The bright red 220-seat pop-up space outside the dull grey Southbank Centre was planned as a one-year project, but it’s been so popular that they’re keeping it until 2017. But the National only licensed the name “The Shed” (which belongs to a small venue in Yorkshire) through last month. What’ll they call it now?
Tag: 05.09.14
What Happens When Critics Write Novels?
“When we talk about the novelist as critic, or the critic as novelist, the as matters. It creates a hierarchy by tucking one identity inside the other, like a pair of Russian nesting dolls. Which body is the central one, the beating heart?”
NPR Names Eighth CEO In Eight Years
Jarl Mohn “is the founder of the E! Entertainment Television cable channel and has a long list of media investments and corporate board appointments on his résumé. Among other positions, he was general manager of MTV and VH1 cable networks between 1986 and 1990.”
It’s Not ‘MFA Vs. NYC’ – It’s ‘Should I Go To Grad School’ At All?
“PhD and MFA programs are costly; job prospects are dim; graduate student labor is not recognized as work; there is a huge opportunity cost to spending seven years toiling away on book you worry will never see the light of day. These are urgent problems.”
In Los Angeles, The Fruit Tree As Art
“Whereas a bronze sculpture in the park was only going to reach and impact so many people, planting trees throughout the community was going to nourish a greater number of people.”
Why Are We So Incredibly Mixed Up About Art, Work, And Money?
“Yes, it’s taken for granted that creating is hard, but also that it’s somehow fundamentally unserious. Schoolchildren may be encouraged (at least rhetorically) to pursue their passions and cultivate their talents, but as they grow up, they are warned away from artistic careers.”
What Artists Are Doing Wrong – And How They Can Fix It
“There are so many possibilities. So many mistakes that artists make – like not taking the business side of art seriously or only taking it seriously in the middle of a crisis when, as I mentioned in my last post, it is too late. Or romanticizing the ‘starving artist’ notion. Or allowing themselves to become resentful of other artists’ success. I could go on.”
Philip Roth Quit Writing Last Year; This Year He’s Quitting Reading (To The Public)
“Roth, 81, declared his renunciation on Thursday at a private reception following his sold-out reading at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.”
Hey West End Theatre: Please Get Big And Bold, And Above All New
“Noël Coward still remains the West End’s most represented playwright, with Blithe Spirit and the mind-bogglingly creaky Relative Values both currently playing. The latter would suggest that there is really not all that much difference between the theatre of the early 1950s and that of the 21st century.”
The Young Dancers To Watch From American Ballet Theatre’s Corps De Ballet
“It may sound simplistic, but what sets these six apart in a corps of 61 — besides their promise and rigor — is the sheer breadth of their dancing. They think about transition steps. They don’t pause before a turn. They move without waiting for applause. Here’s to the new blood.”