“The trustees of the Delaware Art Museum have violated this principle by declaring that the proceeds from this sale, as well as the sale of up to three other works—expected to raise a total of $30 million—will be used to pay down $19.8 million in construction debt, with the balance to be added to the operating endowment to offset persistent operating deficits.”
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San Jose Repertory Theater Shuts Down After 34 Years
“Founded in 1980 on a shoestring budget, the Rep, which presented a mix of seven dramas, comedies, musicals and classics annually, has been financially flailing in recent years. In 2006, on the edge of insolvency, the theater, which had a $5 million annual budget and 51 employees, turned to the city for a $2 million bailout that later was restructured into a long-term mortgage-type loan.”
New York Phil’s $200K New Music Prize Goes To Per Nørgård
“The Danish composer … on Wednesday became the second recipient of the New York Philharmonic’s Marie-Josée Kravis Prize for New Music, an award that consists of a $200,000 cash prize and a commission to compose a work for the orchestra. The philharmonic bestows the honor every two seasons. The inaugural award, in the 2011-12 season, went to Henri Dutilleux.”
Eric Hill, Author Of ‘Spot The Dog’ Children’s Books, Dead At 86
“Few children came of age in the past three decades without meeting Spot or encountering his franchise.” The books in the series, which started in 1980, have sold more than 60 million copies.
Marina Abramovic Is Bringing Londoners To Tears
In her new show at the Serpentine Gallery, 512 Hours, the current goddess of performance art interacts with viewers, very quietly, in three empty white rooms. And people are queuing up by the hundreds to take part.
‘You’re Pathetic’, Says UK Culture Minister To Non-London Arts Orgs Who Have Trouble Raising Private Funds
“I can see absolutely no reason why every arts organisation in this country cannot raise philanthropic funds,” Ed Vaizey told a House of Commons committee. “I think that too many arts organisations think, ‘well, we live in an area where rich people don’t live, so they’re not going to back the arts’. I think that is pathetic, frankly.”
Putting ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ To Work
“Augusto Boal, Brazilian artist and activist, developed the performance methodology in the 1960s based on his theory that performance could empower the underclass. ‘Theatre is a form of knowledge,’ he claimed. ‘It should and can also be a means of transforming society.'” Lance Richardson watches that methodology put into practice with transgender youth in New York.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.11.14
What if Music Streaming Collapses?
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-06-11
Beaux Arts on Botox: The Frick Collection’s Planned Expansion
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-06-11
Making the old new (3)
More on ornamentation — returning to the way musicians once ornamented and otherwise changed the music they performed — as a way of making old classical music sound contemporary.
AJBlog: Sandow | Published 2014-06-11
VMFA Poached For Another Top Job
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-06-11
Hail visionary Charles Gayle (from The Wire, 1994)
AJBlog: Jazz Beyond Jazz | Published 2014-06-11
Develop Allies
AJBlog: Engaging Matters | Published 2014-06-11
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos: A gentleman and an artist
AJBlog: Condemned to Music | Published 2014-06-11
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Study: Intuition Versus Analytics
“Many people correctly solved more problems if the previous person had a high score rather than a low one. But, crucially, this effect was found only for a specific subset of individuals: Those who (a) tended to process information in an intuitive, System 1 way, and (b) actually touched the paper that had allegedly been handled by the previous test-taker.”
Homeless And “Untraditional” Performers Star In Covent Garden Opera
“Members of the Streetwise Opera charity have performed beside long-term unemployed Londoners, students from the Central School of Speech and Drama, and ex-prisoners from the Synergy Theatre Project during a two-week residency at Covent Garden.”