12.06.17 – Page 3 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Leonardo’s ‘Salvator Mundi’, World’s Most Expensive Art Work, Headed To Louvre Abu Dhabi

The painting, which sold at auction last month for $450 million, is evidently going on long-term loan to the new (and also expensive) Persian Gulf museum, which opened last month.

Two Longtime WNYC Radio Hosts Placed On ‘Immediate Leave’ For Alleged ‘Inappropriate Behavior’

Leonard Lopate, 77, who has hosted a popular midday talk show about books, culture and society for 32 years, was escorted from the building on Wednesday, about an hour before his program was to begin; he says management has refused to tell him what incidents led to his suspension. Also off the air is Jonathan Schwartz, who hosts weekend music shows and the online-only Jonathan Channel, both focused on the Great American Songbook. (includes audio)

John Hockenberry’s First ‘Takeaway’ Cohost Recounts Just How Badly He Treated Her

Adaora Udoji, breaking her non-disclosure agreement: “Within months of the show’s launch in April 2008, my co-host John Hockenberry was yelling and screaming at me in the studio, at times when senior staff was present. … The more I complained, the more the focus became my lack of experience in radio. But they were fully aware of that when they hired me. I was even told one of the reasons for John’s explosions were his frustration with my ‘incompetence’. I was the problem.”

Los Angeles Museums And Galleries Start To Close As Wildfires Rage

The Getty Center and Getty Villa, the Hammer Museum, and the Skirball Center have all shut their doors to the public temporarily. They say that neither their buildings nor their collections have suffered any fire damage, but the heavy smoke in the air alone could damage their art.

Editor Of Paris Review Resigns Over ‘Abuse Of My Position’ With Female Colleagues

Lorin Stein, 44, stepped down following an internal investigation by the magazine’s board into complaints from female staffers and freelance writers – an investigation that started when Stein told board members that he was on the notorious online list of “Shitty Media Men.”

Marin Alsop To Leave São Paulo Symphony After 2019

The Fundação Osesp, the organization that operates the orchestra, has announced that Alsop will become Honorary Conductor as of 2020 and that a fellowship for young conductors will be established in her honor. While the announcement was full of praise for Alsop’s achievements with the orchestra (notably a much higher international profile), the assumption seems to be that her contract was not renewed. (in Portuguese; for Google Translate version, click here.)

Putting Life In The Calais Refugee Camp Onstage

In 2015, two young English playwrights, Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, traveled to the notorious shantytown known as the Jungle and ended up establishing a theatre tent for the migrants there. Two years on, with the Jungle now bulldozed, the two Joes have created a play dramatizing a year in the life of the camp, and it’s about to open at London’s Young Vic.

Quincy Jones And The Netflix Of Jazz

“Qwest will operate like a highly specialized version of Netflix: Members pay a small fee each month for access to the full video library. It also resembles more boutique streaming platforms like Mubi, the art-film streaming service, or Boiler Room, an organization that archives its own underground-music concerts on its website.”

A Startling Decline In Admissions At London Museums

Between June and August 2017 a record 11.5 million overseas visitors came to the UK, up 6% on the same period last year. Among holiday-makers the increase was greater still, with 13% more choosing to spend their vacations in the UK. Despite this, a year-on-year comparison shows that visitor numbers from June to August were down at: British Museum (-3%), National Gallery (-19%), National Portrait Gallery (-41%), and Tate Modern (-37%)

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