“‘In the West, people demonize Putin,’ Ms. Alexievich, who turns 68 later this month, said in a recent interview here, speaking Russian through a translator after a conference on her work at the University of Gothenburg. ‘They do not understand that there is a collective Putin, consisting of some millions of people who do not want to be humiliated by the West, ‘ she added. ‘There is a little piece of Putin in everyone.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The New Tate Modern Director’s Plan For The New (Well, Expanded) Tate Modern
“The collection was originally built according to a dominant art history which we are very familiar with, but the real story is a much bigger one, because that dominant story left out a lot of places and a lot of practices and a lot of women artists. We haven’t rewritten the history but we are asking questions about the history and plotting co-ordinates. It’s a bigger story.”
To Write Better Code, Read More Virginia Woolf
“I’ve worked in software for years and, time and again, I’ve seen someone apply the arts to solve a problem of systems. The reason for this is simple. As a practice, software development is far more creative than algorithmic. The developer stands before her source code editor in the same way the author confronts the blank page.”
The Peabody Awards Are Like The Oscars, Except For ‘Electronic Media,’ And Not #SoWhite At All
Aziz Ansari “thanked the Peabodys for recognizing titles that other awards groups didn’t. ‘Let’s be honest: So many awards shows f— up,’ he said. ‘They don’t give people awards that probably should get awards and the Peabody is great because it seems like you guys actually watched all of our shit and decided it was good.”‘”
When You Close Two Libraries ‘To Save Money’ And Then Spend More On Security To Guard The Buildings Than It Would Have Cost To Run The Libraries
“The two sites – the Carnegie library in Herne Hill, south-east London, and the Minet library nearby – closed their doors on 31 March before planned works to turn each one into a “community hub”, a combination of a largely unstaffed library and a private gym. The council said this was the only option to keep both libraries open amid massive central government cuts to local authority budgets.”
Lorraine Hansberry’s (Too Short) Life After ‘Raisin In The Sun’
“You can’t say it’s a shame to be remembered for A Raisin in the Sun. It’s one of the great American plays. But Lorraine Hansberry was so much more than that one play.”
The Near Future Of The Toronto Symphony Looks Pretty Grim
“One point is clear. The future of the TSO depends on its 19-member board and how they respond to a situation that has spun out of control under their watch.”
If Films Want To Qualify For The Oscars, They Can’t Be Seen As ‘Television’
“A documentary feature must be released in L.A. County or the borough of Manhattan in New York City and play at least four times a day within a certain window of showtimes on those days. (This is to prevent someone potentially renting a theater to play to empty houses early in the morning or the middle of the night.) And a feature documentary must also get a review from a movie critic — ‘a television critic review will not be accepted,’ read the rules — in either the L.A. or N.Y. Times.”
The Women Of Classical Music’s Past
“Under certain circumstances, in the right place and the right time — particularly if there’s a really powerful female monarch in place who wants somebody to justify their rule and their power, [and] might want a kind of poster girl for female talent — you could succeed.”
A 52-Year-Old Ballerina Blows Her Holographic Younger Self Away
“It’s delightful enough that this ad gives us time to savor Ferri in motion, with her liquid smoothness and undiminished grace. But the ad also puts forth a meaningful narrative about looking back at one’s youth, and realizing that now is even better.”