“According to sources at the TSO, one of Canada’s oldest and largest musical institutions expects to post a $4-million-to-$6-million deficit for the current financial year, which ends on June 30, due to higher-than-expected spending on programs and administration.”
Tag: 06.03.16
BBC’s The Space Moves Away From New Digital Art, Back to Live Events
Following political controversy over some of its original projects last year, “The Space – the Arts Council England and BBC joint digital art venture-– is reverting to its original brief … [of] projects that capture and distribute live art events and those using technology to enhance artworks.”
Montreal Is Throwing A 375th Birthday Party And Arguing About Whether History Should Figure In
“The party crowd, for once, holds all the power.”
Can Maya Rudolph Make Variety Shows Cool Again?
“‘Maya and Marty,’ a collaboration with the producer Lorne Michaels, grew out of her successful 2014 NBC special ‘The Maya Rudolph Show,’ which drew 7.2 million viewers. Every week, the new show will feature a lineup of skits and celebrity guests. The first episode included Miley Cyrus, Larry David and Mr. Hanks and brought in 6.4 million viewers.”
Does A New Art Space Inevitably Mean Gentrification Will Follow?
“Despite its seemingly progressive mission, [new Los Angeles gallery] PSSST has recently received strong opposition from activists both within and outside the Boyle Heights community, some calling for increased dialogue with community groups, while others simply want the space gone.”
What’s Up With Sony Pictures? (Hint: Not Revenues)
“Sony executives disputed the perception of internal upheaval at the studio, maintaining that the close proximity of the changes is a coincidence. Though the moves were seen as surprises in much of Hollywood, Sony countered that both are strategic moves that have been in the works for months.”
The Louvre’s Flood Plan: Close, And Move Everything Up
“In some galleries, it looked as though a family was about to move in — or out. Boxes were subdivided by foam boards, creating spaces for vases and other precious objects. A seemingly abandoned ancient frieze sat on a wooden pallet on the floor of one gallery, half wrapped in plastic sheets.”
Can The Big Apple’s Biggest Circus Save Itself Through Crowdfunding?
“The Big Apple Circus, conceived when the two men were itinerant jugglers who drove cabs and picked grapes, was born of something almost antithetical to material interest, a raw creative anarchy coupled with a desire to provide children, whether they were from Park Avenue or the South Bronx, a shared sense of cultural experience.”
Are Hardcover Books The New Vinyl?
“It’s a deeply satisfying experience to hold something in your hands that you actually went to look for. To know that few people will ever appreciate what you went through to get what you now have.”
What Can We Gain By Thinking Of The Present As If We’re Already In The Future?
“What I tried to do was think about the present day using the criteria we use to think about, say, the 14th century because it doesn’t seem the same as the criteria we use for looking at the culture, you know, in a normal, sort of everyday way.”