“As of 2012, 57 percent of museum directors in the United States are women, according to the American Alliance of Museums. In Washington, about 50 percent of museums and historical sites are now led by women.”
Tag: 02.28.14
Evidence-Based Philanthropy? I Have A Problem With That
“It’s time to rethink that pesky E word: evidence. Evidence = Observations. The problem is that “evidence” means different things to different people.”
Why Coverage Of That Smashed Ai Wei Wei Vase In Florida Was So Bad
“Stories of vandalism, destruction, forgery, and theft fascinate us because they are such tidy allegories of our relationship to art, a relationship that, at least since the time of the Armory Show, has consisted of a bizarre admixture of suspicion, discomfort, and occult reverence. Today, these attitudes are neatly characterized by the large fortunes that art sometimes commands.”
Metropolitan Opera To Ask Unions To Take Pay Cuts (First Time In 134 Years)
“The cost-cutting move comes after the board of the opera company, with ticket sales faltering, decided that it had reached the limit of its donors’ willingness to cover, year after year, the company’s growing expenses, according to a person familiar with the matter.”
Liverpool’s Famous Everyman Theatre Reopens After £27 Million Makeover (And The City Chops Arts Budget In Half)
“Its rebirth comes as Liverpool City Council plans to cut its culture budget by 50% by 2017, although the council said the Everyman would be protected.”
The Wellesley Sleepwalker After The Viral Controversy Dies Down
“The sleepwalker, now knee-deep in snow, has turned into an attraction akin to a meteorite that lands in a farmer’s field. People are coming from all over to see it. It has been clothed, posed with, and photographed almost constantly. Oddly, given the reaction of some at Wellesley, the general feeling generated by the work (at least while I was present) seems to be one of bemused endearment rather than trepidation.”
It’s Decision Day for Minnesota Orchestra Board
“The Minnesota Orchestra board meets Friday to consider the fates of former Music Director Osmo Vänskä and President and CEO Michael Henson. Hanging in the balance is the return of Vänskä, who resigned in October during the historic, 16-month labor lockout, as well as the question of the board’s confidence in Henson.”