“Why should we take seriously the words of someone who doesn’t understand the great amount of work involved in creating a performance? A critic’s opinion is unreliable if it’s based only on a writer’s personal preference. Personal preference tells the reader what the writer enjoys, it doesn’t tell the reader why the writer enjoyed it.” – Howlround
Tag: 08.01.19
Karsten Schubert, Gallerist Who Championed Young British Artists Movement, Dead At 57
“His first exhibition was of the sculptor Alison Wilding, whose work he continued to show until his death. It was in 1988, though, that … three of the [Goldsmiths] art school’s new graduates – Gary Hume, Michael Landy and Ian Davenport – had their first West End exhibition at Karsten Schubert Limited.” – The Guardian
New York Times Names Gia Kourlas Staff Dance Critic
Kourlas has been writing reviews and features for the Times on a freelance basis since 2000; she has also been dance editor of Time Out New York and an editor of The Paris Review. – The New York Times
“Lion King” Box Office Tops $1 Billion
The movie, which features the voices of Beyonce and Donald Glover, joins Avengers: Endgame, Captain Marvel and Aladdin in Disney’s $1bn class of 2019. – BBC
My Friend Oliver Sacks
“We were close for a long time. I was his photographer, colleague, friend, subject, and occasional collaborator. He used to say that he wanted to take off his white doctor’s coat and see Tourette’s in real life, outside a clinic or hospital. I facilitated this not only as a photographer, but also as someone with access to others with the same condition.” – New York Review of Books
The Summer I Worked For Hal Prince
Let’s put “job” in quotation marks. Being Hal Prince’s apprentice was a huge honor, almost (in my family) like getting into law school, but there were different degrees of apprenticeship. – The New York Times
What Will Boris Johnson Mean For UK Arts?
Johnson threw his weight behind expensive projects such as a new cultural and educational quarter and the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower in the Olympic Park, and relocating the Museum of London to Smithfield. But on other aspects of arts and culture funding, his record is patchy. – Arts Professional
Alexa Is Leading British Radio Listeners Away From The BBC
“While, traditionally, people might tune a radio to their favourite station and leave it there, listening on devices such as Amazon’s Alexa involves asking for a channel each time – so there are more opportunities for convincing people to try something different … [such as] niche digital-only outlets.” – The Guardian
Who Gets To Participate In Designing The Future?
“Almost all of the major advances in AI development are currently being made in silos, disparate laboratories, secret government facilities, elite academic institutions, and the offices of very large companies working independently throughout the world. Few private companies (as of this writing) are actively sharing their work with competitors, despite the efforts of such organizations as OpenAI, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and the Future of Life Institute to bring awareness to the importance of transparency in building AI.” – Nautilus