“A 2017 lawsuit by photographer Lynn Goldsmith against the Andy Warhol Foundation has come to a close, as a federal judge in New York ruled yesterday that Warhol’s 1984 Prince Series works, which are based on a portrait of Prince shot by Goldsmith, do not infringe the copyright of the original portrait she shot for Newsweek in 1981.” – ARTnews
Tag: 07.02.19
Opera Australia Director: It Would Be “Irresponsible” To Ban Classics Of The Repertoire
Lyndon Terracini was responding to a call from Australian composers, directors, musicians, and vocalists, who have called for a ”revolution” to remove what they describe as gender bias, sexism, and dramatised acts of violence against women in opera. – Sydney Morning Herald
‘Nixon in China’ comes to Princeton – literally smarter than ever
Everybody from singers to directors to conductors to critics has needed a few decades to determine what exactly is in John Adams’s first opera and how to draw the most out of it. Steven LaCosse’s staging at this year’s Princeton Festival did just that. – David Patrick Stearns
The Rise Of Conspiracy Theory Culture
Shane Dawson is a capricious conspiracist. In the middle of his paranoid rant about the moon, he places his hands sincerely over his chest and says: “Once again, it’s a theory. I don’t want to get sued, or put in jail.” Then he narrows his eyes, as if to size up the whole field of space science, and scoffs, “But I mean, the evidence is not looking good.” – The New York Times
Washington DC’s Museum Pay Gender Gap (It’s Startling)
Women comprise the majority of museum employees, but in most cases they earn less than their male colleagues. – Washington Post
Blind Dance Company brings talent into the light
“The Blind Dance Company currently has ten blind dancers, some of whom lost their eyesight later in life. ‘Many blind people love to dance, and stopped dancing when losing their sight,’ [company founder Hydeia] Muhammad said. ‘I teach blind dancers the same way I teach any clients. I feel like it’s easier to teach blind dancers because they’re not trying to figure out what’s happening ahead of time. They kind of relax and let the physical guidance teach them.'” – CBS