The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, the owner of a provocative painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme, objects to the image’s use to stir up nationalist fear. – The Art Newspaper
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After Newspaper Feature About Young Cellist With Troubled Past, $141,000 In Donations Pour In
“Eddie Adams didn’t have the money to buy college textbooks this semester, so he had to rely on his classmates at George Mason University to loan him theirs. He is the principal cellist in the school orchestra, but he couldn’t afford to buy or even rent a cello. That, too, he had to borrow. That was two weeks ago.” – The Washington Post
Counting Costs Of The Chicago Symphony Strike
The relationship between musicians and management stands foremost in need of repair, with pointed words having been exchanged in both directions. Is there any positive feeling left? – Chicago Tribune
Sinemia, Which Tried To Move Into MoviePass’s Niche, Abruptly Quits U.S. Market
The subscription service, which launched in Turkey in 2014 and also operates in the U.K., Canada, and Australia, tried to capture customers fleeing MoviePass last fall with an unlimited-films-for-$30-per-month plan. But the predictable money troubles that resulted were compounded by lawsuits from MoviePass (for patent infringement) and a group of customers (for bait-and-switch pricing). – Gizmodo
Sequel (Sort Of) To ‘A Clockwork Orange’ Found Among Anthony Burgess’s Papers
“The unfinished manuscript of [an essay collection titled] The Clockwork Condition was written by Burgess in 1972 and 1973, after Kubrick’s 1971 adaptation of A Clockwork Orange was accused of inspiring copycat crimes, prompting the director to withdraw it from circulation.” – The Guardian
Stanley Kubrick Was Not A Recluse, A Hoarder, Or A Crazy Man, Okay?
As a current BFI exhibition shows and his family attests, he was meticulous, determined, and thorough, but “no more obsessive than anyone else who lives by working on something they love to do and want to get it right,” as his stepdaughter says. “He had his life so sorted … he had a house he could do everything in; he could sleep in his own bed at night; the people he wanted to see came to him; he wasn’t known for his face so he could go to Marks & Spencer’s if he wanted.” – The Guardian
‘Hadestown’ Leads 2019 Tony Nominations With 14 Nods
“But the nominations were notable not only for those they honored, but for those they ignored. To Kill a Mockingbird and Network, two costly dramas that have been big hits at the box office, did not get nominated in the best new play category. But they did not come away empty-handed — Mockingbird was nominated in nine other categories, and Network in five.” – The New York Times
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Wins 2019 Regional Tony Award
“The award recognizes the influence TheatreWorks has had on the art form locally and nationwide, as an incubator for scores of artists, developing and premiering countless new works, many of which have gone on to long life elsewhere.” – San Francisco Chronicle
Filmmaker John Singleton Dead At 51 Following Stroke
“[He] was the first African American and the youngest-ever Academy Award nominee for best director [for Boyz N the Hood]. He wrote [that film’s] screenplay, which was also an Oscar contender, as a student at the University of Southern California.” His career later became more commercial, with such films as 2 Fast 2 Furious, Four Brothers, and a remake of Shaft starring Samuel L. Jackson. – The Washington Post
Philadelphia Museum Of Art To Lend Works To Smaller Museums Around Pennsylvania
“Dozens of works of art from the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be lent over the next three years to a network of … eight regional museums, from Allentown to Erie, in an initiative art officials say is one of the largest in-state sharing programs in the nation.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer