“Prices rose much faster than overall inflation, which was around 1.5% between 2013 and 2014. But the rising prices did not stop people going to shows. More than 18 million tickets were sold in 2014 – up 2.4% since 2013.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
As We Mourn Grantland, Here Are Some Of Its Best Longform Stories
Including stories on the death of the half-hour comedy show, a deep dive into NYT wedding announcements, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Los Angeles and much more.
There’s A New Theatre Company In Detroit
“Hoping to become a cultural staple for the city, Detroit Public Theater is modeled after New York’s Public Theater (hence the name). Its mission: not only to foster new artists and dig into the community with theatre programming, but present challenging new works.”
Ice Age Art Found In Britain For The First Time
“Archaeologists are in the early stages of analysing the finds, but estimate them to be at least 14,000 years old. This places the camp among the earliest in northern Europe after the freeze.”
Remember Last Week, When We Were All Making Fun Of The Idea of A ‘Hunger Games’ Theme Park?
Well, it’s real, and it’s not the only idea from the movie company that thought it up: “Lionsgate also hopes to bring its ‘Twilight’ series to theme parks.”
Keeping An Artistic Record Of Fast-Moving Architecture
“‘I was interested in how people use material,’ she says. ‘And how those materials are used to re-create some element of the architecture of the place they are from. You see styles of houses from the coast or from the south of Mexico — but they’re all made with materials that are only found on the border.'”
Who Will Win The Battle To Revive New York City Opera?
“In the coming days the judge overseeing the case is expected to set a timetable for next steps; the proposals could be modified before ultimately going out to creditors for a vote.”
Top AJBlog Posts From 11.01.15
Understanding The Auction Season That’s Upon Us
I spent several days in September–and even in late August–reporting an article that appeared as the cover of The New York Times‘s Fine Arts & Exhibitions section, which is officially in the Sunday, Nov. 1… … read more
I returned recently from a keynote-giving junket that took me to Toulouse, France and then to Springfield, Missouri. Some contrast, I know. (Although it should be noted that the food and the hospitality were excellent… … read more
In The Atlantic: “Academics, in general, don’t think about the public; they don’t think about the average person, and they don’t even think about their students when they write… Their intended audience is always their peers.… … read more
Once again, the Anonymous Was A Woman Foundation has chosen ten women artists for “no strings” grants of $25,000 each. Since I long ago began covering this–when the awards were first unveiled 20 years ago–I… … read more
Pharoah Sanders The National Endowment of the Arts has doubled down on celebrating jazz beyond “jazz” — music that has exploded historic parameters or preconceptions of “jazz” conventions — by naming as 2016 Jazz Masters the saxophonists Pharoah Sanders and… … read more
Any composer’s work can be appreciated both for its connections to historical antecedents and for the way it reflects a distinct artistic voice. Some music leans more heavily to the former, some to the latter.… … read more
A Play About Nannerl Mozart Brings Her Back To The Stage Lights
“When I researched how well she played, I saw that the two of them toured all over Europe. I saw that she was billed first in many of their shows. Yet, the things she composed did not survive. It just seemed to me like a story that needed to be told. If no one else was going to do that, I decided I would do it myself.”
Quentin Tarantino Stood Up For #BlackLivesMatter, And Police Officers Are Real Mad At Him
“A call for a police boycott of the Weinstein Company’s coming film ‘The Hateful Eight’ and other works by Quentin Tarantino has gained support from the National Association of Police Organizations and the New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, expanding the backlash to remarks about police violence that Mr. Tarantino made at a rally in New York on Oct. 24.”