The Cerruti Collection, worth more than €500 million and housed in a villa near Turin specially built for it by collector Francesco Federico Cerruti, “includes Medieval and Baroque masterpieces, Modern paintings by Giorgio de Chirico, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol, as well as rare books and fine objects.” – The Art Newspaper
Tag: 05.02.19
How Do You Get People To Line Up All Day For Your Theatre? Sell Tickets For 65 Cents
Well, since this is the UK, it’s 50p. Citizens Theatre in Glasgow offers 100 tickets at that price for every production, writes artistic director Dominic Hill — and there are also £2 tickets for neighborhood residents and the unemployed and £10 for people under 25. (Their top ticket price is only £26.50.) – Arts Professional
Peru’s Version Of El Sistema Shows Results
Among participants in the program, called Sinfonía por el Perú and founded by tenor Juan Diego Flórez in 2011, “[there has been] a 75% decrease in unwanted pregnancies, another 51% decrease in domestic violence as well as a significant increase in grades and even college admissions.” – Americas Quarterly
Plogging Anyone? Scrabble Adds 2,800 New Words
A whole host of new Scrabble words relate to current lifestyle trends including plogging (picking up litter while jogging), sharenting (sharing news and images of one’s children on social media), babymoon (early period of new parenthood), dancecore (type of electronic dance music), zen (state of calm attentiveness), fleek (used in the phrase ‘on fleek’, stylish) and bizjet (small aeroplane used by business people). – Irish Times
A Few Minutes Alone With “The Last Supper” – Surprisingly Affecting
Phil Kennicott: “I’m lucky to have been given a little extra time at “The Last Supper” and even, for a few minutes, time without other tourists, and the experience is deeply moving. I’m surprised by this because “The Last Supper” is famous for being but a shadow of what Leonardo put on the walls about the same time Columbus sailed for America… Yet there it is, glowing on the wall, far more precise in its communication than anything I expected during a two-week trip looking at art in Italy.” – Washington Post
Survey: People Say They’re More Productive If They Listen To Music While They Work
“In the survey, 52% of respondents said they’re happier when listening to a favorite song (the other 48% were listening to Ed Sheeran), while 58% said that music helps boost their mood at work. That’s an important detail when you consider that, in a separate study, almost half of Americans admitted to crying in the workplace.” – Fast Company
A Seattle Theatre Has Plan To Grow Audience: Give Away All The Tickets
“Frankly, I’m sick and tired of seeing empty seats in our theaters,” says Intiman Theatre’s artistic director Phillip Chavira. “I think we do a disservice in the nonprofit arts: We ask you to participate in this amazing art, but ask you for a fee.” – KUOW
We’re Awash In Conspiracy Theories. It’s Hard Not To Get Addicted To Them
America’s mythology seems to encourage alternate theories. Independent thinking. Distrust of the conventional. Following the bread crumbs. It’s just, well, so bad for us… – The Guardian
Bred at The Shed: Three Boundary-Busting Inaugural Commissions
CultureGrrl takes in Reich Richter Pärt; Trisha Donnelly’s untitled, unexplained, and almost unlit installation; and Norma Jeane Baker of Troy. – Lee Rosenbaum
Not as deep as it seems
I had a range of thoughts about Ellen Reid and Roxie Perkins’s opera p r i s m, which won the Pulitzer Prize. And it made me long for the days, decades ago, when artistic music-theater pieces had a much bigger audience. – Greg Sandow