“Hoping to remedy pervasive and often crippling uncertainty among artists and art professionals over how and when to invoke fair use when dealing with copyrighted materials, the College Art Association (CAA) has released a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use … [which] offers very clear and concise guidelines for artists, scholars, instructors, curators, and editors whose work may involve using others’ artworks.”
Tag: 02.09.15
One Of Britain’s Most Admired Actors Is Giving Up The Stage Because He Can No Longer Remember His Lines
Michael Gambon: “This can’t work. You can’t be in theatre, free on the stage, shouting and screaming and running around, with someone reading you your lines.”
What Makes An Artist “Subversive” In 2015?
Scott Timberg: “At a time when the term is applied to corporate pop stars like Lady Gaga and smug-plutocrat artists like Jeff Koons, subversive has come to mean close to nothing. It’s become the Marilyn Manson of critical terminology – somewhere between shock and yawn. How did we get here? … But the fact is, there are actually some people today who are genuinely subversive, and … have paid in very serious ways for their, um, subversive activities.”
Study: Yes, A Live Audience Makes An Artist Better
“One theory as to why live performances are preferred over studio recordings relates to a phenomenon called social facilitation, whereby skilled performers carrying out simple or familiar tasks tend to perform better in the presence of others.”
Samsung Warns: Careful What You Say. Your TV Is Listening To You
When the feature is active, such TV sets “listen” to what is said and may share what they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said.
Picasso’s Former Electrician On Trial For Stealing 271 Works Of Art
“Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec say they were given the art, worth 80m euro (£50m) by Picasso’s second wife. The Picasso estate says their account is “ridiculous” and is suing them for illegal possession of the works.”
Grammy Viewership Plunges
“The roughly three-and-a-half hour show, broadcast on CBS, averaged 25.3 million viewers, according to Nielsen ratings. It was the show’s lowest turnout since the 2009 telecast, which drew just 19 million viewers. Viewership was down about 11% from the 28.5 million people who tuned in to last year’s show. In the key 18-to-49-year-old demographic, this year’s show dropped about 14% from last year to a rating of 8.5.”
How To Advocate For Your Art Form? (It’s Not Sexy, But It Works)
“As with any political issue, your inner Che Guevara might be telling you to organize a protest or to occupy a square on your campus. While that could be a good way to draw attention to an issue, it’s clearly not the best way to get lasting results.”
What Alan Gilbert Has (And Hasn’t) Achieved At The New York Philharmonic
“Make no mistake: Gilbert is a first-rate musician – you don’t get re-engaged by the Metropolitan Opera for nothing – and has a bright future ahead of him, part of which might well be in New York, owing to his presence on the faculty of Juilliard. But the musical bond between him and the players has been of a unique inconsistency.”
Composer Marvin David Levy Dead At 82
“[Levy] shot to fame at age 35 when his opera, Mourning Becomes Electra, premiered at the Metropolitan Opera in its inaugural season at Lincoln Center in 1967.”