Britain’s highest-profile art prize is getting heavy criticism for taking as a lead sponsor the bus company Stagecoach: its chairman, Brian Souter, was a leading opponent of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples in the UK and fought repeal of a law which banned discussion of homosexuality in schools. – The Independent (UK)
Tag: 05.01.19
Gaia, Healthcare, and the Arts
This post responds to three things I’ve read recently that have me stewing (again) about the future of big- (and medium-) box nonprofit arts organizations, the ones that bear the DNA of the European aristocratic cultural tradition. – Doug Borwick
Recent Listening: Linda May Han Oh
Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine (Biophilia)
There’s plenty of adventure here in the bassist-composer’s instrumentation, textures and rhythmic values. The name was suggested, however, by a certain shiny translucent mineral that seems to glow from within. – Doug Ramsey
It’s The Avengers’ World Now; We Just Live In It (A Roundtable)
“We asked five people who cover pop culture for The Times — Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, chief film critics; Wesley Morris, critic at large; Kyle Buchanan, pop culture reporter; and Aisha Harris, assistant TV editor — about the [Marvel Cinematic Universe] legacy and how it’s changed Hollywood and us. Here are excerpts from the conversation.” – The New York Times
The Guardian Posts First Operating Profit In 20 Years
In 2015-16, just as new leaders were taking charge, the newspaper/website lost £57 million; three years later, operations are £8000,000 in the black — even as management has resisted instituting an online paywall. – BBC