This year’s total will be about $200 million ahead of the previous record of $10,919,694,802 set in 2013. And it’s 7.2% ahead of the 2014 mark of $10,356,099,042, which declined 5.2% from 2013.
Tag: 12.29.15
I Rediscovered Reading This Year And Read A LOT Of Books. Here’s What I Learned
“Finishing every book you start is not just annoying — it’s counter-productive. There will never ever be enough time to read every worthwhile book. Even spending almost every spare second reading, there were titles I returned to the library, spines woefully uncracked.”
What Science Fiction Movie Or Novel Is Most Prescient Today? A Debate
“This year, NASA confirmed the existence of liquid water on Mars, raising the possibility of Martian life; a genetically engineered animal can now be sold for human consumption, as in a tale by Margaret Atwood; and a Silicon Valley research institute was formed to create a computer with the intellectual ability of a human, and to confront the threat such artificial intelligence poses to humanity. …”
Robert Wilson Dishes: Lady Gaga Is A ‘Genius’, Marina Abramovic Will Be ‘A Footnote’, The Audience Can ‘Get Lost’
He’s not really being that rude about Marina: “She’ll have a place in history for having done something. She disagrees, but I don’t think the work is meant to be reproduced. She’ll have an influence.” On Gaga: “The concentration, the power she has, it’s total. … She should do Medea.” On theatre staging: “You don’t have to understand every second. I think that’s the problem. Let the audience get lost. It’s OK.”
Tonya Pinkins Quits Off-Broadway ‘Mother Courage’ – And Her Lawyer Won’t Let Her Say Why
“In an email, she wrote that she had drafted a statement detailing her reasons for leaving the show, but that her lawyer had discouraged her from sharing it. ‘I’m not even sure I want to tell it,’ she wrote.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.29.15
The arts, effective altruism, and data
The Seattle Times reports “With millennial philanthropy money flowing, arts groups miss out” … Read the whole thing, as they say, but I think there is a fair bit of confusion in the piece, and the place of the arts in effective altruism, and the role of data. … read more
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2015-12-29
Expanding Our Art Horizons
In recent years, some museums have begun a push to build their collections in Latin American art and to show more of it in special exhibitions, too. Much of the emphasis has been on modern … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2015-12-29
Sad face
Several family shows I’ve seen this month are happy to dance with the dark. … Each may send you out sadder but wiser. Growing up is full of fear. Sometimes people leave you. Nature may not survive our greed. Happy holidays! … read more
AJBlog: Performance Monkey Published 2015-12-29
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Why Our Most-Loved Culture Doesn’t Win Awards (Oscars, Emmys, Etc…)
“This is an odd phenomenon when you think about it: There is one group of movies we honor, and a different one we actually enjoy (assuming box office receipts are indicative of public favor). The same can be said for recorded music, and, to an increasing extent, Broadway shows.”
How Sound Defines The Architecture Around Us
“Often the sound of a place is so pervasive that we stop noticing what we hear. Or we think the sound could not be otherwise — that is, until we, say, turn off the buzzing overhead lights.”
Looking At Carnegie Hall’s Wish List For A New Chairman
“The memo, obtained by The New York Times, offers insight into the institution’s thinking as it works to recover from the turmoil that burst into the public eye this fall when Ronald O. Perelman, the billionaire businessman, abruptly stepped down after eight months as its chairman.”