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With Podcasts, Intimacy Is A One-Way Street

Says one of the hosts of a popular NPR roundtable podcast: “No wonder you feel as if you know them; that the sound of their voices comes to fire precisely the same neurons, arouse the same feelings, that the voices of your closest friends do. It’s purely biological, and it’s indistinguishable from intimacy — except for one minor, mundane, trifling detail: It’s unidirectional. You know them, you trust them, you love them, and they have absolutely no idea who you are.”

So The Los Angeles MOCA Gala Is Going Really Well

After a gay Latino board member resigned and a straight white male artist declined to be honored because all museum’s honorees have been straight white male artists, “MOCA said it is rethinking its gala and will send out a new announcement in the next few weeks.”

Why Are Top Arts Positions In Canada Going To Anyone But Canadians?

Canadian arts consultants are worried. “Especially in Ontario, where the largest of these organizations are located, the top job often goes to an international candidate. [British-born Julian] Cox was hired by AGO director Stephan Jost, a Swiss-American who joined the museum in 2016. Meanwhile, the Royal Ontario Museum, Luminato, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Shaw Festival have all hired British or American leaders in the past 2 1/2 years. It’s a pattern that has arts consultants worried.”

This Woman Wrote A Book That Seems To Be A Roman À Clef About An Affair With Philip Roth

Lisa Halliday won the Whiting Award for her first novel, in which an editorial assistant meets a famous writer on a bench. The writer is pretty clearly modeled on Roth. “The likeness is no accident. Ms. Halliday, 41, and Mr. Roth, 84, are good friends. And for a time, when she was in her 20s and working at the Wylie Agency, which represents him, they had a romantic relationship.” (Should any of this matter in the reception of the book?)

The Best One-Star Reviews Of James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’

“If you want to read through a magnifying glass, you will like this book. Otherwise, it is worthless as the pages are too thick for toilet paper.”

The Union Representing A Fired Director – And The Chorister Who Reported The Director – Says The Met Acted Too Swiftly

A Met official disagrees with the union (American Guild of Musical Artists), which asserted that a written apology and a rehearsal change would have been enough. The Met official said “that while the chorister had indicated that he would accept a written apology, he had also communicated to Met officials that he did not want to see Mr. Copley either in the underground rehearsal rooms or on its stage, and threatened to consult a lawyer if he did.”

Eighteen-Year-Old Cellist Cracks The Top Twenty Albums In Britain With His Debut

He’s the year’s best-selling debut artist (so far) across all genres, and – to quote another article about this phenomenon – “His first recording, which includes works by Shostakovich and Leonard Cohen, takes its place alongside the likes of Ed Sheeran and Eminem.”

Would Edvard Munch’s Estate Be Ruined By This Norwegian Artist’s Planned UFO On A Nearby Hillside?

There is a lot going on around this planned house, and the artists’ colony on the Munch estate, in Norway. “In the coming weeks, the country’s top heritage conservation authority will decide whether to grant a permit for the project. Artists and journalists have raised concerns in the Norwegian news media that it would alter the last remnants of the landscape Munch painted and would overshadow the historical importance of the site. … Mr. Melgaard, who is gay, also suggested that the opposition was partly fueled by homophobia”

The Dancers Caught Between Algeria And France

Algeria has no dance studios or companies, so when an Algerian French choreographer wanted to hold auditions, he started looking in other directions. “There are groups of men who train themselves by imitating YouTube videos and each other in the arts of hip-hop and the Brazilian martial-arts-cum-dance-form capoeira. … Much like the early hip-hop crews in the Bronx in the seventies, these men (only men) would gather on the beach to dance for each other, for the pleasure of it.”