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Category: issues
What Happened To The $2 Million Marina Abramovic Raised For Her Institute?
The edgy artist, who became world famous for staring down people in her blockbuster 2010 MOMA show, The Artist is Present, touted her multi-million dollar Marina Abramovic Institute for the Preservation of Performance Art as a place for artists to conduct grand experiments. The Yugoslav-born Abramovic also said it would “change the local economy” in Hudson, NY, in much the same way the Sundance Film Festival transformed Park City, Utah, and the Guggenheim Museum changed the Spanish city of Bilbao.
Art As Engagement Or Communicator Of Something More?
“There is an interesting link to be made between art and populism. Populism is not only something that embeds itself into actual politics; it is also a disease affecting the art world. In many institutions the focus on popularizing the programs is so big that one wonders whether the emphasis is still on the art that is being shown, or on the mediation between the art and the audience. There has been a shift from what is being shown to how something is being communicated. Yet this communication is often bypassing or reducing what the artistic work is about and the potential experience the work of art can create.”
The Midwest As Cultural Anyplace (Comforting But Problematic)
“If the Midwest is a particular place that instead thinks of itself as an anyplace or no-place, it is likewise both present and not present in the national conversation. The Midwest is, in fact, fairly frequently written about, but almost always in a way that weirdly disclaims the possibility that it has ever been written or thought about before. The trope of featurelessness is matched by a trope of neglect (for what can one do with what is featureless but neglect it?).”
Study: Art In The Workplace Inspires Creativity
“Appreciating art induces inspiration, which in turn facilitates performance on creative tasks. Our results show that simply displaying art in the work environment could enhance employees’ creative capabilities, thereby driving innovation.”
Looking Back At The ‘Gay Girl In Damascus’ Hoax And The Middle-Aged Married White Guy Who Pulled It
Tom MacMaster did some real damage with the blog where he pretended to be Amina Arraf, a young Syrian-American lesbian caught in Damascus when the Arab Spring arrived – especially when, about to be exposed, MacMaster posted that “Arraf” had been kidnapped. Kevin Young considers the hurt that the hoax caused to MacMaster himself, other individuals, and even the early rebellion against Bashar al-Assad.
The New Museum Of The Bible Does Its Job Very, Very Well – And Yet …
Philip Kennicott: “What it does well, it does as well or better than any museum in the country … bearing with it something that most historians and museum professionals may have thought was long discredited: the ‘master narrative’ idea of history, that there is one sweeping human story that needs to be told, a story that is still unfolding and carrying us along with it.”
Tourists Complain Of Price-Gouging In Venice; Venice Mayor Says Shut Up And Pay Up
“Over the past few weeks, news of scams against visitors to the city have been ricocheting around the European press, with complaints that tourists’ naïveté and limited language skills have led to them being parted from their money in dishonest if not openly illegal ways.” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro is publicly siding with the overchargers – and even mocking the complaints on social media.
Lincoln Center Festival To Shut Down; Mostly Mozart, Now Revitalized, To Expand
“When Jane Moss arrived at Lincoln Center 25 years ago to shake up its programming, many people thought that the days of its well-loved but staid Mostly Mozart festival were numbered. The creation of a rival summer festival – the multidisciplinary Lincoln Center Festival, which was run by others – in 1996 only added to the rumors of its pending demise. But in the end Ms. Moss, and Mozart, are the survivors.”
Why Do We Know So Little About Arts Funding Ecosystems?
“Do major capital campaigns have any effect on fundraising for either their peer groups, or the local field as a whole? Does the existence of an arguably overcrowded field in a particular discipline, affect the fundraising of all the members of that single class? What are the variables in a local funding ecosystem that play a role in the success or failure of the fundraising efforts of all those in the area, and in particular, the efforts of each? Do some efforts result in a cannibalization of scare opportunities, or is the success of anyone a boon to the efforts of all? Does the power inequity work to the disadvantage of some, or is it irrelevant.”