Design Credit: Mimi McNamara “It is difficult to detect any significant difference between one piece and another. Nor is there any relief from the dominant tone of ‘uplift.’ The musical products of different parts of … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2018-06-01
The Bookers: Performing Arts in Los Angeles
It was on returning back to town in 2016, after a year away, that I was startled to see how much the performing art scene had changed since I originally landed here in the … read more
AJBlog: CultureCrashPublished 2018-06-01
Deaccession Deception: Baltimore Museum’s Castoffs Leave Holes in Its Collection
Christopher Bedford, director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, said all the right things in explaining his decision to deaccession seven of the museum’s works in order to purchase works “created from 1943 or later, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-06-01
Replay: Nat King Cole appears on Person to Person
Edward R. Murrow interviews and visits the home of Nat King Cole and his wife Maria on Person to Person. This segment was originally telecast by CBS on November 1, 1957: (This is the … read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2018-06-01
Berkshire Museum’s Murky “Transparency”: Parsing the Half-Truths in Its “Open Letter”
If this is transparency, we can only wonder what opacity looks like. The Berkshire Museum today posted an open letter to its community that is intended to show its “commitment to transparency, cooperation, outreach,” according … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-05-31
Quantum Wordsfor Bill OsborneUntitled drawing © by Gerard Bellaart. Click to enlarge.Stealthy quantum words phantoms of expectation and suicides of time riddle us with springs and traps. Self-delusion streaming what we breathe we … read more
