In board games, anyway. That’s right: Board games are back, baby, especially Eurogames. “Most Eurogames are designed such that scoring comes at the end of the game, after some defined milestone or turn limit, so that every player can enjoy the experience of being a contender until the final moments. If this sounds somewhat Euro-socialistic, that’s because it is.”
Tag: 01.21.18
Some New Zealanders Can’t Deal With Shakespeare In Maori Language
The fairies in the latest production of Midsummer Night’s Dream speak Te Reo, one of New Zealand’s official languages, for about 20 percent of the production. “Online reviews left about the Pop-up Globe performance said the move was ‘disrespectful’ and ‘bastardising’ Shakespeare and confusing for audiences. Other theatre goers have made their equally damning views direct to the venue’s management.”
The Power – And Importance – Of Fragonard And His Merry Band
Were his “fantasy portraits” actually a group of random people that he dressed in theatrical costumes? Are the dynamic canvases painted from memory instead of from life? “Fragonard’s drawing is a Rosetta stone whose implications are still to be fully interpreted and absorbed, despite the pioneering scholarship of several of the authors who have previously published on the series.”
A Tacoma Artist Gets Love From The Art Establishment, But Loving It Back Isn’t His Goal
Christopher Jordan says, “The whole idea is using public art and social media to connect the black diaspora. … I see my work as supporting communities of color that have been disconnected — to have opportunities to engage, collaborate and share.”
Top AJBlogs Posts From The Weekend Of 01.21.18
Exalting Bruckner at Carnegie Hall
Bruckner’s symphonies are communal rites of spiritual passage. For maximum impact, they require a proper hall and appropriate congregants. In New York City, Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall – formerly Fisher Hall, and Philharmonic Hall before … read more
AJBlog: Unanswered QuestionPublished 2018-01-19
What Makes a Body Seem New?
The Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series presents two works by Jodi Melnick on January 14th and 15th. Jodi Melnick in One of Sixty-Five Thousand Gestures, choreographed by Trisha Brown and Melnick. Photo: Robert Altman … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2018-01-19
Judaica as “Curiosities”: Are Jewish Museum’s Reinstalled Collection Galleries Good for the Jews?
I had misgivings from the start about Claudia Gould‘s appointment to the directorship of the Jewish Museum, New York. Her personal and professional backgrounds seemed more suited to directing a contemporary art museum than an … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2018-01-19
Luciana Jury at WOMEX—Now THAT’s interpretation!
Luciana Jury was one of the day case acts at WOMEX 2017, and she started her solo show off-mic, entering from the audience area and walking and singing to the stage. This was the … read more
AJBlog: OtherWorldlyPublished 2018-01-19
Ken Burns, Collector, Gets An Exhibition
There’s nothing like a celebrity, even a person behind the camera instead of in front of it, to attract attention–sometimes even deservedly so. I think that is the case for an exhibition opening Friday, Jan. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2018-01-18
Women in jazz journalism on gender issues, in NYC MLK weekend
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weekend ’18 was a big one for jazz in NYC with the first Jazz Congress at Jazz at Lincoln Center, a glorious Winter Jazz Fest, artists showcases at the conference … read more
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond JazzPublished 2018-01-18
Surely The Academy Will Finally Give Netflix Some Oscars Love
It’s really time, with Dee Rees’ Mudbound and a string of longlisted Oscar documentaries. “Netflix’s rival Amazon has previously cracked the Oscar race by playing nice with an old-fashioned cinema-first release for prestige hopefuls such as Manchester by the Sea. How Mudbound performs this week may tell us just how swiftly the goldrush game is about to change.”
In Children’s Books, It’s Not Only The Heroes Who Are Mostly Male
In the top 100 children’s books in the UK in 2017, “the lead characters were 50% more likely to be male than female, and male villains were eight times more likely to appear compared to female villains.”