“Executive Director Nicholas Goldsborough, hired last fall to improve fundraising and management, is out as of Saturday. … ‘Apparently that is correct,’ Goldsborough said upon being told of a Thursday email announcing his resignation. … And staff at the company and its school have been told they will receive pay cuts and unpaid furloughs in the face of serious financial troubles.”
Tag: 06.29.12
150 Years Of The Search For The Great American Novel
“Since its inception, the GAN has been a remarkably enduring concept, staying stubbornly put in critical and popular discourse alike despite numerous – some, almost successful – murder attempts. But though the GAN as such seems here to stay, the way we think about it has evolved significantly from its original conception to the present day. And that evolution is as inevitable as it is profound.”
More Than A Concept (Is Kowloon Asia’s Next Cultural Center?)
“The HK$21.6bn (£1.8bn) West Kowloon project has provoked the kind of scepticism from onlookers that seems to greet any grandiose cultural initiative. The championing of artistic excellence and cultural enlightenment can be an awkward conversation-stopper when the hard talk is of a world dipping in and out of recession and the need for belt-tightening. But finally Norman Foster’s elegant master plan is moving beyond the conceptual stage.”
Philosophy Is Our New Rock Star (Just A Fad?)
“Yes, philosophy is one of the new rock ‘n’ rolls. But how can the current wave of philosophical clubs ensure they are more than a fashionable trend?”
The Olympics Of Poetry
“The relationship between poetry and the Olympics goes back to the very origins of the Games. In ancient Greece, literary events were an indispensable part of athletic festivals, where fully clothed writers could be as popular with the crowd as the buff athletes who strutted about in the nude, gleaming with olive oil.”
Carlin Romano: America Is Built For Philosophy
“America is the best place to do philosophy that there has ever been, surpassing even the Athens of those ingenious and polite men Socrates, Plato and Aristotle.”
Belgrade: Hotspot for Contemporary Art? (Not Quite Yet, But Maybe … )
“The situation the run-down [Museum of Contemporary Art] finds itself in — long on enthusiasm but short on funds — is emblematic of the contemporary art scene in Belgrade. It has world-class artists and thought-provoking art, but not much of a market and not many appropriate showcases for the work.”
Does Music In A Museum Ruin The Music – And The Art?
“I would guess that for many people, music in a museum seems genteel. I fear, though, that a Bach suite in the Corcoran atrium – as opposed to in the museum’s performance space – is in effect an upscale version of background music, ambient music, a signal that we’re in the realm of the high arts.”
Klimt: The Musical
Yes, it’s real. Gustav Klimt: Das Musical opens September 1 in Vienna.
‘New Models For The Arts’ Talk All Isn’t Just More Blah Blah Blah
Michael Kaiser thinks that advocates for new models for the arts aren’t offering enough specifics. Adam Huttler gives it a whirl.