Canadian arts consultants are worried. “Especially in Ontario, where the largest of these organizations are located, the top job often goes to an international candidate. [British-born Julian] Cox was hired by AGO director Stephan Jost, a Swiss-American who joined the museum in 2016. Meanwhile, the Royal Ontario Museum, Luminato, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Shaw Festival have all hired British or American leaders in the past 2 1/2 years. It’s a pattern that has arts consultants worried.”
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The Unexpected Feminism Of The TV Show ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
Poet Margaret Rhee writes of how she came to love the show, in which every episode is a mini-musical: “Perhaps it’s more productive then to think about Rebecca’s craziness as a source of sanity in a crazy world in which women are routinely disregarded. She is smart, successful, and yes, crazy.”
French Court Takes Up Case Of Facebook Taking Down Account Over Courbet Nude
Facebook fought for five years to avoid being taken to court in France over the case. But lawyers for the Facebook account-holder say “the deactivation of the account two and half years after it was opened, and just after L’Origine du Monde was posted, cannot be a coincidence.”
Why You Should Still Collect DVDs
“I’m not against digital media, and I think it’s certainly a fine way to have access to your films without taking them with you. But when you become solely reliant on digital sources, you have fewer options than you think, and you’re certainly not getting the best version of the movie available. All of this is troubling because streaming is dominating the landscape.”
Female Recording Execs Demand Grammys Boss Step Down
The letter, signed by over a dozen female execs, calls Neil Portnow’s comments “spectacularly wrong” and says he is “oblivious to the vast body of work created by and with women.” The letter goes on to list statistics of gender discrepancy in the recording industry, as well as at the Grammys themselves.
How Do You Program Diversity When We Have Diverse Reactions?
Matthew van Besien: “When we step back and remember that one person’s provocation may be another person’s reality, we are also reminded that it behooves all of us to move out of the echo chamber and expose ourselves to environments where people may disagree with us.”
Today’s Bands Making It By Playing More, Smaller Markets
“If you’re only playing 10 or 12 or 15 markets, and touring is the income-generator, there’s a real temptation to play markets too often. It’s a real tough balancing act between playing often enough in the same market, or market area, and playing too much.”
A Rare John Coltrane Vinyl Recording Selling For $19,000?
A Love Supreme is widely lauded as a high water mark of the genre. The test pressing is in VG condition, exists in a generic sleeve, and has a Van Gelder Stamp on both sides of the vinyl.
How To Diversify Your Museum? Here’s What Works
Whose point of view are art museums in the business of representing? As one interviewee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) succinctly put it, if you have a diverse curatorial staff, you curate differently.
Ten Ways To Be The Most Obnoxious Possible Theatergoer
Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks offers a foolproof guide.