The vote, in which 57 voted to join the union and 20 against, will see more than 90 arts handlers and facilities staff join the same union that represents roughly the same folks at MoMA PS1. – Hyperallergic
Tag: 06.28.19
The New York Times Is Pretty Sure You Like To Read Memoirs
The story is about 50 memoirs from the last 50 years, but The New York Times has also ranked them. Want to know what number one is? (You know BuzzFeed would make this a quiz, asking how many you’ve read, but now you can do that on your own.) – The New York Times
Writers Guild Fights Back With Cease And Desist Letter To Agencies
The writers/agents fight hit a new level of ugly in the last week of June. “After being slapped this week with lawsuits from two of Hollywood’s biggest talent agencies, the Writers Guild of America fired back on Friday, sending a cease and desist letter in which the guild accuses agencies of engaging in anti-competitive behavior.” – Los Angeles Times
This Library Is Bound For Freedom
Well, of course it’s free – it’s a library! – but more than that, “The Free Black Women’s Library, a mobile pop-up library and community for black women, is creating spaces [across Los Angeles]. A movement that was first sparked in New York, the library hopes to cultivate an appreciation for black female writers but also a safe space for communities of color.” – Los Angeles Times
Barbara Hunt McLanahan, Champion Of Diversity In The Arts Organizations She Ran, Has Died At 55
She was most recently the executive director of the Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan, but “that was just the latest stop in a career that included leading Visual AIDS, an organization that uses art to encourage dialogue about AIDS and supports H.I.V.-positive artists, and the nonprofit Manhattan gallery and arts organization Artists Space. She also curated exhibitions and served on the boards of arts organizations.” – The New York Times
Is The Novel Dead?
Nah, say UK booksellers, who reported a drop in fiction-buyers last year – but who expect a couple of new books to drive strong sales soon. – The Guardian (UK)
Race To The Bottom
What a so-called “private” Sotheby’s would really mean for the art world, and for art. – Lee Rosenbaum
What It Looks Like To Make A Book By Hand [VIDEO]
In this short video of a bookbinding house in England, “from folding pages to sewing and gluing paper to the leather spine, skilful human hands are front and centre throughout.” – Aeon Magazine
Latest Investment? Now You Can Invest In Hit Songs
The fund floated on the London Stock Exchange in July 2018 and recently published its first-ever annual results. The man who founded it, Merck Mercuriadis, says hit songs are “as investable as gold or oil”. – BBC
Pilgrimage: Is It Better To See Tintoretto In A Museum Or In The Original Setting?
Phil Kennicott: “Yes, go see Tintoretto in Venice, but never slight the power of a museum to present art with a clarity and care one rarely finds in the ordinary world in which that art was made.” – Washington Post