The Myth of the Lone Genius: A Leading Innovation in Arts and Culture Conversation
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2014-11-18
Tomorrow’s Museum Leaders – And A Few Of Today
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-18
Are Books an “Essential Good”?
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-11-18
Billy Bragg: Taylor Swift vs. Spotify
AJBlog: CultureCrash Published 2014-11-18
The Henry Mollicone underground operas
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2014-11-17
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Tag: 11.18.14
Oslo Is Building A New National Museum. These Architects Are Fighting To Save The Old One
“A group of prominent Norwegian architects who have long opposed the new building are now speaking out to save the original National Gallery, which dates to 1842.”
Rome Opera Settles With Its Musicians (A Test Case For Opera In Italy)
“The closely watched standoff is emblematic of the troubled state of opera in Italy. It was also seen as a test case for labor relations in the country, whose government has been struggling to change laws to make it easier for employers to hire and fire workers.”
Reality TV Networks Are Moving Into Scripted Shows (Here’s Why)
Not only does scripted represent a promised land for boosting audience interest, it’s also bursting with creativity at a moment when reality is, by comparison, “a little bit dull, a little bit stagnant.”
Thomas King Wins Canada’s Governor General’s Award For Fiction
“King had twice previously been a finalist: A Coyote Columbus Story was nominated in the children’s literature category in 1992, while his novel Green Grass, Running Water was nominated for the fiction prize the following year.”
Bring Back The National Book Award For Translation!
“The National Book Foundation should revive an award it should never have abandoned in the first place – an award that recognizes a category of books unusually sensitive to precisely this kind of recognition.”