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The Tate Modern Has Been Open For 15 Years. What’s Next?

“Tate Modern really has transformed Britain. When people in Britain talk about art today, they mean art as Tate Modern has defined it.”

The Eight Styles Of Prom Book Covers

“Visa recently estimated that the average family will spend more than $900 on prom — and a third of that is just for something called the ‘promposal.’ The ways of young people may be past all comprehension, but the ways of book marketing are not.”

Technology Kills The BBC’s Performing Arts Fund

“Launching as the Fame Academy Bursary, it supported more than 1200 individuals in the performing arts.
Beneficiaries have included global singing sensation Adele, composer Mark Simpson and the Bristol Old Vic.”

The U.S. Might Finally Be Reading For A Museum Of African American History, A Century After It Was Planned

“In 1915, a group of black Civil War veterans began pushing for a memorial and museum dedicated to black service members. A little over a decade later, President Calvin Coolidge approved the construction of a building to serve as a ‘tribute to the Negro’s contributions to the achievements of America,’ according to the Smithsonian Institution. Thanks to the Great Depression, that building never came to fruition.”

Why Doesn’t The Cleveland Orchestra Support Modern Music Anymore?

“Almost 45 years have passed since Szell’s death in 1970, but his support of programming and commissioning new works, which continued and thrived under the directorships of both Lorin Maazel and Dohnányi, has been significantly curtailed under the orchestra’s current leadership of Franz Welser-Möst.”

Natalie Portman’s Directorial Debut Is A Movie Shot In Israel And Entirely In Hebrew

“She’s been fearless in proclaiming her Jewishness, even though she now lives in a country where anti-Semitism is terrifyingly on the rise. I ask if Portman feels nervous about being Jewish in Paris. ‘Yes,’ she says, ‘but I’d feel nervous being a black man in this country. I’d feel nervous being a Muslim in many places.'”

Thanks To ‘Jane The Virgin,’ TV Is Suddenly Soooooo Interested In Latina And Latino Storylines

“For years, executives at Spanish-language television networks complained that ad spending was not keeping pace with the fast rise of the Hispanic audience. But marketers have started opening their wallets to reach those viewers, and the broader English-language networks are eager for a cut of the cash.”

Why Does The Left Wing In Britain Care Nothing For The Architectural Past?

“For many people, old toffs’ houses are the stuff of Tory ascendancy. We are supposed to prefer the architecture of 1970s housing estates or the gross ostentation of the Shard to Palladio, the Italian genius who inspired Clandon Park’s lost elegance.”

What’s Actually Happening With All Of The Sudden Departures At Shakespeare & Company?

“After decades of stability and growth, Shakespeare & Company has — in the last seven months alone — exiled an artistic director and lost an executive director before his first season was produced, actions followed in short order by the resignation of its top trustee. The word ‘interim’ now litters the company’s artistic and administrative flowchart, and the theater’s founder, Tina Packer, seems as befuddled as anyone.”

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