“While [Jasper] Johns mainly chose objects so familiar that they were overlooked, Warhol would take images so popular that they already had mass appeal – he would be as bold and brash as the advertisements and products surrounding him in Manhattan.”
Tag: 10.21.12
Could Co-Productions Reinvigorate British Ballet?
“One of the key issues facing British ballet is the difficulty of building audiences for new choreography, especially in the smaller towns and cities, where 19th-century classics remain the default option at the box office. Would it be impossible for companies such as ENB, the Royal and Birmingham Royal Ballet to address this by collaborating on limited tours of small-scale, contemporary ballets?”
Why Glengarry Glen Ross Now Seems Quaint
“That’s because consequences, like those portrayed in Glengarry, no longer play a role in this new era of mountaintop capitalism, where so few control the fate of so many while being so vastly removed from the actual sale.”
Why Ballet Still Clings To Its Stories
“Our experience of ballet illusion has changed, and paradoxically it’s this change – not just the staying-the-sameness of Swan Lake – that brings us back.”
Art Genome? Ideas Without Form?
“Art.sy-ing feels more like shopping for designer clothes online than walking through an art gallery in real life. For fashion, e-commerce has been a boon with no signs of bust. But it hasn’t revolutionized the industry by making unknown designers suddenly famous, as MySpace did bands. Rather, it’s forced the establishment to design with an eye to how clothes look online, perhaps sacrificing how they feel on the body.”
Collector Finds Lost Kurt Weill Recording
“He answered an ad on Craigslist offering old books and records for sale and found four 78 r.p.m. acetate discs of a Kurt Weill work that even Weill scholars did not know had ever been recorded. The find, it turned out, was just the start.”
Locked-Out Minnesota Orchestra Musicians Play Their Season Opener Anyway (With Legendary Conductor)
“Locked out since Oct. 1 in a contract dispute with management, the musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra emerged from limbo Thursday to offer a triumphant, self-organized, sold-out concert at the same hour, and in the same venue, as their previously scheduled season opener.”
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Locks Out Musicians
“Union players at the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra did not vote on an offer from management, and the board of directors shut the doors and canceled concerts through Nov. 4. In a lockout, players may not report for work and they receive no pay.”
The Obsessive Man Who’s Read 6000 Books
“My reading habits sometimes get a bit loopy. I often read dozens of books simultaneously. I start a book in 1978 and finish it 34 years later, without enjoying a single minute of the enterprise. I absolutely refuse to read books that critics describe as “luminous” or “incandescent.” I never read books in which the hero went to private school or roots for the New York Yankees. I once spent a year reading nothing but short books. I spent another year vowing to read nothing but books I picked off the library shelves with my eyes closed. The results were not pretty.”
Has Kickstarter Jumped The Shark?
What’s up with Hollywood directors trying to use the crowdfunding model when they have perfectly good (and wealthy) studios to bankroll them?