Asked why folks on Michigan Avenue would seek out the museum’s second-story space and pay to enter it when much of the information it’ll present is a tap away on their laptops or phones—or available at the, you know, public library—Anway said the museum will provide “context.”
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A Plan To Rebuild (And Update) The Ancient Colossus Of Rhodes
“The plan calls for a new statue that’s way taller than the ancient one. At 400 feet tall, the new Helios would be nearly four times the height of the original. The proposal also includes an interior library, museum, cultural center, exhibition hall, and, of course, a crowning lighthouse that’s visible for 35 miles.”
A Record Sales Price For A Violin Bow
The silver and ebony mounted violin bow, made by Francois Xavier Tourte, was purchased on Monday for a world record auction price of US $288,960.
Can You Spot The Difference Between Art Philanthropy And A Tax Write-Off?
“At first you think it’s the holiday spirit and wonderful. Then you realise it’s the end of the year and people are looking for charitable contributions.”
Upheaval At Orlando Ballet: Top Two Execs Terminated After Less Than A Year, Live Music May Be Cut
“For years, the ballet has been dogged by cash-flow problems and a revolving door of leaders – six in the past six years. [Now-former interim executive director] Cundiff took up the top job in March.” Chief fundraiser Julie Gillespie, who started with the company in July, was also let go. The schedule of annual Nutcracker performances, expanded in September, has been reduced, and the board is considering canceling its contract with the Orlando Philharmonic.
Alice Cooper, A Classical Music Evangelist?
Says the veteran rocker, who’s doing the narration for an update of the Prokofiev work titled Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood, “These classical writers were insane, when you think of how crazy they were. These guys were out of their minds. They were just eaten by this music, they were mentally insane over it. They were the rock stars of their time. But I think they would have been a lot crazier than we were.”
American Slave Narratives: The Descendants Of Authors Gather
“They included descendants of famous figures like Dred Scott, the plaintiff at the center of the infamous 1857 Supreme Court ruling, and Solomon Northup, the author of Twelve Years a Slave, … They arrived with photographs, books and rolling bags full of research materials, along with a shared conviction in the importance of taking history into their own hands.”
Why More Actors Should Be Cast Against Type
Matt Zoller Seitz: “Throughout film history, and TV history, casting against type has yielded not just some of the best performances of certain actors’ careers, but some of the defining moments of the show or movie they appeared in. … There might be no better TV example … than Bryan Cranston, who in the mid-aughts was being sent mostly comedic material because of all of his great years on Malcolm in the Middle.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.04.15
What is Audience Engagement? (Part 2)
It’s commonplace to talk about the need for “audience engagement” – but what does the term actually mean? Let’s pick up from yesterday’s discussion. … read more
AJBlog: Audience Wanted Published 2015-11-04
Both Sides, Now
Both Sides, Now: Short-Term Income vs. Long-Term Engagement in the Arts By Jill Robinson, TRG Arts. This post is part of a series of collaborations with TRG … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-11-03
Spectator sport
Georgian theatre going was not for the faint hearted. Dandies in the pit, doxies in the boxes, light fingers filching your pockets. If it wasn’t the fire that got you, it was the riots. … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2015-11-04
“Masterpiece” Theater: Sotheby’s & Christie’s Tout Megabucks Wares at Auction Preview
Hyperbole is always the order of the day when the auction houses unveil their wares at their press previews for the big evening sales of Impressionist, modern and contemporary art. But the back-to-back presentations by the Big Two auction houses on Friday (“Taxi!”) were even more boastful than usual. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-04
Taubman Was No Havemeyer: Sotheby’s Rough Night
A lot was riding on Sotheby’s “Masterworks” sale from the Taubman Collection tonight, and it was a rough ride. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-04
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TV Networks Turn To Neuroscience To Make Ads More Effective
Viacom Inc.’s New York-based laboratory is concentrating primarily on brainwave activity from test subjects who are given media to watch or interact with, and the project’s core objective is to determine the timing of ads. The general notion behind the research which makes use of electroencephalogram (EEG) brain readings, is that scenes which gain emotional response from expectant mothers might be an apposite queue for baby-related items, or that a scene which makes the viewer feel hungry is an obvious point to present a food-related ad (presumably for a deliverable foodstuff which can capitalise on the transient feeling).