“Working in a museum can sometimes seem like a service industry for the wealthy. Middle people in museums used to think they were part of the top bracket. Now they’re part of the bottom bracket, or at least don’t have anywhere to go. You have this kind of perfect storm,” he added: “stagnated wages, working within an environment of great wealth inequality, job insecurity.” – The New York Times
Tag: 07.22.19
L.A. Theatre Fires Director Five Days Before Play’s Opening, Cast Quits, Production Is Cancelled, And Questions Of Race And Privilege Remain
“On the day before the California premiere of Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over, a play about the harsh realities facing black men in America, Echo [Theater Company] staff on July 12 sent an email to patrons and posted a notice on its website: ‘Pass Over is not going to open due to internal artistic differences that cannot be reconciled.'” Reporter Makeda Easter looks into the mess. – Los Angeles Times
Allan Ulrich, Longtime San Francisco Chronicle Arts Critic, Dead At 78
“[His] erudite, acerbic and elegantly crafted writing about dance and classical music filled the pages of The Chronicle and countless other local and national periodicals for more than 40 years.” – The San Francisco Chronicle
“Avengers” Edges Out “Avatar” To Become All-Time Movie Box Office Champ
What do all of these films have in common, besides an undying commitment to computer generated aliens? They’re no longer truly competitors now that they’re all owned by Disney, which is slated to continue its monopolistic dominance well into the future, with nearly a decade of theatrical releases and television series planned for Disney’s streaming service Disney+ already planned out. – Slate
Sometimes Our Most Important Architecture Is Ordinary
“Architectural preservation is often an issue of grandeur, both in a sense of size and richness, and decay. When we think of buildings that already been lost, they are almost always imposing structures—cathedrals, skyscrapers, temples. Yet the places where we enact our daily lives, and which reflect them even more than grand architectural statements, are smaller, more seemingly trivial and thus more vulnerable.” – CityLab
Propwatch: the hammock in ‘The Night of the Iguana’
Williams’s stage direction describes it as a canvas hammock, but in Rae Smith’s design it is all rope – knotted, unstable, full of holes, an anchorite’s flail, a nest and a cage. Williams’s characters know how all of those things feel. – David Jays
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Was The Victim Of A Ransomeware Attack. Are Other Museums Next?
The museum was able fight back, enlisting the city’s IT security experts to regain control of its computer network. But the incident raises concerns about the vulnerability of cultural institutions when it comes to cyber security. – Artnet