Penelope Curtis “has already done more to change Tate Britain for the better than any director since the great Sir Nicholas Serota himself.”
Tag: 04.28.14
Roles For Black Actors Have Increased On Broadway
The increase in black roles and shows that attract a black audience builds on recent successes, such as last year’s hits “Motown the Musical,” ”The Trip to Bountiful” and “Kinky Boots,” which boasts newly crowned Tony Award-winner Billy Porter.
Online Sales Of Art Surged In 2013
“The online art market accounted for an estimated $1.6bn of transactions in 2013 (up from $870m in 2012), and is forecast to grow to $3.8bn by 2018.”
Louvre Says It Will Fix Pyramid Entry Bottleneck
“Part of the Grande Louvre renovation project, the great glass pyramid was designed for a museum that attracted 4.5 million visitors a year. Its attendance has since doubled and the museum expects that figure will continue to rise.”
Colorado Symphony In Showdown With City Of Denver Over Concert Hall
“For certain, the Colorado Symphony Orchestra will have to temporarily vacate Boettcher Concert Hall in June 2015 to make way for a season-long, $17 million renovation. The question is: Will it return? Not unless it can get a better deal from its landlord of 36 years, orchestra officials insist.”
Arts Journalism Versus Content Marketing
“While blurring the line between journalism and marketing is an issue, I am personally more interested in whether or not ‘content marketing’ – defined as any “marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing content in order to acquire customers…” is a viable strategy for arts organizations.”
John Updike, Living His Entire Life As Literary Fodder
Louis Menand: “People who imagine Updike as serenely aloof from the world of his contemporaries, afloat in a bubble of New Yorker fame and public adulation, are missing the point of much of what he wrote. You might think that the Cheevers and the Pynchons had the better side of the argument about postwar American life, but you can do that only if you start by taking Updike seriously.”