“[His] art documented the 1955 Mississippi trial of the men accused of lynching Chicago teenager Emmett Till; the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church; and political campaigns from Dwight Eisenhower’s run for president through the debates between Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton.”
Tag: 03.06.12
Gary Vikan To Leave Walters Gallery Top Job
“Vikan joined the Walters in 1985 as the assistant director for curatorial affairs and curator of medieval art, and served as director since 1994. Before that, Vikan worked at Dumbarton Oaks. His resignation is effective June 2013.”
The Problem With Snark In Dance Criticism
Wendy Perron: “I have no problem with a critic getting sarcastic once in a while. … What I object to is excessive snark, either in frequency or intensity. … I do think that the snark habit is destructive – not only to dancers’ psyches but also to ticket sales, bookings, and reputations.”
Do Authors Need To Give Up On The Idea Of Making Money From Their Writing?
“This explosion of amateur authors and publishers also means a lot more competition for an audience. So how do writers make money? First of all, according to author and marketer Seth Godin, they have to give up the idea that they somehow deserve to be paid for their writing.”
Sergei Polunin Says He’ll Give Up Ballet By Age 26
“[Rehearsal is] very hard physical work and it can sometimes be very boring as well, learning stuff. … I would not mind just waking up, knowing I have seven hours before a show, doing [a dance] I already know, and then doing my own thing.”
Big Changes At The Top At Canada’s National Arts Centre
“In the next 3 years, the National Arts Centre will lose its heads of English and French theatre and its music director, maybe even its CEO. How will it weather the change?”
Two Philadelphia Contemporary Dance Companies Merge
“[D]ancer-choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace and choreographer-poet-impresario Jaamil Kosoko [have] rechristened anonymous bodies, Watson-Wallace’s company, as a joint collaborative for the pair’s work.”
To Commemorate Fukushima Disaster, Radioactive Chandeliers
“A set of glowing green chandeliers made from uranium is being installed at Nassauischer Kunstverein (NKV) in Wiesbaden, Germany. … [The] work is timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary on 11 March of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster in Japan.”
Next Season’s Spamalot – Animal House, The Musical
“National Lampoon’s Animal House, the 1978 comedy that put toga parties in the mainstream, is coming to Broadway in a new musical stage version, with a score by the band the Barenaked Ladies.”
Curtain Calls Just Ain’t What They Used To Be
Bob Mondello: “[For] the longest time I expected something special from curtain calls. I don’t any more. They’re just bows now, rarely as much fun as I remember them being in my youth, possibly because back then standing ovations were not routine, so directors and stars had to work for them.”