”There were some who said it couldn’t happen, who said ‘you can’t do it,’ but we did it,’ said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who led the charge to make the museum a reality. ‘This place is more than a building. It is a dream come true.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How Edward Albee Made His Toxic Characters So Compelling
“That theme of kindness and cruelty acting in tandem with one another — that ‘teaching emotion’ — was an idea that recurred in his work again and again.”
How’s That Art Flipping Strategy Going, Then?
Not well. “Such is the new art season. At auction houses in London and New York, sellers are preparing to bail on their investments after the emerging-art bubble burst and the resale market for once sought-after artists dried up.”
Even The BBC Wants To Be ‘The Netflix Of’ Something (In This Case, Music Radio)
“Radio needs to take a leaf out of the hugely successful US streaming service’s book by making content available to listeners when they want it and not tie all output to the broadcast schedule.”
People Are Standing In Line For Hours To Use This Gold Toilet At The Guggenheim
“The softness of gold has led to concerns about vandalism. People on social media have already been bragging about plans to deface the artwork.”
After A Theatre Cancels A Black Lives Matter Benefit, Actors And Playwrights Protest
“Earlier this month, the owners of 54 Below decided to cancel the concert, set for Sept. 11, titled ‘Broadway Supports Black Lives Matter,’ saying in a statement that they supported the Black Lives Matter movement but disagreed with a ‘platform that accuses Israel of genocide and endorses a range of boycott and sanction actions.'”
The Violinist Speaks Of Musical Guilty Pleasures, And Three Ways To Improve Classical Concerts
Tamsin Waley-Cohen: “Most of all, I would take them out of the modern concert hall (I often find older halls are better for this!) to get rid of the separation between the performer and the audience.”
How Enlightenment Philosophers Wrestled With New Ideas About The Mind – And Reality
“The question was: How complete an account of the nature of reality could the new physical science in principle provide? Do our minds necessarily escape its reach, even if our bodies are part of the physical world?”
The Seattle Symphony Is Making Commissions A Major Part Of Its Plan
“This isn’t a random undertaking. We follow a systematic approach and work with young composers constantly.”
The Campus Novel Is, Guess What, Also So White
“There are no HBCU novels. Our first-generation Mexican American freshman opuses are far and few between. Don Lee’s The Collective takes a stab at shaking the framework, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao rattles the genre’s predilections as well, but the campus novel could just as soon be called The Adventures of Eccentric White Kids. For a genre built on the notion of change, it’s lacking an awful lot of it.”