The study reveals that not only are nearly a third of the festival workers volunteers, but those who are paid are paid very little, and many work excessive hours.
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When A Book Editor Becomes A Bestselling Author
The acquiring editor didn’t know her colleague down the hall was writing a book, and he used a pen name for it. “Had Mr. Mallory not prudently scheduled a weeklong trip to Palm Springs, which began the day his agent sent the manuscript to publishers, Ms. Brehl imagines she may have walked the book into his office to ask for his thoughts on it.”
Elena Ferrante’s First Column For ‘The Guardian’ Is About First Love
And for Ferrante readers, the column may seem, indeed, imbued with the very essence of the writer: “We always look at first times with excessive indulgence. Even if by their nature they’re founded on inexperience, and so as a rule are not very successful, we recall them with sympathy, with regret. They’re swallowed up by all the times that have followed, by their transformation into habit, and yet we attribute to them the power of the unrepeatable.”
American Ballet Theatre Dancers Vote To Authorize Strike
The negotiations have been tense, and the vote came as the ABT dancers and stage managers have been without a contract since July of last year. “Noting the long hours and hard work put in by the members of the company, [a union representative] said in a statement that they ‘all deserve to be able to retire from dance with dignity and respect and payments better reflecting what they have given to the company throughout the years.'”
Inspired By The Getty’s Pacific Standard Time, Chicago Plans Celebration Of Its Place In Art
In 2012, Terra began convening local curators and scholars, soliciting ideas for publications, exhibits, and programs that would clarify Chicago’s role as a “catalyst and incubator for innovations in art and design.” The result is a still-growing 29-exhibit, 100-plus-program, 60-institution collaborative effort that includes academic research, multiple books and catalogs, and a four-part public television documentary.
Museums Are Having An Admissions-Price Crisis
Perhaps for all visits to cultural institutions by those of us who want to see those institutions thrive and carry on into the future, it’s time to reconsider—not just the math, but the underlying reasons why we believe museums matter, for all of us, regardless of our ability to pay for admission.
Smithsonian Struggles With Design For Space Around Its Building
“The project involves restoration of the Castle and the Hirshhorn, the addition of an underground visitor center with amenities including restrooms and food service, and upgraded and centralized mechanical systems. The Haupt Garden, which is the roof of the subterranean Quadrangle building, would be replaced and the building’s entrance pavilions would be moved closer to the Mall.”
Tate Britain Plans A Rehang Of Its Entire Collection
Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain, is planning a complete rehang of the gallery, five years after the last major transformation of the displays in 2013. In an interview with The Art Newspaper, he outlines a new vision for the collection based on three “pillars”: art and society, history and the present, and Britain and the world.
Can’t Take A Joke? Violinist Sues Over Satire
“Over the last few days, the classical music media has become aware of a small but telling scandal. A Berlin-based concert curator, dramaturg, and VAN contributor named Arno Lücker published a shred on his blog. The video, part of a mashup genre in which new audio tracks are added to videos so that musicians appear to be playing embarrassingly badly, features the violinist Daniel Hope, accompanied by the pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi. Hope now wants to haul Lücker into court.”
Norman Lebrecht: Classical Music’s Secrecy Abets Abuse
“Classical music conducts its business behind a screen of secrets, lies and euphemisms. A maestro is never absent without leave, only ‘indisposed’. No maestro ever gets fired. He becomes Emeritus. Truth gets buried beneath a dungheap of flummery. The real reason for the recent departure of at least one classical performer in this country will not be publicly explained, even though it is well known backstage. The code of silence in classical music is as tight as Sicilian omertà. Speak out, and you’re dead meat.”