“Emma Rice is to form a new theatre company when she steps down as artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe next year. The company, called Wise Children, will be based in the South West of England and will work with venues through a series of residencies to create ‘innovative ensemble theatre’ that will then be toured nationally and abroad.”
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Another Artists’ Space Shut Down By Fire, This Time In Philadelphia
“A stairwell fire early Tuesday has closed Vox Populi, the artists’ space at 319 N. 11th St., displacing the artists and businesses in the entire building for an undetermined time, forcing tenants to find new locations.” Among the events affected: the Philadelphia Bad Theater Fest, scheduled for this weekend.
MoMA Expansion Gets $50 Million Gift From Billionaire Collector/Hedge Funder
“The collector and hedge fund titan Steven A. Cohen and his wife, Alexandra Cohen, are the latest big-money contributors to the Museum of Modern Art’s capital campaign for new exhibition space. The institution announced today that the couple’s foundation has given $50 million in unrestricted funds.”
England Cuts Funding For Four Large Organisations, Adds Smaller Groups Both In And Beyond London
“The National Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Opera House and the Southbank Centre will all lose 3% of their [Arts Council England] national portfolio organisation grant throughout the next funding period, which runs from 2018 to 2022. … [The cuts] will allow funding for other London-based companies to remain the same and for smaller companies to be brought into the portfolio. … An additional £170 million will be spent outside London across the next four years, and more than 60% of all investment will be beyond London” – this after years of complaints that too much of the national body’s money was spent in the capital.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.27.17
Communities as Data Points?
Sometimes a blog post derives from seeing something that only tangentially relates to its point. Such is the case with this one. A while ago I saw an article on the Wallace Foundation’s support of … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2017-06-27
Geri Allen Gone At 60
Geri Allen died today of cancer. She was 60. Ms. Allen was a pianist of uncommon technical achievement and fluency and inspired a generation of younger pianists. Recently a resident of Pittsburgh, … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-06-27
Home to roost
Mrs. T and I love the art of Milton Avery and are the proud owners of handsome impressions of two of his most striking prints, a 1948 drypoint and a 1963 lithograph. For some time … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2017-06-27
Hollywood Utterly Relies On Franchises – And Some Of Them Aren’t Doing So Well
A number of series, including ‘Pirates of the Caribbean,’ have practically collapsed on arrival in the past few months. Can Hollywood survive? (And which franchises will help?)
Trolls Piled On This Independent Bookstore In Australia, But Australia’s Literary World Fought Back
Men’s rights “swamp monsters” hastened to chastise the store for one of its Facebook posts, giving it a ton of one-star reviews overnight. Then customers, and a flood of others, overwhelmed the one-star reviews with five-star reviews. The bookstore has a special ethos: “‘We are first and foremost a community space with a strong set of beliefs and values, with a community who shares those values. We sell books we love to people who appreciate them,’ said Currie. (One of those regular customers turned up to the bookstore on Tuesday morning having baked them an ‘anti-troll sour cream and walnut cake.’)”
A Pakistani Filmmaker Tells Some Very Personal Stories Of Partition – And Worries That She’ll Be Shut Down
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest work, an art exhibit for the Manchester international festival, brings the 1947 partition of India to full and painful life. She knows it’s intense: “This is personal. It’s an ode to my grandparents’ generation. How did it feel that, when you left your home, it not only stopped being your home, but became part of an enemy country?”
English National Opera Is Finally Off Funding Probation
The company was removed from Arts Council England’s national portfolio (i.e., the list of major arts organizations guaranteed funding from year to year) in 2015 after several troubled years, with a threat that government funding could be removed altogether if it didn’t get its act together. Now the Arts Council seems satisfied that ENO has.