“Jazz fans are hip; editors and writers at these publications are revanchist, in love with a non-existent, prelapsarian golden-age that is different for each.”
Tag: 10.22.14
Dancing American Priests Become Internet Sensation
“A video of a pair of dueling, dancing American priests studying in Rome has gone viral, following in the footsteps of a now-famous Italian nun whose Alicia Keyes-esque voice won her a singing contest and a record contract.”
Swedish Law Says Artists Get Paid For Being Shown In Museums (But It Doesn’t Work That Way)
“According to a survey conducted by the Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis, around 60% of artists who showed their work in smaller state museums either failed to get paid or received less than the law dictates.”
Why We Need Art That Examines Terrorism
Protesters of “The Death of Klinghoffer” are upset by the way terrorists are portrayed. “Apparently, the Achille Lauro hijackers are only to be represented as the cackling villains of fairy tale – evil just because they are evil. Yet if we take the position that terrorism cannot ever be understood, we are unlikely ever to defeat it. Surely the rise of homegrown terrorists is proof of that.”
Detroit Institute Of Arts Collection Has Been Saved (Or Just About): Report
“The [museum] has cleared its biggest remaining hurdle to secure its art collection. Last week, the city of Detroit reached a settlement with its largest holdout creditor, the Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC). As Detroit’s 16-month-long bankruptcy trial comes to a close this week, the 11th-hour deal all but guarantees that the DIA’s collection will not be sold to pay down the city’s debt.”
People Are Faking Disabilities To Get Free Theatre Tickets
“Belfast’s Grand Opera House is to review an access scheme for disabled customers, following evidence that it is being abused by people pretending to have disabilities.”
What Ellen Burstyn Survived
“When [she] was 18, she got on a Greyhound bus going from Detroit to Dallas. She had 50 cents in her pocket … She’d already gotten pregnant and had an illegal abortion. By her mid-20s, determined not to just get by on her looks, she left Hollywood to study acting with Lee Strasberg. In her mid-40s, after leaving an abusive marriage, she starred as a newly single mom in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. The role was based in part on her own life, and it won her an Oscar.” (audio podcast; includes transcript)
Can There Be Such A Thing As A Bad Children’s Book? (Hey, It’s Getting Kids To Read, Right?)
Rebecca Mead: “[The] view that any book that is avidly embraced can serve as a gateway to an enduring love of reading is surely true … But the metaphor of the gateway should prompt caution, too, since one can go through a gate in two directions.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.22.14
Stop Working For Free
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-10-22
Fear of Learning
AJBlog: PostClassic Published 2014-10-22
A Very Ambitious, Private, New Museum For Miami
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-10-22
Rembrandt Late Style: the Greatest Show on Earth?
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2014-10-22
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This Week In Controversial Opera: Wikileaks
“Directed by Daniel Fish, “The Source” seeks to create a nuanced portrait of Pfc. Manning while engaging with troves of military documents. The work’s text comes from primary-source material: Manning’s chat logs and the Afghanistan and Iraq war logs that were eventually published by WikiLeaks.”