Sarah Kaufman: “The happiest ballet studio in the world may be the one just down the street from a Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery [in Charlotte], inside a bright purple building bearing the words ‘Patricia McBride/Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Center for Dance’.”
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Theatre Critics – Theatres Miss Them, Now That They’re Disappearing
Tim Walker: “‘Another day, yet another newspaper critic in @ThatTimWalker faces the axe,’ the Tricycle Theatre in north London tweeted recently, when it was announced the curtain was coming down on my run as the Sunday Telegraph‘s chief theatre critic. ‘What’s going on? Theatre will be the poorer without these voices.'” Many professionals, not least the director Michael Grandage, “retweeted this howl of despair – and one can well understand it.”
The Odd History Of The First Erotic Computer Game
“Released in 1981, Softporn was controversial, cheesy, and earnest to a fault. It also presaged today’s ongoing debates about who computers and games are for.”
Massachusetts Becomes First U.S. State To Fund El Sistema-Style Music Education
“The dozen or so organizations and schools receiving the first round of funding include the social service Kids 4 Harmony program in Pittsfield, Sistema Somerville and the Cape Conservatory in Hyannis.” (includes audio and video)
UK Pledges £141M To London “Olympicopolis” Arts Hub
“A new Sadler’s Wells dance theatre, a world-class V&A museum and exhibition space, and two university campuses that are dedicated to arts, design and engineering will rise on the site of the 2012 Games.”
Now Christie’s Is Losing Its Boss, Too
Less than two weeks after rival auction house Sotheby’s saw its CEO resign under pressure, Steven Murphy has stepped down from the helm of Christie’s after a four-year tenure – a decision Murphy describes as “mutual and amenable”.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.02.14
No Gehry Guggenheim: The Six Outliers Are Finalists for Helsinki Outpost
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2014-12-02
Spalding Takes On Art’s “Self-Congratulatory In-Group”
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-12-02
Smokin’ Ivan Vasiliev Manifests “The Flames of Paris”
AJBlog: Fresh Pencil Published 2014-12-02
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Finalists Chosen To Design New Helsinki Guggenheim
“The shortlisted entries — chosen by an 11-member jury from 1,715 anonymous submissions — come from emerging and established architectural practices located in a range of countries.”
Chinese Theatre Owner Wants To Own Major Hollywood Studio
“The potential acquisition would accomplish two things: provide a steady stream of popular movies for Chinese theaters, and make Wang’s Dalian Wanda Group a more powerful force in the global entertainment industry. Dalian Wanda also owns AMC Theatres, the No. 2 chain in the U.S.”
Why The UK’s Greatest Art Prize No Longer Matters
“The Turner Prize has been a victim of its own success. The things it was created to do have now been done. So what is to be done with this albatross of an institution?”