“‘I’m trying to capture these kids at their most authentic time,’ she said. ‘They’re not being watched by their teachers and parents.’ She photographed them playing sports, or just hanging out.”
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What Happens To An Artist When He Meets His Goals?
“The way I see it, you have two choices: one is that you can feel like you’re driving your position, or you accept that somebody else is driving and you’re simply waiting around for somebody to pick you up. You can’t afford to do that.”
Streaming Is Going To Kill The Cinema, For Real
“What makes movies a mass art is that they are made on a mass scale for a mass audience, which is true even for work that’s largely exhibited on the festival and art-cinema circuit. What happens to that art when we begin to remove, well, people from part of the equation? What happens to its democratic promise, which may be a fantasy at best, a lie at worst, but remains nonetheless?”
The Nearly 90-Year-Old Artist Finally Getting (Some Of) Her Due
“Over her career, [Betye] Saar has quietly and firmly built a body of work that touches on the magical, the personal and the political — something she continues to do to this day. In fact, just three months shy of her 90th birthday, Saar is busy.”
MoMA Offering Surprise Voluntary Buyouts For Staff Near Retirement
“This is the second New York museum to announce changes to staff in the face of an expensive expansion.”
The New SFMoMA: A Giant Meringue?
Fog isn’t the first thing that springs to mind when you encounter the rippling white cliff face that now looms behind the museum’s original home, built in 1995 by Swiss po-mo maestro Mario Botta. It looks more like a gigantic meringue, a building-sized baked alaska slumped on the skyline between Botta’s weighty temple and the elegant Art Deco tower of the Pacific Bell building behind.
Embattled English National Opera Appoints American As New Artistic Director
“ENO said the American-born director would take up the position on 1 August, more than a year after the previous director, John Berry, resigned from the job. Daniel Kramer has divided opinion in the past, with some arguing he is one of the most exciting directors of his generation, while others have criticised his directorial style.”
Museum Association Investigates Ethics Of UK Museums In Oil Money
The move follows the release of internal documents seen by the Guardian that appear to show the British Museum, National Portrait Gallery and other institutions bending to accommodate the demands of the oil company.
Study: Music Training Helps Babies Learn Language
“Music training not only improved the babies’ ability to notice when a musical rhythm skipped a beat, it also improved their ability to notice when the rhythms of speech changed unexpectedly, an important skill for learning to talk.”
Gender Imbalance: Major Museum Shows By The Numbers
“Only 27% of the 590 major solo shows organised by nearly 70 institutions between 2007 and 2013 were devoted to women, The Art Newspaper’s annual attendance survey reveals.”