“‘With my experience of social media, I thought that idiots were going to idiot,’ she said in an interview with the Observer. ‘But what can you say? That’s the way the world is. Noma was chosen because she was the best actress for the job.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
No, Indie Films Aren’t Dead (Say Indie Film Companies)
In other words, if you’re older than 35, you don’t have to give up the movie theatre quite yet.
An Art Project Shows Your Phone Is Leaking Data Over Any Wireless Connection
“You can see exactly what articles people are looking at. … You can see exactly which comment they’ve thumbs-up’d.”
Phyllis Curtin, Soprano And Beloved Tanglewood Teacher, Dies At 94
“Audiences knew the glamorous young singer best in such operatic roles as Verdi’s Violetta and Strauss’ Salome, but she was proudest of her role as a pioneering recitalist, championing American music, contemporary music and music to texts in English at a time when such things were not the custom.”
Top Posts For AJBlogs From 06.05.16
This Week In Audience, Universal Translator Edition How will our stories change when we have a universal translator? How will our relationships to things change when things respond to our voices? What is a live performance when the performer isn’t live? These stories and more in This Week In Audience … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-06-05
Country House Opera: Music and the Love of Food Eugene Onegin at Garsington Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-06-05
Inside out Crystal Pite’s Betroffenheit. I’m doing it again. Smacking myself on the side of the head because it’s too panicked and busy in there, a snarl of thoughts that go nowhere and that I’m desperate… …read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2016-06-04
Love Finds a Way American Ballet Theatre revives its production of Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. James Whiteside and Stella Abrera of American Ballet Theatre as Colas and Lise in Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. Photo: Rosalie… …read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2016-06-03
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An SFMOMA Patron Trips, Falls Into $82M Warhol
“The incident happened Thursday afternoon, and the museum doesn’t seem to want to talk about it, saying there will be no official press release.”
Special New X-Rays Reveal The Secrets Of Medieval Manuscripts
“Bookbinders used to cut up and recycle handwritten books from the middle ages, which had become old-fashioned following the invention of printing. These fragments, described by Kwakkel as ‘stowaways from a distant past’, are within as many as one in five early modern age printed books.”
Does A New Art Space Inevitably Mean Gentrification Will Follow?
“Despite its seemingly progressive mission, [new Los Angeles gallery] PSSST has recently received strong opposition from activists both within and outside the Boyle Heights community, some calling for increased dialogue with community groups, while others simply want the space gone.”
The Man Who Rewrote Art History
“Hugh Honour, a self-taught art historian who produced indispensable works on Neo-Classicism and romanticism and who, with John Fleming, wrote the monumental survey ‘The Visual Arts: A History,’ one of the first to pay serious attention to non-Western art, died on May 19 at his home in Tofori, Italy. He was 88.”
What’s Up With Sony Pictures? (Hint: Not Revenues)
“Sony executives disputed the perception of internal upheaval at the studio, maintaining that the close proximity of the changes is a coincidence. Though the moves were seen as surprises in much of Hollywood, Sony countered that both are strategic moves that have been in the works for months.”