“Donhauser will inherit a gleaming building, but also long-standing challenges, such as competition for visitors in a city where blockbuster shows in bigger museums draw millions of tourists each year. The museum must balance its role as a repository for historic objects ranging from photographs to 18th-century tankards with devising new shows that appeal to contemporary audiences.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Will The University Of Oklahoma Finally Return A Nazi-Looted Impressionist Painting?
“The terms of any possible agreement are unclear, and the discussions may yet founder. But the negotiations are an abrupt turnaround in a case that drew wide attention.”
We’re All Born To Be Conned
“That’s the power of the good con artist: the ability to identify your deepest need and exploit it. It’s not about honesty or greed; we are all suckers for belief.”
How Mikhail Baryshnikov Is Resurrecting Poet Joseph Brodsky In A New ‘Anti-Ballet’
“The audience took a collective breath when Baryshnikov first appeared on stage. He looks not the athlete he once was but a gaunt, bedraggled traveler, suitcase in hand, seated on a wooden bench below the broken fuse of a dilapidated Art Deco apartment with large, dusty window panes.”
Women Have Been Written Out Of Irish Theatre, And Irish Women Are Not OK With That
“If a nation’s canon is almost exclusively dominated by white male voices, what does that tell you about that nation?”
New Star Wars Posters In China Cause Controversy Over Racism
“Star Wars fans are questioning why a Chinese poster for ultra-hyped new episode The Force Awakens has relegated British actor John Boyega to the supporting cast.”
When You’re Messing About In The Library And Stumble Across A First Edition King James Bible
“Brian Shetler, a doctoral candidate in book history who works in the library, discovered the Bible when he was hunting through the rare-book shelves, pulling a sampling of 17th-century books printed in England to show to a history class. It was in a box with a label mentioning ‘Bible,’ ‘1611’ and ‘R. Barker,’ a seeming reference to the London printer Robert Barker.”
Movie Theaters Are Messing With Your Mind, But In The Service Of Better Movies
“Laser-powered projectors. Sound that bounces around the theater. Seats that vibrate and even project mist. The century-old motion picture exhibition industry is in the midst of a technological revolution, deploying the latest in audio and visual research in a bid to attract younger audiences and stay relevant in the digital age.”
The Women Of ‘Star Wars’
“In the ‘Star Wars’ marketing machine, Rey sits front and center in the Drew Struzan posters like a yin and yang symbol, holding the balance between the dark and the light side. Where she’ll fall in this world we’re not certain, but we do know that her main priority in the film isn’t political reformation or treaties with the Trade Federation.”
The Opera ‘Bel Canto’ Might Be A Little Too Real For Lyric Audiences
“‘We are living in troubling and volatile times,’ Mr. Freud wrote in the letter. ‘On an almost daily basis, the news is dominated by reports of horrifying and indiscriminate violence. Through its years of planning, none of us could have known how shockingly topical ‘Bel Canto’ would be at the time of its world premiere performances.'”