There’s been some talk lately of the Greek capital becoming the next Berlin – a large-and-low-priced city where artists can afford to settle and work. The arrival this year of Documenta – the first time the super-hot art shindig has left its German hometown – was expected to legitimize Athens’s standing as a contemporary art center. But the locals aren’t having it.
Tag: 05.14.17
Dancer Amy Aldridge Bids Farewell To Pennsylvania Ballet After 23 Seasons
“Two by two, her fellow dancers, mostly in street clothes, walked on stage and placed single red roses at her feet as the audience gave her a standing ovation for more than 10 minutes.” (And, happily, this departure was entirely voluntary.)
“The Walrus” Lit Mag Editor Quits Over Cultural Appropriation Comments
“The editor-in-chief of The Walrus resigned late Saturday after mounting criticism, including from some of the magazine’s own contributors, for his role within a swirling controversy over the toxic subject of cultural appropriation.”
In A Bit Of Good News, The Philadelphia Orchestra Has A New National Radio Deal
The Orchestra hasn’t had a series on national radio since 1990. Now ,”starting with a broadcast Monday night and continuing three times a week for at least the next year, concerts recorded in Verizon Hall will be carried on SiriusXM radio, a paid service with a monthly fee, to listeners across the U.S. and Canada.”
British Architects Are Starting To Flip Out About Brexit
They’re not happy with the Tories’ discussion of forcing non-British EU members – who make up a considerable number of their coworkers – to leave. “We are appalled that the government should use those who have made considerable personal and professional commitments to this country, and who enrich our culture, as a negotiating chip. This is not the behaviour of a civilised society.”
How Do People Feel About Having To Pay Admission At The Met Museum?
Pretty OK, it seems. “Some regulars love the Met so much that they don’t need new enticements. Melinda Fuller, an art teacher from Connecticut who has visited the Met more than 50 times, excitedly said on her way out of the museum that she had just signed up become a member. She volunteered that she’d be willing to pay $30 for admission.”
Who Won The BAFTA TV Awards?
Shockingly, not The Crown – though a show of the actual Queen’s 90th birthday party did win an award.
People Are Tuning Out Of TV In Droves (Maybe)
Things have changed, a lot. “After a decade of audience erosion, including double-digit declines for the vast majority of shows this season, networks have finally accepted reality: People aren’t watching the TV the way they used to, and selling commercials isn’t enough to pay the bills (and make a big profit).”
What It’s Like Being The Daughter Of Kara Walker
Octavia Bürgel: “My mother, the art world, and I function as an ever-evolving trio, and while my mother and I each require the other two to sustain, I cannot say that the art world has needed me for anything.”
Why Hotspur Makes Sense As A Woman In ‘Henry IV, Part I’
At the Oregon Shakespeare Festival this year, the role of Hotspur is played by Alejandra Escalante, and it works brilliantly. “She’s too much. She’s too blunt and too loud and she never stops talking. She knows what she’s worth, and she’s worked hard to prove it, but these days that isn’t enough anymore. Now everyone says she needs to be quieter, needs to be gentler, needs to not be the things – aggressive, impulsive, passionate, utterly wholly constantly sincere – that have helped her claw her way to where she is. Which Shakespeare heroine? Why, Harry Percy.”