Consultant Lauren Tan watched footage of Leonard Bernstein, Gustavo Dudamel, Manfred Honeck, and others for what their hands, eyes, faces and postures can show the rest of us about non-verbal communication. – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tag: 11.11.19
Seattle’s Intiman Theatre May Be Pulling Itself Away From The Edge Of The Cliff
“Shortly after a fundraising gala-brunch on Saturday, Nov. 2, Intiman announced it had raised $130,000 in one month (including the brunch), putting the theater close to its year-end goal of $200,000. Meeting that goal would leave the organization, which has operated with a roughly $1 million budget in recent years, with $150,000 cash on hand going into 2020.” – The Seattle Times
Indie Publishers Nervous As Amazon Cuts Way Back On Orders For Holiday Gift Season
Several independent presses tell PW that the mega-retailer’s weekly orders have fallen since late October; one publisher says the most recent order was down 75% from this time last year. The apparent reason? Amazon’s warehouses don’t have space for the books. – Publishers Weekly
Another Movie About Nigerians Disqualified From Oscars’ Best International Feature Category
Last week, controversy broke out when Nigeria’s first-ever submission for what used to be called the Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar was ruled out because a large majority of the dialogue is in English. Now Austria’s submission, a story of Nigerian sex workers in Vienna titled Joy, has been rejected for the same reason: two-thirds of the dialogue is in English. – The Hollywood Reporter
UK Publishers, Booksellers Wrestle With Selling Right Wing Books
With a divisive election looming and rising rates of hate crime, the question of how best to engage with opposing views is, says David Shelley of the publishing giant Hachette, hotly debated in acquisitions meetings. “It’s important to uphold free speech, but social justice is also a big part of our mission,” he says. He is proud that Hachette publishes authors from across the political spectrum, from Labour’s Jess Phillips to the controversial rightwing commentator Rod Liddle. “But we wouldn’t want to publish any book that played a part in oppressing minorities, or went against our inclusive ethos.” – The Guardian
Art Auction Guarantees Are Losing Popularity. Will This Crash The Market?
After an unprecedented expansion in recent years, third-party guarantees may have lost their magic. Their use appears to have peaked. Now, the trade is left wondering: Have guarantees become too popular for their own good? And what will happen to the market if a tool it once relied on is put back in the shed? – Artnet
Last Year Archaeologists Dated Cave Paintings In Spain Back To The Neanderthals. Were They Wrong?
Published in the Journal of Human Evolution, the critique, led by New York University archaeologist Randall White and co-authored by 44 international researchers, suggests that the dating technique used in the earlier report might not be reliable. “There is still no convincing archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created [southwestern European] cave art,” the document states. – Artnet
French Theatre That Kids Find More Compelling Than Their Screens
In an era of limitless on-demand entertainment, the timeworn art of French marionette theater continues to capture minds and hearts in this country in ways that smartphones, video games and the most seducing technologies can’t. – The New York Times
Bill Mays And Bobby Shew Then … & Mays Now
It was a coincidence that could not have been more welcome if it had had been planned; One day, the mailwoman brought two new albums that feature pianist Bill Mays. – Doug Ramsey
National Galleries Scotland Is The Latest Arts Organization To End Its Ties To BP
The 2019 BP Portrait Award will still take place in December, but that will be the last time NGS will host that show (at least, as sponsored by BP). The holdouts, that is, those arts organizations still sponsored by BP, now include the National Portrait Gallery, where this move will increase pressure. – The Guardian (UK)