“We’re creating an intern culture – it’s happening in journalism and politics as well – and we have to be very careful because the fight is not going to be there for people from more disadvantaged backgrounds.”
Tag: 09.15.14
“Painting Set Free” – How J.M.W. Turner Made Modern Art Possible
There’s a story that Mark Rothko, after seeing a Turner exhibition at MoMA in 1966, quipped, “This man Turner, he learned a lot from me.” Alastair Sooke explores what Rothko meant.
Museums Should Have A One-Hour Daily Ban On Selfies, Says Arts Council England Chair
Peter Bazalgette: “I’m completely in favour [of allowing photography in museums]. … Let’s allow it, but let’s have each gallery have an hour a day where it’s like the quiet carriage on the train.”
Matisse Show At Tate Modern Breaks Attendance Records
“Newly published figures showed that Henri Matisse: The Cut-Outs received 562,622 visitors, surpassing the Matisse Picasso exhibition of 2002, the previous record holder at 467,166, and the Damien Hirst exhibition of 2012, with 463,087.” (The show opens at MoMA in New York next month.)
Netflix Launches In France, Beginning European Expansion
Despite opposition from French telecom providers worried about competition l’exception culturelle, Netflix began service in France this week, with Germany and Belgium being added later this month. The company has a partnership with one large French ISP (Bouygues) and has already commissioned one original French series.
Adulthood Is Not Dying In American Culture – It’s Just Starting To Bloom
Don Draper, Tony Soprano, Walter White – “Each of these tragic exemplars of ‘adulthood’ is destroyed exactly because of his failure to behave like an adult. … In the main they are frauds who merely assume the trappings of ‘adulthood’ in order to participate in a society that would reject them if it knew the truth. … It’s not to do with having ‘killed off all the grown-ups’ as [A.O.] Scott has it: quite the contrary. It’s adulthood defined for the audience by its very absence on the screen.”
A Feeling of Control: How America Can Finally Learn to Deal With Its Impulses
“The ability to delay gratification has been held up as the one character trait to rule them all – the key to academic success, financial security, and social well-being. … Which lends a kind of overpowering weight to the question: If self-control is so important, how are we supposed to achieve it?” Sheer willpower, it’s turning out, isn’t the best approach.
In The UK: More Kids Now Play The Electric Guitar Than The Violin
“Some 13% of five- to 17-year-olds play the electric guitar, compared with 12% for the violin. Keyboard is the most popular instrument, played by 30% of the 1,726 children, questioned by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music.”
When Technology Improves Movie Clarity It’s Better Right? (Not Necessarily)
“On the one hand there’s tremendous possibility, but the challenge is to maintain the artistry and craftsmanship. Once everything is in focus it requires a lot more staging, and a lot more sophistication in visual effects, and more attention to prop work, set design, and costuming.”
Frozen In Time? Is Dance Stunted By Attempts To Label It?
“Just when the dance world has become so stimulating with its jumble of influences from all over the world, and when classical ballet and contemporary dance are criss-crossing in interesting ways, we have recently seen announcements for two major initiatives that stake out claims for a certain kind of dance—a limited kind of dance that is easy to name.”