“We are intellectually stuck: our familiar political narratives about the conjunction of liberalism and democracy do not seem to work when it comes to Egypt.”
Tag: 08.16.13
Composers: Give Us Our Own Data, U.S. Government!
“It is troubling that our form of artistic creativity–creating musical works–is not seen as an occupation that stands on its own. There is a vast difference between being a music director or conductor and being a composer.”
The Shipping Containers In New Jersey That Hold The History Of The Met
“If you were to put this stuff in a regular warehouse, you’d need over a million square feet.”
What If The Landscape Itself Is The Best Actor In The Show?
Yeah, that’d be New Zealand – for Lord of the Rings, The Piano, The Hobbit, and now Top of the Lake.
When Did Norman Foster Resign From Museum Expansion In Moscow?
A Russian architect threatens to fire Foster’s company if he doesn’t come to Moscow soon — but Foster + Partners claims to have resigned in early June.
91 Composers Protest Minnesota Orchestra Standoff
“We know – with certainty – that the cancellation of the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute will have a lasting and negative impact on American music and we urge you to act now to resolve the lockout and reinstate this essential training ground for the cultivation of talented composers.”
New Late-Night Strategy For Cable TV
“Some TV outlets have determined they can give viewers more of what they want without risking a fortune to do it. Who needs to invest in a scripted spinoff when all viewers really want is to hear chatter about their favorite program on an aftershow?”
Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Accept Proposal From Mediator; Management Balks
“Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell made a proposal to soften the potential downside for musicians to engage in bargaining, according to the musicians’ negotiating committee. Musicians agreed to the terms but management declined, according to a confidential letter that the musicians’ team sent to board members Wednesday.”
The Unsung Art Of Theatrical Translation
Terry Teachout: “Were it not for their work, comparatively few of us would be able to enjoy the plays of Chekhov, Ibsen or Molière. They are our lifelines to the wider world of theater. Yet literary translators are the perpetually unsung heroes and heroines of literature. (If you doubt it, try naming a half-dozen of them off the top of your head.)”
The Art World’s Mysterious Forger
“Elite buyers paid up to $17 million to own just one of these canvases, said to have been created by the hands of artists like Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell. But federal prosecutors say that most, if not all, of the 63 ballyhooed works – which fetched more than $80 million in sales – were painted in a home and garage in Queens.”