“The new documentary on her life, ably directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland, is a reminder of what an engaged patron Guggenheim was. At one point in the film, an interviewer asks her what the role of her gallery was in the realm of American painting. ‘To give birth to it,’ replies Guggenheim. ‘I was the midwife.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
How (& Why) Did ‘Law & Order’ Producer Dick Wolf Take His TV Empire To Chicago?
“‘Chicago embodies unapologetic, old-fashioned values of right and wrong and how you should act,’ he says. Or, in the language of NBC’s ads, it’s a ‘city of heroes’ defined by ‘the people who protect, serve and heal.’ Tales of the urban heartland are tailor-made for the broad audience of network television, a medium that itself can seem old-fashioned in the new world of niche dramas on cable and streaming TV.”
Was This Play Canceled ‘Because Of Race’ Or Because The Director Ignored The Playwright?
“I cast it without thinking what color people were at all. I would have cast a black Jesus if I had the right person for the role. I wasn’t thinking that this was a play about race. When I do plays about race, I try to be extraordinarily sensitive to those issues.”
Is Theatre Too Much In Love With Itself?
“The nervousness that theatre-about-theatre raises in critics and audiences is similar to the prejudice among literary critics towards novels that have novelists as their protagonists: a fear of professional special pleading and jokes that mean more to producers than consumers.”
Spike Lee Says Getting A Black President Has Been Easier Than Getting A Black Person In Charge Of A Film Studio
“The director told the industry audience gathered at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland, ‘We need to have some serious discussion about diversity’ and he thanked Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs, saying ‘she’s trying to do something that needs to be done’ for raising the issue and making it part of the Academy’s current consciousness.”
In A Copyright Move, Anne Frank’s Father Is Added As ‘Co-Author’ To Her Diary
“The move has a practical effect: It extends the copyright from Jan. 1, when it is set to expire in most of Europe, to the end of 2050. Copyrights in Europe generally end 70 years after an author’s death. Anne Frank died 70 years ago at Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp, and Otto Frank died in 1980. Extending the copyright would block others from being able to publish the book without paying royalties or receiving permission.”
How Long Does It Take To Become An Artist?
“The great Cuban-born painter Carmen Herrera, who turned 100 this year, and did not sell a work until she was 89, gets up every morning to paint. Her advice to the young is not to hurry through their 20s, and never to be intimidated by anything. ‘You don’t decide to be an artist,’ she has said, ‘art gets inside of you. It’s like falling in love.'”
Carlos Acosta Retires From The Royal Ballet – But What’s Next?
The 42-year-old dancer, who is heading back to Cuba to run a dance school there: “Allow yourself to make mistakes. There is no such thing as failure because life is a learning process. … Be curious and enjoy, enjoy enjoy because one day you will blink and realise that 70 years have gone by.”
When The Only Visibility For Actors Of Color Means Characters Who Suffer
“Actors of color who already have visibility in the mainstream want to maintain their platform. For Hollywood, these select few become representatives for diversity; they are able to play lead roles outside the usual tropes for people of color, while the rest as Viola Davis pointed out on Oprah’s Next Chapter, are on “crisis mode” competing over a “piece of cheese.” Competition is the implicit consequence of the narrow and reductive roles available. What choice do actors of color have except to play the game and start running for a seat?”
How To Keep Yourself Humble When You’re One Of The Greats Of Jazz
“Take off all your awards. Go on the stage naked. Or your pajamas. And go out there and do what you can do to inspire something greater than yourself.”