“The popular appeal of existentialism lies more in its sense of drama than in careful analysis and argument. As [Adam] Gopnik exclaims: ‘Philosophers? They [Sartre and Camus] were performers with vision, who played on the stage of history.'”
Tag: 07.18.12
Second City Tries Joint Venture With Lyric Opera Of Chicago
“Can the singers of grand opera forge a creative partnership with the improvisers of sketch comedy? The powers that be at both Lyric Opera of Chicago and The Second City are about to find out as they embark on a collaboration at the Civic Opera House.”
Mose Allison, Eddie Palmieri Among NEA’s 2013 Jazz Masters
“Saxophonist Lou Donaldson, pianist-songwriter Mose Allison and Latin jazz bandleader Eddie Palmieri join the owner of New York City’s Village Vanguard, Lorraine Gordon, as recipients of the honor, which includes a $25,000 prize.”
New Jersey Symphony CEO Heads Down Under
“The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has appointed another executive from an American orchestra as its managing director to succeed Matthew VanBesien, who has taken up the plum role as chief executive at the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. André Gremillet, a Canadian, has been CEO of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra since 2007 and, like VanBesien, has a great fund-raising record.”
Occupy Advertising – Artists Take Over Advertising
“Nicknamed ‘Brandalism’, because it feeds into the graffiti versus vandalism debate, it has been taken up by artists in Britain, Australia and America and elsewhere. It is, like all street art, illegal. But street artists and graffitists are boldly exploiting the convenient rectangular spaces which normally purvey L’Oreal products or the latest albums.”
Report: E-Book Sales Doubled In 2011
“Sales of e-books more than doubled from 2010 to 2011, according to a survey of nearly 2,000 publishers released Wednesday. E-books jumped from 6 percent of the market to 15 percent and e-revenue for new adult fiction is now higher than the revenue for hardcovers.”
Creative Scotland: We’ve Got Theatres But We Need Theatre!
Scottish theatre has a strong buildings infrastructure but is not creating enough product to fill it, according to a comprehensive review of the sector published by Creative Scotland.
The Stratford Festival’s Big Idea
“The idea is to create an experience where you come and you have a great time seeing a play. But, in addition, you then get to pursue that some more, think more about it, learn more about it and feel more about it as you visit Stratford.”
How Glasgow Became A Major Art City
“How has one city managed to produce a generation of international contemporary artists, scooping an incredible number of nominations for Britain’s top visual art award, the Turner prize?”
A Glut Of Chinese Art Investment Funds
“The explosion of art-investment vehicles has sparked concerns because they are thought to comprise a much greater percentage of the art market in China than in the US or Europe, and a run of redemptions would force the sale of a huge amount of art.”