The goal of the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative is to increase arts organizations’ “adaptive capacity” (because the arts landscape is changing and the next recession could hit anytime) by building capital (in terms of both cash and staff) and “cultural competence.”
Tag: 11.20.18
Taiwan’s Film Industry Can No Longer Ignore Mainland Chinese Sensitivities (Not Even On Awards Night)
This past weekend in Taipei, at the Golden Horse Awards (which cover Chinese-language cinema worldwide), the winner of the Best Documentary prize called for Taiwan to be recognized as independent — whereupon censors in the PRC cut the broadcast off. Writer Lauren Teixeira recounts the other Taiwan/PRC drama at the ceremony and explains why the Taiwanese movie industry has to take it seriously.
Glamour Magazine To End Its Print Version
As of June, Glamour had a print circulation of about 2 million, according to Alliance for Audited Media. There were about 7 million visitors to the website last month, according to comScore figures. Its total reach online, editor Samantha Barry contended to staffers, was about 20 million.
100 Notable Books Of 2018, As Chosen By NYT Editors (Let The Debates Begin)
To begin with, why not a single book from an academic imprint?
Monday Recommendation, A Day Late: Atlantis Quartet
Atlantis Quartet, Hello Human (Shifting Paradigm Records)
Nuttall’s ‘Bomb Culture’ Is Back
Far from being bound by its time, Nuttall’s 1968 investigation of Britain’s underground political and literary protest culture was a prophetic critique, and applicable as well to the American scene.
The Arts Have A Unique Role In Fighting Climate Change: Nicholas Serota
Writes the chair of Arts Council England, who was for three decades director of the Tate Galleries, “In 2012 we became the first cultural body in the world to include environmental reporting and action in our long-term funding agreements with arts organisations. … Together we substantially increased understanding about the role of the sector in addressing environmental issues and associated social challenges. The findings of our Annual Report on Environmental Sustainability, published on Tuesday, prove the value of that intervention.”
At Chinese Academy Awards, Winner Calls For Independent Taiwan, And Screens Go Black
“Documentary filmmaker Fu Yue called for Taiwan to be recognised as an ‘independent entity’ during her acceptance speech [at the Golden Horse awards], fighting back tears as she said, ‘this is my biggest wish as a Taiwanese’. Her speech was quickly censored on Chinese television and streams, with the coverage going black.”