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Report Scotland’s Visual Art Sector Is In Peril
“Creative Scotland’s study found that almost half of Scotland’s artists were having to take on additional jobs to make ends. Self-employed artists are said to be earning an average of less than £15,000 a year, compared to the average Scottish salary of £26,000, with even those work more than 15 years experience behind them struggling on little more than £20,000 a year on average.” -
Let’s tell the story of art without men | Letters
via theguardian.comDr Suzy Tutchell champions the work of past and present female artists, while Caroline Higgitt takes Francesco Vezzoli’s challengeIf the art world is so “vast and varied”, as the subheading on your article says (Art unlocked, 13 April), why were 10 male artists and only three women artists featured? Why, yet again, are we being asked to consider masterworks, “old and new”, which reflect a not-so-varied, male-dominated canon?It’s 2024, Katy Hessel has writ -
The Guardian view on the Royal Academy: reframing a bloody past | Editorial
via theguardian.comThe Royal Academy is examining the part it has played in Britain’s history of slavery and empire – and the usual carping suspects will not be pleasedVery recent visitors from Mars may not know of the regular attacks on the National Trust for being “woke”, but the rest of us have heard plenty. The trust’s latest onslaught on British values has something to do with the lack of butter in the scones. Never mind that they have been made like this for years; Tory MPs and -
‘No death in Venice’: Israel-Gaza tensions infiltrate biennale
via theguardian.comProtests erupt outside Israel pavilion, official Israeli artist pulls out, and Ukraine team puts up posters showing maps of nearest bomb shelterBillionaires’ yachts and protests; cocktail parties and culture wars; bellinis and boycotts. The Venice Biennale’s opening preview days are always a place of odd clashes and juxtapositions, as artists, curators, critics, and wealthy collectors descend on the city to take in often politically radical art.But this year’s edition vibrates -
Expressionists turn blue, Gormley gardens and Rauschenberg reaches out – the week in art
via theguardian.comPioneering German modernists, a stately new setting for Britain’s best-known sculptor and Rauschenberg’s utopian cultural exchange – all in your weekly dispatchExpressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider
The passion and spirituality of a key movement in early 20th century German art jerks back to life like Dr Caligari’s creature.
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Faith Ringgold obituary
via theguardian.comArtist whose paintings, textiles and sculpture aimed to depict ‘everything happening in America’ amid the tumult of the 1960sOn a damp night in November 1970, Faith Ringgold, who has died aged 93, was locking the doors to an exhibition at the Judson Memorial church in Greenwich Village, when four strangers turned up pleading to see the show of flags she and several other radical artists of the downtown New York scene were staging. After a brief look at her painting, Flag for the Moon -
Mahler on Solo Trombone — Coming Up at Colorado Mahlerfest This May
via artsjournal.comDavid Taylor and JH perform Schubert’s “Der Doppelganger” at the 2023 Brevard Music FestivalWriting in The American Scholar, Sudip Bose -
What Does It Mean To “Own” Culture? (And Do We Have To?)
Our music, films, books and photographs are increasingly accessed via digital platforms rather than stored on our shelves. Do these digital items really feel like “mine” in the same way that physical possessions do? And can they become as personally meaningful? – The Conversation -
Fighting Against The Information Overload
via lithub.comWe’re living in what they call the “Information Age,” but life only seems to be making less sense. We’re isolated, listless, burnt out on screens, cutting loved ones out like tumors in the spirit of “boundaries,” failing to understand other people’s choices or even our own. – LitHub -
Quick Study: Cultural Districts and Well-Being Strategies
via artsjournal.comIn this episode, we learn how leaders of a global network of arts and cultural districts regard their influence on community health and well-being. A transcript is available on the NEA website. -
Librarians Under Attack (And It’s Taking A Toll)
via newsweek.comInstead of standing up for the robust exchange of ideas, lawmakers in state after state are pushing bills that would criminalize librarians for putting certain books on the shelves. Nuisance lawsuits and fights over book bans are draining librarians’ time, energy, and resources. – Newsweek -
How Accurately Can Computers Simulate The Real World?
