“It’s not surprising that musicians would be upset at their work being appropriated this way. But do they have any rights to songs that they have released to the public? How are these messes likely to resolve?”
Tag: 09.10.15
Playing A Violin, From The Violin’s Perspective
“Pavel Frumin hit the streets of Kiev, Ukraine, with a GoPro at either end of his violin. The cameras reveal his fingers racing up and down the instrument’s fingerboard as if in some crazy finger tap dance.” (video)
Mitsuko Uchida, Sylvie Guillem, Dominique Perrault, Tadanori Yokoo, Wolfgang Laib Win Japan’s $124,000 Praemium Imperiale
“Established in 1989, the Praemium Imperiale recognizes achievements in five cultural categories: architecture, painting, sculpture, music and theater/film.”
Four Bolshoi Stars Discuss The Most Romantic Ballet Of All
Evgenia Obraztsova: “Many people think that Giselle just dies and her ghost is a shell. I personally think it is a soul.” Anastasia Stashkevich: “I opened my eyes when the curtain closed and I just didn’t understand. I died with my heroine and couldn’t imagine how I could compose myself and perform the second act.” (video)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.10.15
Whopping Risk for Sotheby’s: Some $500 Million Guaranteed to Taubman Estate
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-09-10
Public Art Highlights from first week in September
AJBlog: Aesthetic Grounds Published 2015-09-10
From Fleet Street to Biafra … and to MI6
AJBlog: Straight|Up Published 2015-09-10
So you want to see a show?
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-09-10
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Why Americans Give To What They Give To (A Debate)
“A 2010 survey by Hope Consulting found that only 16% of American donors give according to calculations of impact. For most, giving is guided by seemingly irrational ties to the communities in which they live. They give to organizations that are recommended by friends; that reflect their religious beliefs; that have had an impact on them or their loved ones; or that provide visible evidence of change within their local community. Yet according to the effective altruist philosophy, these reasons for giving are intellectually lazy and morally deficient, hopelessly constricted by a parochial viewpoint.”
San Francisco Chronicle Hires A New Art Critic
During a 40-year career in the arts, Charles Desmarais, 66, has been a curator, museum director, writer and art school president. When he joins The Chronicle in November, he will succeed Kenneth Baker, who retired last spring after 30 years as the Chronicle critic.
What Aeschylus Might Teach Us About The Refugee Crisis
“Leave it to the Greeks to compound the dramatic complications. They looked to their playwrights to teach them how to grapple with complexity instead of reaching for simple solutions that never solve anything. Yet a cautionary word to directors who may be lured by the topicality of Aeschylus’ drama: This is a play that is ultimately more curious about the contradictions in human and divine law than about the legal predicament of the refugees.”
Four Moments That Didn’t Make Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Premiere
“Like someone who can’t help but overindulge on too many Oreo cookies, Stephen Colbert had more material than he needed for his first episode as host of CBS’s The Late Show on Tuesday. After a taping that ran about two hours, the show was cut down to about 70 minutes for air. Though some of that extra material has been released as bonus content on the web, here’s some of what you didn’t see on Mr. Colbert’s debut broadcast.”