“The musicians, who have been on strike since Sept. 30, argue that management’s last proposal would do irreversible damage to the quality of the 120-year-old ensemble.”
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The Not-So-Slavish Devotion Of A Pupil To His Greatest Dance Master
“As precise as Kawaguchi is at duplicating Ohno’s twisted body moves and ascetic style, his primary purpose is something other than the creation of an exact copy — because he knows that’s impossible.”
Everyone Is Angry About The Unmasking Of Elena Ferrante, But For Wildly Different Reasons
“In the United States and Britain, the investigation into Ms. Ferrante’s true identity has been viewed by a vocal contingent through the lens of gender. Critics have accused the journalist who conducted it and the publications where his findings appeared of sexism. But in continental Europe, the criticisms have focused on invasion of privacy issues.”
Top AJBlogs From The Weekend 10.09.16
This Week In Understanding Audience: What Does The Audience “Own”? and Do We Tell Audiences Too Much?
This Week: Do you own the culture you just bought?… How did TV become the medium for complexity?… Should we keep audiences in the dark about what they’ll see?… Measuring the effectiveness of arts policy … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts AudiencePublished 2016-10-09
On diversifying audiences
This week The New Yorker had some shocking news: Andy Borowitz is only their second least funny humorist. In his “Shouts and Murmurs” piece “The Pences Visit Manhattan“, Douglas McGrath takes the blue ribbon. He …read more
AJBlog: For What it’s WorthPublished 2016-10-09
Recent Listening: Izabella Effenberg
Izabella Effenberg, Cuèntame (Unit Records) This is the debut album of the Polish vibraphonist and composer Izabella Effenberg, who lives in Germany. The CD brings together an imposing septet of European musicians in a chamber … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-10-08
Too late, too late!
“The gentlemanliness of our statesmen is no secondary excellence. It was said by Burke of a great nobleman of the last century that ‘His virtues were his means’; that he accomplished by a gentle and …read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2016-10-07
Ethereal & Other-Worldly: Transported by Agnes Martin at the Guggenheim
The mesmerizing Agnes Martin survey, organized by the Tate Modern and now gracing the Guggenheim Museum’s rotunda (to Jan. 11), enraptured me from the start: In the pocket gallery just off the first ramp is … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2016-10-07
This Weekend’s AJBlogs Highlights 10.09.16
This Week In Understanding Audience: What Does The Audience “Own”? and Do We Tell Audiences Too Much?This Week: Do you own the culture you just bought?… How did TV become the medium for complexity?… Should we keep audiences in the dark about what they’ll see?… Measuring the effectiveness of arts policy … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-10-09
On diversifying audiences This week The New Yorker had some shocking news: Andy Borowitz is only their second least funny humorist. In his “Shouts and Murmurs” piece “The Pences Visit Manhattan“, Douglas McGrath takes the blue ribbon. He …read more
AJBlog: For What it’s Worth Published 2016-10-09
Recent Listening: Izabella Effenberg Izabella Effenberg, Cuèntame (Unit Records) This is the debut album of the Polish vibraphonist and composer Izabella Effenberg, who lives in Germany. The CD brings together an imposing septet of European musicians in a chamber … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-10-08
Too late, too late! “The gentlemanliness of our statesmen is no secondary excellence. It was said by Burke of a great nobleman of the last century that ‘His virtues were his means’; that he accomplished by a gentle and … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-10-07
Ethereal & Other-Worldly: Transported by Agnes Martin at the Guggenheim The mesmerizing Agnes Martin survey, organized by the Tate Modern and now gracing the Guggenheim Museum’s rotunda (to Jan. 11), enraptured me from the start: In the pocket gallery just off the first ramp is …read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-10-07
This Week In Understanding Audience: What Does The Audience “Own”? and Do We Tell Audiences Too Much?
This Week: Do you own the culture you just bought?… How did TV become the medium for complexity?… Should we keep audiences in the dark about what they’ll see?… Measuring the effectiveness of arts policy is really hard… Technology is changing the ways we experience the world.
Five AJ Highlights From This Week: A Golden Age For Music? An Arts Olympics?
This Week: The movie industry is undergoing a top-to-bottom revolution… Claim: teaching humanities fights racism… Outing the identity of Elena Ferrante sparks debate on privacy… Now be the best-ever time for music… Do we really need an Olympics for the arts?
Inside An Author’s Brain
“Why am I so distracted? Why do I always want to be alone and write? Why, when my daughter says ‘Will you play a game with me?’ and I say ‘Yes, later,’ do I never play a game with her? Why aren’t I a better version of myself?”
Escaping Northern Ireland’s ‘Troubles’ Through Opera
Annilese Miskimmon: “Opera and theatre were, and still are, a safe place for open-minded, creative people from both communities, a defence against all the sectarian problems. Art united while religion and politics divided.”
How The Frieze Art Fair Ate London
“The sprawling scale of the event, centered on a five-day fair here, in Regent’s Park, that opens to the public Wednesday, reflects how dramatically London, and its commercial relationship with art, has changed.”