Sculptor Helen Marten said, “In the light of the world’s ever lengthening political shadow, the art world has a responsibility, if not to suggest a provisional means forward, then at least show an egalitarian platform of democracy. I believe the hierarchical position of art prizes today is, to a certain extent, flawed.”
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The Companies (Google, Facebook, Microsoft) Remaking Themselves Around Artificial Intelligence
Every big tech company is trying to spread artificial intelligence throughout every step of its business, but it’s hard to find people who can work well with AI: “Everyday coders won’t do. Deep neural networking is a very different way of building computer services.”
Laurent Hilaire Finally Gets His Own Ballet Company
Hilaire, who was a star at the Paris Opera Ballet, has been a contender both for that ballet’s artistic director and for the La Scala Ballet’s AD. He will now run the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theater.
This Songwriting Super Group Is Behind So Much (SO MUCH) Pop Music
Seriously, if you’ve ever even for one minute liked a pop or country hit in the past few years, one – or all – of these women was probably involved.
The Syrian Expat Philharmonic Is Made Up Of Musicians Who Fled To Germany
The group took some time to pull together, but the founders persisted. “After fundraising, the group performed their first concert in 2015, with 30 Syrian musicians and 20 from Germany. This year, the orchestra has 65 Syrian musicians from all over Europe.”
Want To Study The British Monarchy’s Archives? Better Have A Non-propelling Pencil
This is a truly creepy story of mysterious secrets controlled by a private cabal of gatekeepers who deny researchers for no clear reason and seem to “regard their role, in part, as guarding the reputation of the British monarchy.”
OK, Yay Hamilton, But Can Theatre Stop Congratulating Itself Now?
Charles McNulty of the Los Angeles Times: “Artists would be better served to channel the anger and disgust they feel into their work. Let dissent inflame their imaginations. Theater practitioners and patrons — in other words, citizens — would be advised to expand the focus of their outrage.”
A Museum In Poland Gets ‘World Building Of The Year’ Honors
Here’s what the jury said about Robert Konieczny + KWK Promes’ National Museum in Szczecin, Poland: “This project enriches the city and the life of the city. It addresses a site with three histories, pre-World War II, wartime destruction, and post-war development, which left a significant gap in the middle of the city. This is a piece of topography as well as a museum.”
A Lyrical Essay About The Post-Election Devastation
“We turned to ritual, to dance, to quiet conversations that played softly like a piano in the dark, to the old ways, to prayer, to cussing, to tears, to side eye, to righteous pettiness, to shade throwing, to memes, to each other. Increasingly, we turned to song. This was hardly by chance.”
The Way To Get More People To The Theatre: Stop Making Them Read Shakespeare In High School
Let’s face it, most people don’t read any plays at all before high school. “To introduce teens to plays on the page with Shakespeare is akin to teaching calculus to students before they’ve learned algebra, or even multiplication.”