“Reflecting on the aftermath of war over three generations, 29-year-old Vuong’s first collection, Night Sky With Exit Wounds, has already landed the Forward prize for best first collection, as well as the Whiting and the Thom Gunn awards.”
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Tiny Art Town Of Marfa, Texas Loses One Of Its Main Spaces
“Marfa Contemporary, … [which] offers a year-round exhibition program, workshops, educational initiatives, and a residency program, … is permanently closing its doors. The space has been led by curator, art historian, and educator Kate Green since 2017. Green will soon take up the post of curator at the El Paso Museum of Art.”
Houston Symphony Names A New CEO
“A California native, [John] Mangum comes to Houston from the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, where he worked as president and artistic director since 2014. He’s also worked for the San Francisco Symphony and New York Philharmonic.”
Telenovela Actors At Telemundo, Facing Terrible Work Conditions, Finally Unionize
Leading telenovela star Pablo Azar, who led the campaign to join SAG-AFTRA: “Sometimes you shoot 40 scenes in one single day. So it’s very demanding. … Usually you have better conditions in the US than in countries like Mexico, Colombia. But funny enough, for actors it’s backwards. Actors have better working conditions in Mexico than they have here in Miami. At least, I’m talking about Hispanic actors.”
Cirque Du Soleil Banned Critic Lyn Gardner – Here’s What Happened Next
“The critic Sanjoy Roy, who has never reviewed the company before, was approved for a press ticket for the show and The Guardian bought a ticket for me for £73, which offered a side view over the stage.” Here’s a review by both writers of Cirque’s show Ovo – as Gardner writes, “I love the acts. It would be foolish to pretend that Cirque doesn’t showcase some of circus’s most skilled performers.” But …
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Museum Admissions, Deaccessions: Let’s Get Real
I have not waded into either of the debates that are raging across the art museum world at the moment. So far, I’ve avoided commenting on … read more
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Michael Gordon’s Acquanetta: Backstage carnage amid on-screen horror
Mystery is the canny substitute for substance. The less that is known, the more implication can spin grandeur out of the mundane. And that explains Acquanetta, the single-named Hollywood star of 1940s B-movies like Captive Wild Woman … read more
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Watching (And Listening) To The Maria Callas Hologram Might Be A Bit Creepy
“It was amazing, yet also absurd; strangely captivating, yet also campy and ridiculous. And in a way, it made the most sense of any of the musical holograms produced so far. More than rock or hip-hop fans — and even more, you could say, than fans of instrumental classical music — opera lovers dwell in the past. We are known for our obsessive devotion to dead divas and old recordings; it can sometimes seem like an element of necrophilia, even, drives the most fanatical buffs.”
Brain Scientists Think They’re Figuring Out Creativity
“Not so long ago, it was commonly believed that the right hemisphere is the exclusive generator of creative thought. Later on, researchers’ focus shifted to connectivity between the two hemispheres. That model has been refined in recent years, as scientists have begun mapping not just regions of the brain, but the neural networks that spring into action as needed. Now, researchers have identified a brain network that is strongly associated with creativity.”
Soundtrack For “The Greatest Showman” Is #1 On Billboard Charts
The soundtrack “is No. 1 on the Billboard album chart for a second week, with the equivalent of 104,000 sales in the United States, according to Nielsen. The album, released by Atlantic, was helped by the Golden Globes on Jan. 7, where it won best original song for “This Is Me.” It’s the first time a soundtrack has been No. 1 for two weeks in a year and a half, since “Suicide Squad” reached the top in August 2016.
Here’s What A No-Deal Brexit Could Cost UK’s Culture Sector
The report predicts changes in employment and growth for key sectors of the economy across five scenarios, which model for whether the UK remains in the single market, in the customs union, secures a transition deal, or achieves a preferable trade agreement with the EU. “In total, creative industries across the country stand to lose up to £3.3bn and 27,000 jobs as a result of a no-deal hard Brexit,” a spokesperson for the Mayor said.