02.16.16 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Top Posts From AJBlogs 02.16.17

Finally, A Botticelli Exhibition in the U.S.
The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Va., has pulled off another noteworthy show, again eliciting important loans from Italy that other, larger museums would covet. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-02-16

Propwatch: the dummy in The Pitchfork Disney
Philip Ridley is that rare writer whose work alternately snares decadent adult and innocent child. PG to certificate 18 with nothing in between. … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2017-02-16

What Will Have Happened in the Woods?
Vim Vigor Dance Company presents the New York premiere of Shannon Gillen’s FUTURE PERFECT. … read more
AJBlog: Dancebeat Published 2017-02-16

Salves for Trump Bumps: Getty’s Direct Salvo vs. MoMA’s Discreet Indirection
One of the two major museum stories that broke while I was [away] involved the Museum of Modern Art’s decision to respond to the Trump travel ban … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-02-16

Some Of Our Classics Are Racist. How Do We Deal With It?

“Like many composers, I owe Richard Rodgers a lot. Pedestals do exist for a reason. But pedestals don’t excuse politics that can be said to be backwards, even by the measure of their own times.”

The Leading Black Filmmaker Of The Silent Era (Yes, There Was One)

“While Hollywood was the biggest player, there were independent film companies throughout the country. Chicago was the Hollywood of ‘race films’ – movies produced for an all-black audience – and black filmmakers owned production companies throughout the city.” The most prolific of them all was one Oscar Micheaux.

When You Want ‘Diversity’ But Exclude People With Disabilities, You’re The Problem

“There is a generation of disabled artists who have been in the forefront of arts activism who feel that time is running out for them. Real change comes when there is a critical mass of diverse work, not just individual projects, and when arts organisations all across the country understand the benefits for everybody, themselves included.”

Strategy: Storied Publisher’s Success In Staying Small

New Directions evolved as it did because its founder was as far-seeing in business as he was in matters of taste.

This Guy Is Trying To Review The World’s Literature. All Of It.

“As of last Friday, according to an analog counter on the site’s decidedly unglamorous homepage, it had reviewed three thousand six hundred and eighty-seven books, from a hundred different countries, originally published in sixty-eight different languages—an average of two hundred and thirty books a year.”

Turkey’s Answer To Burning Man

The festival, called Cappadox, now in its second year, has an even better setting than the Black Rock Desert, amid what may be Earth’s most psychedelic landscape.

UNESCO And Italy Establish Task Force To Protect Art And Artifacts Threatened By Civil Wars

“Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova signed an accord in Rome Tuesday creating an Italian task force dubbed the Peacekeepers of Culture, as well as establishing a center in Turin, northern Italy, to train cultural-heritage-protection experts. Officials say no country has been chosen yet for the first mission.”

How Your Online Avatar Influences Your Offline Behavior

“You know your thoughts and feelings affect your body language – but this works the other way around, too. Happiness causes us to smile, of course, but smiling also causes us to feel happy. Experimental research suggests that this concept also applies to the virtual space, and that the physical traits of your avatar can change the way you behave in real life.”

Here’s Why The Axe Is Over English National Opera, Explains England’s Arts Funding Chief

“Those who know me understand that I have a personal commitment to classical music of all types, but they also know I will squeeze every ounce of value out of taxpayers’ cash. … [ENO] has been bailed out over the years by the Arts Council to the tune of millions of pounds. … Although we are seeing clear signs of improvement, as stewards of public money we cannot ignore its track record.”