Indhu Rubasingham (who’s spent this year dealing with people campaigning the change of her theatre’s name from Tricycle to Kiln), Vicky Featherstone (Royal Court Theatre), Richard Eyre (he succeeded Peter Hall at the National Theatre), and Charles Saumarez Smith (ex-director of Royal Academy, national gallery, and National Portrait Gallery) discuss handling changes in direction and the challenges of succeeding a popular leader. — The Guardian
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Easter Island’s Mayor Says That Giant Statue Might Really Be Better Off In British Museum
“Pedro Edmunds Paoa said Easter Island had a ‘thousand’ of its iconic statues, known as the Moai, ‘both buried, ignored and discarded’, and lacked the means to maintain them. “Those thousand are falling apart because they are made of a volcanic stone, because of the wind and the rain are. We need global technology for their conservation.” — Reuters
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Report: Research Tends To Undervalue Social Impact Of The Arts
Broadening the focus to include more qualitative and mixed method techniques could make it easier to improve practice and integrate arts interventions more deeply into the healthcare and justice systems, it suggests. “The outcome that’s the easiest to measure is not necessarily the best thing to measure,” the report notes. “Is a different type of ‘gold standard’ possible?” — Arts Professional
How True Is That College Application?
As college admissions become ever more competitive, with the most elite schools admitting only 4 percent or 5 percent of applicants, the pressure to exaggerate, embellish, lie and cheat on college applications has intensified, admissions officials say. The high-stakes process remains largely based on trust: Very little is done in the way of fact-checking, and on the few occasions officials do catch outright lies, they often do so by chance. – The New York Times
An Artistic Approach To Helping People Understand Dire Issues
“When I asked Olafur Eliasson about the impact of the work, he said he thinks that fear-based narratives tend to be unpersuasive, and he prefers to create a meaningful encounter with the environment to encourage change. London’s deputy mayor for culture, Justine Simons, expressed confidence that the work will change attitudes, saying at the launch that Ice Watch ‘will bring the stark reality of climate change to thousands of people in a very direct and very intimate way. It will undoubtedly inspire action’.” – Arts Professional
The U.S. President Thinks News And Satire ‘Should Be Tested In The Courts’
After a Saturday Night Live cold open recreated It’s a Wonderful Life without Donald Trump as president, the man who should most clearly understand the First Amendment tweeted, “It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?” – Variety
Putin Says Russia Should ‘Take Charge Of’ Youth Culture And Rap Music
That’s not ominous or dictator-like at all. And of course, as the article says, “The Russian government has long had a complicated relationship with music.” – BBC
Spain’s Lost Decade Of The Arts
Since the economic crash, the arts in Spain have suffered massive hits – and then there’s the internet. “Between 2007 and 2017, one out of every three musical performances and a quarter of the film showings have disappeared, according to the SGAE 2018 report. There is no cultural activity that does not register a decrease in performances (from 17% of classical music to 57% of the dance) and tickets sold (between 7% and 47%).” – El País (Spain)
Another Actress Sues Harvey Weinstein For Repeated Harassment And Assault
The allegations cover three years and a lot of familiar territory for the producer, who has been accused by many women of both harassment and assault. – Los Angeles Times