“The Shakespeare’s Globe production of Titus Andronicus, which was so bloody it caused more than 100 audience members to faint or leave during its theatre run, is to go global as it is screened in cinemas across the world.”
Tag: 12.10.14
What If We Made College Free? (It Actually Wouldn’t Cost That Much)
“According to the most-recent calculations of Strike Debt, the debt-resistance group I work with, the cost would be relatively modest. The federal loan program is propped up by a motley assortment of subsidies and tax exemptions that amount to tens of billions of dollars.”
University Of Iowa Removes An Anti-Hate-Speech Art Work For Being “Offensive”
“Created by Serhat Tanyolacar, a UI visiting professor and printmaking fellow, the klansman sculpture was decoupaged in newspaper coverage of racial tension and violence throughout the past 100 years. The piece was meant to highlight how America’s history of race-based violence isn’t really history and “facilitate a dialgoue,” as Tanyolacar told university paper The Gazette.”
The Pressure Mounts For Museums To Return ‘Stolen’ Objects
“Dubious purchases had been made for years by Western museums, but the practice is now widely considered to be immoral. The prevailing wisdom today is that illegal excavations and trade in archeological objects is destroying our world cultural heritage.”
Staging A Performance Piece With – Or On – The NYPD
“It became clear, over the course of listening to a variety of experiences, that the exercise worked not so much to disarm cops against us, but to disarm us against cops.”
Why Art Censorship Is On The Rise
“Why have these recent demands to censor been so successful? It’s worth reflecting on who is protesting, because this is also different from the earlier, top-down attempts to censor.”
Backstage At The “Edward Scissorhands” Ballet
Vanity Fair gets a look at Matthew Bourne’s adaptation of the cult film. (slideshow)
The Most Controversial Novel In Israeli History Finally Hits U.S. Shelves
“In 1949, the publication of a short novel Khirbet Khizeh, about the forceful [sic] evacuation of a Palestinian village by Israeli soldiers, created a stir in the newly established state of Israel. Now, 65 years later, the controversial Hebrew classic by S. Yizhar is taking on a new life in English.”
Ten Important Things Happened At Art Basel Miami Beach This Year
From the debut of one museum and reinvention of another, to the new prominence of certain artists and dealers, to the triumph of dance, to the night when supposedly superficial Miamians found their outrage …
Letting The Audience Set The Ticket Price – After The Show
That’s just what one venue in England is doing for the first half of next year: free entry for all theatre, spoken-word and dance performances, with each audience member deciding after the show is over what it was worth. How will they make this work?