A shift in the Regional Arts Commission’s funding philosophy, as reflected in its most recent round of grants, has raised concerns in the St. Louis arts community, with some applicants receiving zero funding, including theater companies like New Line that have consistently been supported.
Tag: 08.18.18
‘Trash Radio’ – Even In Lovely Old Quebec City, Shock Jockery Gins Up Outrage And Ratings
“Jeff Fillion, 50, is among the most prominent and provocative talk radio hosts on Quebec airwaves, dominating what his critics call ‘radio poubelle,’ or trash radio. … At a time when Mr. Trump’s tirades on Twitter and beyond are changing global political discourse, Mr. Fillion and his fellow shock jocks are drawing legions of listeners in this picturesque political capital, propagating a cocktail of anti-immigrant, anti-environment and anti-feminist views. They are also testing the boundaries of free speech in a country that prides itself on liberalism but has seen a growing far right.”
Here’s A Canvas Artists Should Use More Often: Tennis Courts
As part of a US Open-50th-anniversary celebration, the USTA commissioned artists to paint courts in Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Miami. It was a challenge for the artists to get used to the medium, but the results are impressive. (They should probably have avoided white, though.)
Wanna A Piece Of A Warhol?
The art fund that will allow people—you, me, most everyone we know—to invest as little as $20 to purchase a share of an artwork. Masterworks acquires artworks that its leadership team believes to be undervalued—its first two offerings are an oil and silkscreen Colored Marilyn by Andy Warhol (bought for $1.8 million) and an oil Coup de Vent by Claude Monet (bought for $6.3 million)—for which investors may purchase a fraction.
Dance Canceled After Complaints Of Cultural Appropriation
The Kaleidoscope dance included segments from French, Scottish and other cultures as a tribute to Canada’s history. Serhij Koroliuk said at the time that the dance was created to honour Indigenous people. But it faced backlash on social media after a video was posted online by an Indigenous powwow dancer who was watching from the crowd.
How Much Did Kevin Spacey’s New Movie Earn On Its Opening Day? $126! (Really)
The ensemble crime-drama Billionaire Boys Club quietly opened Friday in eight theaters scattered in select states across the U.S. The indie film earned an abysmal $126 for the day and another $162 on Saturday for a two-day total of just $287 following its release on premium VOD last month, according to those with access to theater grosses.
Oscar Wilde Fell For A Young Lady In San Francisco. A Biographer Has Figured Out Who She Was
During his 1882 lecture tour of North America, he wrote this letter: “When I think of America I only remember someone whose lips are like the crimson petals of a summer rose, whose eyes are two brown agates, who has the fascination of a panther, the pluck of a tigress, and the grace of a bird. Darling Hattie, I now realise that I am absolutely in love with you, and for ever and ever …” Biographer Matthew Sturgis says he’s identified the likely Hattie – who was “bright, vivacious, beautiful and rich.”
France Introduces Culture-Pass App – With €500 Credit For 18-Year-Olds
A few hundred young people are currently using the app in a beta-test that will extend to 10,000 participants this fall, with a nationwide rollout planned for next spring. “With its key aim being to ‘encourage cultural discovery and diversification’, the project … has prompted debate about what constitutes culture, and whether some kinds should be promoted over others.” (The culture minister has declared that there would be “no cultural snobbism.”)
Chunky Move, Melbourne’s Leading Contemporary Dance Company, Loses Its Artistic Director
Anouk van Dijk, the Dutch choreographer who succeeded founding artistic director Gideon Obarzanek in 2011, will formally depart at the end of this calendar year.
Why The Bass Makes Us Want To Dance, Say Neuroscientists
In the current study they found that bass-heavy music was more successful at locking the brain into the rhythm. The lower frequencies, it seems, strong-arm the brain into synchronizing. This helps explain why a bass-heavy sound might make people more inclined to move along: the lower frequencies, as the authors write, boost “selective neural locking to the beat.”