“It’s no longer necessary for artists to play by the rules of a specific genre to make music that resonates with a crowd. You don’t need to strive for authenticity in the same way that artists of a previous generation did because the rules for what it means to be authentic don’t apply anymore.”
Tag: 05.01.12
The Second-Most Expensive Painting Sold Wednesday – And Its $7.5M Rip
Picasso’s Woman Seated in a Chair, which sold for $29.2 million at the same Sotheby’s auction where Munch’s The Scream sold for $120 million, suffered a tear while at a New York gallery in 2008 – damage for which the then-owner’s insurance company paid out $7.5 million. (Sotheby’s says the painting is now in “very good condition.”)
Swedes Are Spending Their Lunch Hours Dancing At Raves
“It started in the fall of 2010 when 14 friends decided to dance their lunch breaks away in their office garage. They called their gathering ‘Lunch Beat.’ As rumors about this literally underground movement spread, more and more people joined in. Today, Lunch Beat events are being arranged by a core group of organizers at venues around Sweden, attracting up to 600 people each time.”
Met Opera Pressures Radio Station To Axe Blog Critical Of Ring; Radio Station Caves
“WQXR pulled a blog posting critical of the Metropolitan Opera’s new Ring cycle last month after the Met’s general manager, Peter Gelb, personally complained to the radio station’s top executive.”
So What Did This Supposedly Terrible Blog Post About The Met Ring Really Say?
“Though [the] post has been scrubbed from the WQXR site, a cached version can be viewed here as a PDF. La Cieca invites the cher public to decide for themselves whether the piece was inflammatory enough to provoke an act of what can only be called censorship.”
WQXR: We Can’t Criticize The Met Ring, But You Certainly Can
“If you’ve attended the Ring this season at the Met, or have seen one of the HD broadcasts, give us your review below. Once the Ring concludes, we’ll post a final collective article with your opinions.”
Okay, So Shakespeare Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays – But Probably Not Alone
“While the name of William Shakespeare is slapped ever more enthusiastically across theatre posters and radio and TV billings, universities are reducing the size of his typeface to make space for collaborators: most recently, the suggestion that Thomas Middleton wrote significant sections of All’s Well That End’s Well.”
Where Modern Dance Meets Drag
“Trajal Harrell is a thinking choreographer. Ten years ago, he asked a question: What would have happened if, in the early sixties, drag queens from Harlem had brought their voguing downtown, to Washington Square, to perform with the pathbreaking postmoderns of the Judson Dance Theatre?”
Canadian Documentary Industry In Trouble
“Because of the cutbacks to CBC and National Film Board, we are witnessing the beginning of maybe the disappearance of Canadian documentary.”
Canada’s Gemini And Genie Awards To Consolidate
“Established in 1979, the Canadian academy is the non-profit industry group that administers the Genies, Canada’s annual film award honouring both French- and English-language productions. The academy also hosts the Gemini Awards and Prix Gémeaux — which honour English- and French-language TV and digital programming, respectively.”