A nationwide audit of 163 major collections has led to the identification of “83 paintings, 26 drawings and 13 Jewish ritual objects [as well as miscellaneous works] believed to have been taken from their owners between 1933 and 1945.”
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Jersey City Is Getting A New Performing Arts Center
Located in “the sixth borough” (and the one that gets the least respect), across the Hudson from Lower Manhattan, “the Nimbus Arts Center at the Lively will feature a 150-seat black box theater, studio and rehearsal space for [Nimbus Dance Works] and [its] school, and company administrative offices. The arts facility, which is expected to open in December 2019, will reside on the ground floors of the building, with apartments above.”
2018 Stirling Prize Goes To Norman Foster’s Bloomberg HQ In London
“One of the most environmentally friendly office buildings ever conceived has been named the winner of the 2018 Stirling prize, beating off competition from a quirky brick nursery, a mud-walled cemetery and the extension of the Tate St Ives gallery.”
Commercial Theatre Is ‘Anti-Art, Anti-Theatre, Anti-Creativity, Anti-Audience,’ Says One Of London’s Top Commercial Producers
“… And so I like to think of myself as an independent producer as opposed to a commercial producer,” says Sonia Friedman, who was spoiled by her time working “in the subsidised sector” (at the National Theatre).
Chicago’s Storefront Theatre Revolution
For a New Yorker, the real surprise was to be found in the far-flung spaces — like the Den — that make up Chicago’s “storefront” theater movement. Especially in the northern part of the city, these theaters have colonized churches and renovated restaurants and turned showrooms into show rooms. Some house an audience of hundreds, some just a handful.
Where’s Cher? Is Mackie Too Tacky? Metropolitan Museum Goes “Camp” for Costume Institute Show
The Metropolitan Museum has just announced that its next Costume Institute extravaganza will be Camp: Notes on Fashion, May 9-Sept. 8, 2019. (Rest in Peace, Susan Sontag.) But Cher, with a show about to open on Broadway, doesn’t seem to be involved, and how can the Costume Institute have a show like this with none of the gowns Bob Mackie designed for her?
The Big Story On Broadway This Season Is That Plays Are Outshining Musicals
“It was just last season when theater lovers were wringing their collective hands as big brand musicals descended on Times Square … No more. In a turnabout no one on Broadway expected, this season is rich with drama — ambitious, challenging, risky work, most of it new and most of it American.” Says one producer, “It’s no accident that all these plays are happening now. It’s how artists react to what’s happening in the culture.”
Want To Get People To Work Harder? Gamify! But…
Gamification’s trapping of total fun masks that we have very little control over the games we are made to play – and hides the fact that these games are not games at all. Gamified systems are tools, not toys. They can teach complex topics, engage us with otherwise difficult problems. Or they can function as subtle systems of social control.
Brexit Plans Will Create ‘Bureaucratic Nightmare’ For Tours And ‘Strangle The Supply Of Vital Talent’, Say UK Arts Leaders
“According to the immigration proposals, announced earlier this month, there will be no preferential treatment for European Union workers, who will have to apply for specific category visas to come and work in the UK, as is the case for workers from the rest of the world. The visas will be restricted to applicants who have a confirmed job offer and earn a minimum of £30,000 a year pro-rata, with the potential for it to rise to £50,000, a situation that leading figures have warned is not fit for purpose.”
Snapchat, Following Facebook And YouTube, Moves Into Producing Original Video Content
“With NBCUniversal’s help, the struggling social media giant preps more than a dozen original series for its 188 million users as it muscles into a crowded market. … But its slate won’t be ripped from the Netflix playbook. All Snapchat scripted series will average about five minutes an episode and be released daily in the signature vertical video format.”