“Are race, poverty, and Asian-Americanhood equally diverse? What about language spoken, religion, age, sexual orientation, income, and appearance? A danger exists that diversity loses all meaning as it balloons; the term becomes so lax that everything and anything signifies diversity.”
Tag: 04.01.16
Are Museum Expansion Projects Worth It?
Depends, of course. Changing tastes demand different ways of serving audiences. Yet expansion-as-vanity-project is highly alluring. Adrian Ellis suggests what’s really at stake in these projects.
Ben Cameron: The Business Of The Arts Is Radically Changing
“The 501(c)(3) model is increasingly challenged and is increasingly limited. Frankly a lot of the most exciting work now—especially among young artists—is not happening in a nonprofit context. We prided ourselves on our “sector purity” when I was growing up, that we were “nonprofit artists.” Young artists want to get the work done, whether it is commercial or nonprofit.”
Why Latvia (Yes, Latvia) Is A Global Choral Superpower
Latvia, with a population of 2m, has some ten youth choirs of international prizewinning calibre. In the 2014 World Choir Games in Riga (awarded to the city after another Latvian youth choir, Kamer, won the top prize in three categories), the host nation won more medals than any other country, followed by China, Russia, the United States and Indonesia.
Why ‘[Weird Pause]’ Is The Most Common Stage Direction In Annie Baker’s Plays
“I guess my experience of the real world is that there are a lot of strange moments in which people don’t know what to say. So that ends up in my plays. But it’s weird, I still find it confusing that I’m known for my pauses.”
Over 40 Years, Apple Has Changed Our Entire Culture
“Although the story of Apple’s design success is often presented in purely aesthetic or technological terms, the company’s innovations in that area had political and cultural dimensions, too: they were, among other things, an attempt to pry computer technology out of the hands of a particular group of men.”
Terry Gilliam Gets One More Try At Seemingly Cursed ‘Don Quixote’ Film
“The Man Who Killed Don Quixote will begin filming in September … The budget has been set at €16m (£12.8m), and the film will feature John Hurt and Unbroken‘s Jack O’Connell in roles originally occupied by Jean Rochefort and Johnny Depp.”
Julio Bocca Steps Down Temporarily From Helm Of National Ballet Of Uruguay
The former ABT star “has announced his decision to take ‘a temporary break as artistic director’ of the National Ballet of Uruguay, a post he has held since 2010.”
St. Petersburg Arts Journalist Found Murdered In Apartment
“[Dmitri] Tsilikin was a well-known culture and arts critic, working on TV and radio as well as for print media such as Kommersant, Vogue and Elle. … [He] was found with multiple knife wounds and it is believed he may have been dead for at least two days.”
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s French HQ: Monstrosity Or Building That Deserves Protection?
“‘It was a failed project from the beginning,’ Lambert said. ‘I just can’t believe some people are trying to protect this tower,’ which the CBC would like to sell or see redeveloped.”