Grenoble, France “will soon be home to a handful of devices that dispense short stories rather than sugary snacks or soft drinks. The machines will offer a choice of stories one, three, or five minutes long, and their bank of 600 short stories, determined by the publisher Short Édition’s thousands of subscribers and writers, is free of charge.”
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Is This Yellowface? Successful Chinese Artist Reveals That He’s Actually A Frenchman
No, it’s not only poets who do it. “Tao Hongjing was the fictional creation of French artist Alexandre Ouairy, born in Nantes, who assumed the pseudonym a decade ago to sell more art as an unknown foreign name in China. … The ‘Tao Hongjing’ idea was based on a suggestion by his gallerist in Shanghai a decade ago, when the country’s contemporary art market was soaring but the Frenchman’s early exhibitions proved flops.” And it worked.
How Do Music Stations Hang On In The Era Of Internet Radio?
“‘The thing that has helped KEXP and KCRW is we’re not traditional radio,’ said Jennifer Ferro, the president of KCRW. ‘We’re really building this tribe of people that are interested in music discovery and curious about the world.'”
The New York DJ, Performance Artist And Muse Who’s Made It To MoMA
“This chapter of the performance deals with Huxtable’s sense of frustration and mourning about the internet’s ‘transition to something like an oligarchy … The idea of people’s personal information being controlled goes hand in hand with this access to history – the two things are determined by Google algorithms. And if a server is not renewed, then it’s gone for good.'”
The 10-Year-Old Who Keeps On Getting Symphony Conducting Gigs
“Beethoven was really his thing. He would go around singing sections of it, he’d hear it again, then he just started conducting.”
The Biggest Classical Moments In Bond History
“It’s common for movies to connect classical music to characters like this to portray them as sophisticated, high-class villains as opposed to any generic thug, and for a series built on tropes and cliches, it totally works!”
Using Art To Gloss Over Gentrification In New York
“A few days before the party, a billboard went up over the intersection of Bruckner Boulevard and the Third Avenue Bridge, advertising the so-called ‘Piano District’ to drivers commuting between Manhattan and Westchester County and Connecticut, promising ‘luxury waterfront living’ and ‘world-class dining, fashion, art + architecture.’ Reaching back into the distant, depoliticized past is a great way for developers to imbue a neighborhood with ambient authenticity.”
Art Critics Need To Chill Out And Understand That The Broad Is A Gateway Museum
“The art press greeted the first installation/iteration of the permanent collection with a run of unexpectedly hostile skepticism; this results from the fact that, despite an adulation for buzzwords like ‘public engagement,’ ‘appeal to younger audiences,’ ‘cultural tourism,’ and ‘accessibility,’ in contemporary art discourse of late, those in power don’t actually like it all that much when paralegals from Pacoima show up with their kids. But that’s exactly who this glorious museum is for — those kids.”
We Need A Far Better Paradigm For Collectors Than The Broads’ Vanity Museum
“The Vogels acquired art not because it was fashionable, part of social and economic aspirations, or because it could guarantee a return on an investment, but because they thought the work to be truly important. The couple built street cred with the artists in their collection because they were there from the beginning, when every artist needs the most support, financially as well as emotionally. … Compare the Vogels’ history with the Broads.”
Behind The Scenes, Off-Broadway Has A Massive Gender Gap
Steketee hopes the data will encourage companies to hire more women, and not just those who are already famous.