“Results suggest that being entertained is not necessarily a universal driver, with significant variances in responses. In the visual arts sector, for example, audiences cited intellectual stimulation (45%) and inspiration (44%) as important drivers for attendance. More than a third (37%) of these visitors also stated that they attend art galleries because the visual arts are an important part of who they are, highlighting their personal identification with the artform as a significant factor in their decision to attend (more than for all other artforms).”
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AP And Movietone Upload Massive Video Archive To YouTube
“In what is the largest upload of historical news content on the video-sharing platform to date, the Associated Press and British Movietone are to host a collection of 550,000 video stories on two YouTube channels. … [That’s] one million minutes of historical video dating back to 1895 – from footage of a hover scooter floating on a cushion of air to Mussolini calling for world peace.” (includes clips of Mandela, Marilyn, MLK, Mount Vesuvius, and man-versus-tank in Tienanmen)
The Truth: Most Performing Artists Will Have To Work For Little Or No Pay – Here’s How To Deal With That (By Anonymous)
“I’m writing this, somewhat shamefacedly, under a pseudonym, because I’ve seen many examples of the threatening emails and online trolling that would immediately target me … [and] I understand that anger … But artists will work for very low pay for as long as there are more people wanting to make art than there are audiences willing to pay them enough to live on. And we have to talk about it. So how do artists make a rational decision about whether to take on low-paid or unpaid work?”
Yes, The Hush-Hush Sale Of South Florida’s Classical Radio Stations Was Appalling. But What Now?
“Classical radio is a business like everything else, and the American Public Media Group has the right to sell a station to any entity they like and for any price they deem acceptable. But the manner in which the company went about doing so was wrong, unconscionable and, frankly, despicable. … But what are the prospects for a new classical station arising from the ashes of Classical South Florida? To be honest, not great.”
The Nine Types Of People You’ll Date: Simone de Beauvoir Solves Your Tinder Problems
“In part two of The Ethics of Ambiguity, Beauvoir details a series of common responses people have to the loss of childhood. … The truth is, most people you meet are struggling with that horrifying mix of freedom and lack of freedom that comes with adulthood. But they’re all grieving in different ways. Beauvoir is taking subtle shots at some of the greatest thinkers of the era – she’s no fan of Friedrich Nietzsche – and her categories are uncannily applicable to recent Tinder dates.”
Why Do So Many Pop Stars Make Jazz Albums?
So why do so many artists take this route? Well, it allows them to reassert their musical bona fides, and even when critics find said bona fides wanting, these efforts tend to net tremendous commercial success. These albums tend to fall into three basic categories: Legitimate, Enh … Passable, and — how to put it? — This is Not Your Best Work.
BBC Faces Its Toughest Political Fight Yet
“There are two fundamental grounds for this assault on the BBC. One is connected to neoliberal dogma. Right-wingers ask why a publicly funded body should be asked to produce mass entertainment, when the private sector is capable of carrying out the same function just as well if not better… The second argument is about political bias.”
Study: A Link Between The Kind Of Music You Like And The Way You Think?
Published in Plos One, their study found empathetic people preferred more mellow, low-energy music.
While those who were “systemisers” – people who seek to analyse patterns in the world – enjoyed punk, heavy metal and more complex music overall.
Monster Box Office: “Jurassic World” Becomes Third-Highest Grossing Movie Of All Time
The dinosaur reboot, which has taken $1.52 billion in ticket sales, now stands behind only Avatar and Titanic’s impressive box office haul.
Vera Stern, 88, Helped Save Carnegie Hall
“When Carnegie Hall was threatened with demolition, to make way for an office tower, Isaac Stern served as the public face of the campaign to save it, but his wife worked furiously behind the scenes, proselytizing and persuading. Eventually, the city agreed to buy the hall for $5 million and spend another $100,000 to improve it. In recognition of Mrs. Stern’s efforts, Box 44 was named for her.”