“The FoST Summit also offers workshops, like a mime class given by members of Cirque du Soleil or a lesson on drone photography, as well as performances from groups like Lin Manuel Miranda’s improvised hip-hop musical comedy troupe, Freestyle Love Supreme, and the Pilobolus dance company.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
What It Means To Direct And Act In A Beckett Play [VIDEO]
“The last time Lisa Dwan was in a Samuel Beckett play, her mouth was all that appeared on stage. Now, as she acts and co-directs her latest adaptation of the writer’s work, Dwan has decided to suspend herself in mid air above a bog.”
Roy Lichtenstein Sure Loved L.A. (Or So Angelenos Claim)
“The New York art world, while burgeoning and exciting, was also pretty insular. Lichtenstein came out here, and he felt free.”
And The Strike’s Over, Folks: Philadelphia Musicians Agree To A New Contract
The cellist who is chair of the negotiating committee said “the final deal was an improvement over management’s original offer, and the players were eager to return to work. ‘We wanted to avoid harming the institution.'”
Highlights From This Weekend’s AJBlogs 10.02.16
This Week In Audience: Measuring Audience Value – Three Things We Learned About Audiences This Week: How are we measuring the value that audiences get for their money?… Think you own the culture you just bought? In the digital age, maybe you don’t… Wow! fan conventions are making … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-10-02
City Flock
Jennifer Monson/iLAND performs in towin St. Mark’s Church. Photographed in dress rehearsal: Jennifer Monson’s/iLAND’s in tow at Danspace Project. Visible (L to R): Valerie Oliveiro, Niall Jones, nibla pastrana santiago, and Jennifer Monson. Photo: … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-10-01
What arts legislation do we want then? A call for suggestions
A few days ago blog neighbour Doug McLennan lamented that Congress seems to have no interest in arts-related legislation, with no bills coming to floor on which we could even guess at how elected officials … read more
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2016-10-01
Wilsey or Won’t She? FASMF’s Board Head Defies Regime Change (plus: Albright-Knox name change)
Now she’s a board chair, not president. But whatever names you call her, it appears that Diane (“Dede”) Wilsey has out-maneuvered the proponents of regime change at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The …read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2016-09-30
The Mysterious And Winding Path To Publishing, In English, Writing By Magritte
“Weirdly, a fully translated (albeit rough and typewritten) manuscript of Magritte’s Selected Writings by the now-dead translator Jo Levy had been languishing in an archive in Caen, France for close to 30 years, unbeknownst to just about anyone.”
The Met Gets Sued For One Of Its Best Picassos
“The estate of a German Jewish businessman sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday in an effort to claim one of its most valuable Picassos, ‘The Actor,’ asserting in court papers that the museum does not hold good title to the painting because the businessman was forced to sell it at a low price after fleeing the Nazis.”
Sir Neville Marriner, Founder Of The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields And Conductor Of Pretty Much Everyone, Has Died At 92
“He formed the Academy with the aim of forming a top-class chamber ensemble from London’s finest players. Ironically, it was conceived as a conductor-free refuge for string-players but Marriner became, as he put it, ‘a turncoat’ – a conductor who on stage, as often as not, held a violin in one hand and a baton in the other.”
By Following The Money, An Italian Journalist May Have Tracked Down The Identity Of Elena Ferrante
“But after a months-long investigation it is now possible to make a powerful case for Ferrante’s true identity. Far from the daughter of a Neapolitan seamstress described in Frantumaglia, new revelations from real estate and financial records point to … a Rome-based translator whose German-born mother fled the Holocaust and later married a Neapolitan magistrate.”
Should Actors Be Able To Remove Their Ages From IMdB?
“Actors, like Donald Trump, prefer to remain ‘semi-exact’ when it comes to the facts. Perception is our domain, not to be undermined by actuality. A fact like an actor’s date of birth stands in the way of our dreams at some point in all our working lives – we’re no different from anyone else in this – but it’s notoriously true that actors contend with age in unequal ways.”