten years of knowing this piece — and this movement in particular — I don’t feel any closer to it than when I started. The more I learn about Brahms, the more unsettling it becomes. It’s a Rubik’s cube of a piece.”
Will Learning About Art Help Doctors Become Better At Medicine?
This isn’t just about helping medical students access their feelings (important as that is). “In addition to focusing on ways that doctors treat their patients through empathy, the program aimed to develop observation skills and address how doctors treat themselves, through a session on mindfulness and self-care.”
Joni Sledge, Of ‘We Are Family’ Fame, Dies At 60
Sledge and her sisters (yes, the group’s name was Sister Sledge) “hailed from Philadelphia and formed the group in the early 70s, inspired by their opera-singing grandmother.” They were thinking about quitting when “We Are Family” started to take over the airwaves (and roller rinks, dance floors, raves and so much more).
The Protest Novel Is Back
Brexit and Trump have goosed the inevitable re-rise of the protest novel. For instance, novelist Ali Smith’s “gaze fell on those Googling how to apply for an Irish passport, the graffiti of swastikas, the flag-waving, the disappearance of money, and the constant appearance of lines.”