“It’s the preservationists’ version of American Idol. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have chosen New York City to receive $3 million in preservation grants, and New Yorkers and New York lovers will get to vote for some of the winners.”
Category: issues
Is “Occupy” Becoming An Art Movement?
“There has been so much art centred around the Occupy protests that it is beginning to feel like a new artistic movement. What defines it, and could it supplant the world of the galleries?”
What Really Happened At Guernica? Survivors, Forced To Be Silent For Decades, Remember
Survivors want people to remember more than Picasso’s painting. “Guernica was a dress rehearsal of sorts for the blitzkrieg and a new breed of warfare that held no regard for civilian populations. During the Franco dictatorship, which lasted from 1939 to 1975, it was forbidden to speak about the number of people who died in the Guernica attack, and the figure continues to be contested.”
The Job: Making Goodwill Cool (Time To Call In Some Architects)
“There’s a lot of talk right now about values-driven design and what it can do to make the world a better place. Most of those conversations center on the green building trend; architects are leading the eco-revolution, creating smart homes and advanced public spaces that are energy-efficient and Earth-friendly. But conscientious design doesn’t have to be high-tech like that. In fact, many of the most worthy projects are positively pre-tech, recycling old materials and ideas into something fresh. They can take us higher as well.”
Art (And The Rest Of Culture) In L.A. After The Riots
“The civil unrest that devastated Los Angeles in spring 1992 and lighted a fire under the city’s police department and political establishment also sounded an alarm to L.A.’s major cultural institutions: They needed to diversify their programming, expand their audiences, and step up their outreach efforts toward a population undergoing rapid demographic change.”
Cuban Actors Reappear To Ask For Asylum
Two young Cuban actors who star in an award-winning film about young Cubans defecting to Miami have now come out of hiding – in Miami – to say they’re defecting to the U.S.
What’s The Point Of A Newspaper, Really?
A recent suggestion that the The New York Times sell information before printing public stories has the media world in an uproar – but what’s the purpose of a newspaper in the 21st century, anyway?
UK Performers’ Union Starts Campaign Against Exploitation Of Performers
“Working for nothing is becoming too usual for newcomers to the profession, and not just newcomers. An Equity working party has been examining this whole matter. Underlying our whole approach is the belief that if anyone makes money out of a show, then the performer makes money.”
12,000 Events, 900 Venues, £52 Million: London 2012 Festival Launches
The £52m London 2012 Festival, which launched on Thursday, is the culmination of the cultural olympiad and is meant as a showstopper – a blinding array of arts events across the UK between 21 June and 9 September, staged in the spirit of “once in a lifetime”.
Can Sluts Across America Reclaim That Dirty Word?
“Enlightened men and ladies have spilled a lot of ink trying to kill off the derogatory epithet. But the newborn Sluts Across America project [www.slutsacrossamerica.org] is taking a different tack: Instead of fighting a term that shows few signs of going anywhere – and one that felicitously gives Rush Limbaugh and rap artists something in common – they’re reclaiming it.”