It may not be a new development at this point, but it remains true. “No matter where they are from originally, they like to live and work in the German capital, producing art even if they don’t show it there. Having solid galleries and museums certainly helps, but it may be more a function of cheap space, the city’s embrace of offbeat behavior and a hard-to-quantify ability to channel the creative spirit.”
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The ‘Monkey Selfie’ Case Is Really, Truly Over This Time (And The Court Slammed PETA Hard)
“The answer, just to relieve any suspense, was no, monkeys can’t own copyrights or bring copyright infringement suits, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled Monday, upholding a lower court. That outcome was no surprise. What was unusual was that the appeals court chose to rule on the case at all and the criticism it leveled at PETA in the course of doing so.”
Two Seconds That Explain George Balanchine (Brought To You By Alastair Macaulay)
“In George Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, nobody dies, nobody falls to the ground, nobody falls in love. The only set is the sky-blue backdrop. The women’s costumes, minimal, are white tunics. Yet much does happen. A group of women becomes a vision of pulsating classicism and of gleaming American energy.”
A New York City Ballet Dancer’s Hopes For The Company Post-Peter Martins
Abi Stafford: “A new director might also spread out roles more evenly. In addition to having happier dancers, I think this would help everyone would perform better. Those who previously carried heavy workloads wouldn’t be dancing injured and exhausted. Dancers who were underutilized would feel more confident and in shape. I’d love to see casting against type, too. Give us a chance. We may surprise you!”
Arkansas’s Largest Theater Cancels Rest Of Season And Suspends Operations
“In a news release, the [Little Rock] nonprofit cited ‘inability to reach its projected goals for charitable giving and ticket sales.’ … The Rep described its future as ‘under evaluation.'”
Bob Dorough, Father Of ‘Schoolhouse Rock’, Dead At 94
He began his career as a singer/composer/arranger in the 1950s and ’60s, working with (among others) Miles Davis and Charlie Parker. “Then, in 1971, with the jazz money running thin, Dorough was asked by his boss at the advertising company where he had a day job to set the multiplication tables to music; his boss cited his children’s ability to remember Hendrix and Rolling Stones lyrics, but not their school lessons.” And so it began …
Philly’s Atwater Kent Museum In Talks To Merge With Temple University
“The Philadelphia History Museum, the city’s institutional attic of art and artifacts previously known as the Atwater Kent museum, has entered into talks with Temple University about a possible merger or partnership, according to city and museum officials.”
Keeping Chinese Opera Alive In Bangkok
The Sai Yong Hong Chinese Opera troupe and its fans “are preserving a cornerstone of culture and heritage dating to the seventh-century Tang Dynasty (618 to 907), making it one of the oldest dramatic art forms in the world. Like so much of Chinese opera throughout the world, the performances are a product of a large Chinese diaspora.”
‘S-Town’, ’60 Minutes’, Al Jazeera Win Peabody Awards
“Six news awards were bestowed, with BBC News winning for its reporting on Rohingya refugees in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Among the winners was a Vice News episode on HBO, ‘Charlottesville: Race and Terror.’ Al Jazeera won the sole public service award, for a documentary by Fatma Naib about female genital mutilation in Africa. S-Town, created by the makers of Serial and This American Life, was one of five radio or podcast winners.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.24.18
Communities of Necessity
As part of the community engagement planning process virtually every arts organization has to make choices about which communities they want to seek out as partners. (We are talking here about new communities. Current stakeholders … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2018-04-24
Duke Ellington, 1899-1974
Forty-nine years ago this evening at the White House in Washington, DC, the president of the United States hosted a party honoring Duke Ellington on his 70th birthday and presenting him with … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2018-04-24
Coming to grips
One objection to Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize went like this (from Twitter) … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2018-04-24
The Shock of the Not Quite New: La Pittura dopo il Postmodernismo alla Reggia Caserta
I’ve just come back from Naples, following a few days at Caserta, to see a variant of an exhibition we saw in Brussels in September, 2016, under the title “Painting After Post-Modernism” … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2018-04-24