Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.11.15

Fracking and Arts Marketing
Can’t wait to see where I’m going with this, can you? … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2015-11-10

Twombly Blackboard Helps Sotheby’s Chalk Up a Solid Contemporary Sale
Christie’s, the recent market leader in major contemporary art sales, has less to crow about this week: Its uneven sale last night made Sotheby’s contemporary sale tonight look good. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-11-11

How do you solve a problem like Leontes?
The problem with this “problem play” [The Winter’s Tale] is: why does he change so suddenly from adoring his childhood friend, Polixenes, King of Bohemia (whose visit has already lasted nine months) to being uncontrollably jealous, and certain that he is having an affair with his wife, Hermione? … If I were directing, I’d explicate the turnabout by making it evident that … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2015-11-11

Veterans Day 2015
For a couple more hours, it is still Veterans Day here in the western United States. I’ve been thinking that I should post something about this American holiday dedicated to the men and women who … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-11-11

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UK Warning: Our Regional Opera Companies Are In Danger

“Opera companies are [being] forced more and more to rely on any private money they can raise. Inevitably, a theatre like the Royal Opera House is able to raise more than smaller, less attractive companies. That’s why we’re seeing the extraordinary explosion of country house opera – Grange Park, Longborough, Glyndebourne and so on – and the shrinking of regional opera.”