“Ballet is easily the most photogenic of the sports. An art form that toes the line between performance and feats of athleticism, it’s filled with pirouettes and arabesques that when frozen in a frame appear like paintings or perfectly sculpted statues.”
Tag: 02.05.15
Can You Really Know An Author If You Don’t Follow Her Social Media?
“While some scholars may shun such developments, others are embracing them, leveraging analytical tools and techniques to account for a landscape of authorship and reading that is no longer confined to simple geometries and lines of influence, and no longer served by the established critical schools.”
Shocking: Here’s What The US Government Spends On The Arts Compared To Other Countries
“Federal funding to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), created by Congress to offer support and funding for art projects, remains static at $146.2 million a year, with a measly annual budget of $158 million. To put that into context, the government has disbursed over $245 billion bailing out banks and financial institutions.”
Just What Exactly Has The National Gallery in D.C. Taken From The Corcoran?
Philip Kennicott: “Ever since [the two institutions’ merger], the National Gallery has been on a Falstaffian mission, the art-world equivalent of a six-month hot-dog-eating contest. Curators throughout the museum describe an unprecedented process, sorting through, analyzing and making a first round of decisions about what to accession, and what to set aside for future consideration, including possible distribution to other museums around the District.”
Artists Are Fleeing The Far Too Expensive London, Says Playwright
Simon Stephens: “The amount of young directors, writers, actors I know who are moving to Cardiff, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Manchester … I think London could become like Manhattan: a very beautiful, empty place.”
Websites Are Doomed
“A bunch of publications will go out of business and a bunch of others will survive the transition and a few will become app content GIANTS with news teams filing to Facebook and their very own Vine stars and thriving Snapchat channels and a Viber bureau and embedded Yakkers and hundreds of people uploading videos in every direction and brands and brands and brands and brands and brands, the end.”
As Audience Participation In Live Theatre Ramps Up, Is The Trend Cool Or Terrifying?
“To those who see aggressive audience participation as the cutting edge, even the future, of theatre—who talk about its emergence from video gaming and the digital revolution, etc.—it might be instructive to point out that audience participation is as old as English Pantomime.”
Is It Really Lack Of Time That Keeps People From The Arts?
“Either we’re asking people to give up leisure time to attend arts or to designate some leisure time to the arts, depending on whether they see the arts as a leisure activity. Regardless, the onus is on us to communicate why it is worth that time.”
Hollywood Considers Reforming Its Lobbying Association (The MPAA)
“They might, for instance, open the association to new members and expand its interests to include television programs or digital content. They might also reduce the heavy annual contribution of more than $20 million that is required of each of the six member companies: Walt Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal and Sony.”
2014: Good Movies (But They Lost Their Nerve)
“This was the year cinema sparkled but failed to nurture. It had plenty to show but little to say. It chose to console rather than provoke. Yet we can’t just blame the industry for the blandness of its output.”