via newyorker.comVideo games have long bent toward realism, and in the past thirty years engines have become more sophisticated: they can now render near-photorealistic graphics and mimic real-world physics. – The New Yorker -
Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Protest At Venice Biennale
via news.artnet.comAround 100 protestors gathered outside of the Israeli Pavilion in the Giardini and moved toward other national pavilions, like those of the U.S., France, and Germany, chanting “stop the genocide,” “shut it down,” and “viva Palestina.” – Artnet -
Canceled Glasgow Book Festival Gets a Surpise Gift From A Lottery Winner’s Fund
via theguardian.comThe full multiday festival – which last year saw 175 authors appearing in more than 120 events across 10 days – will still not go ahead. However, Wee Write, a festival for children and young people, will now go ahead in autumn on a smaller scale. – The Guardian -
When Inigo Philbrick And I Tried To Cut A Banksy Out Of The Wall It Was Painted On
via theguardian.comOrlando Whitfield (as recounted in his new book): “I mean, this is great, but it’s on a fucking wall. A door was one thing, but this is different.” Philbrick: “I know. But it has to be doable, right? Has to be. Think of all those frescoes they move in Italy.” – The Guardian -
Why New Zealand Nees A Culture Strategy
via thebigidea.nzGovernment regulation can help and hinder the creative sector, just as much as it does agriculture and housing. – The Big Idea -
An All-Male “Macbeth” Gets Pushback, And The Director Returns It
Alex Burns of Philadelphia’s Quintessence Theatre Group has been criticized by a number of female and trans actors for, in effect, robbing them of all-too-rare opportunities. He asks, “When does the community get to abort someone else’s creative impulse or vision or claim it’s not appropriate?” – Broad Street Review (Philadelphia) -
Our Aimlessness Online
via newyorker.comByung-Chul Han diagnosed what he called “the violence of positivity,” deriving from “overproduction, overachievement, and overcommunication.” We are so stimulated, chiefly by the Internet, that we paradoxically cannot feel or comprehend much of anything. – The New Yorker -
The Pop Star Who’s Dancing A Martha Graham Solo With Graham’s Own Company
via nytimes.comFKA twigs (née Tahliah Debrett Barnett), the British singer/songwriter/actor, studied ballet and contemporary dance, including Graham technique, throughout her childhood and teen years. This week, at artistic director Janet Eilber’s invitation, she’ll perform “Satyric Festival Song.” As she tells Gia Kourlas, it’s a highlight of her entire career. – The New York Times -
Seattle Opera Hires An “Artistic Ambassador”
via seattletimes.comAlthough specific events are not yet planned, in his role as artistic ambassador, Kellogg will engage with opera audiences through post-show Q&As, panel discussions, podcasts and other community events. – Seattle Times -
Silent Book Clubs Are (Ahem) Booming
via msn.com“The rules are always the same: 30 minutes before the meeting’s official start time, people can come, share what they are reading and find a place to sit. Then someone rings a bell or makes an announcement, and it’s reading time. For an hour, that’s it.” – The Washington Post (MSN) -
National Portrait Gallery reveals shortlist for global painting prize
via theguardian.comThree works selected from 1,647 entries across 62 countries, with 50 selected for final displayThe artists Isabella Watling, Antony Williams and Catherine Chambers have been shortlisted for the National Portrait Gallery’s annual painting prize.In total, 50 portraits have been selected for final display as part of the competition, which is returning for its 42nd year with its new sponsors Herbert Smith Freehills. The winning artist will receive £35,000 – one of the largest prize -
Anne Midgette: Calling Out Fake Concern In The Classical Music Industry
via annemidgette.com“I will truly believe you mean your support and sympathy when I stop seeing ads featuring these people as star attractions at your concerts; when you offer the same protections and sympathy to victims of your own institutions that you do to victims of others (hello, Curtis Institute of Music!).” – Anne Midgette -
Italian Government Vacillates Over Tax Incentives For TV And Filmmakers, Driving The Industry Nuts
via variety.com“After reaping the rewards of a protracted growth spurt, Italy‘s film industry is facing a forced slowdown as the country’s right-wing government dithers with modifications they plan to make to several key regulations, most significantly to the country’s now stalled tax incentives for film and TV production.” – Variety -
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mentorship on Broadway? with Amanda Morton
via artsjournal.comThis week on the podcast I had the pleasure of interviewing music director, music supervisor, conductor, and pianist extraordinaire, fresh off a run as Associate Conductor/Keys 2 for Gutenberg! the Musical! and currently performing each night as Assistant Conductor/Keys 3 for The Who’s Tommy on Broadway, Amanda Morton.
Amanda and I met doing the Broadway-aimed workshop of Anne of Green Gables in January, and we were fast friends and colleagues. She is the type of person who is an immediat -
Putin’s Government Adds Imprisoned Playwright And Director To List Of “Terrorists And Extremists”
via reuters.com“Russian theatre director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk have been added to an official list of ‘terrorists and extremists’ as they await trial on charges of ‘justifying terrorism’ … (for) an award-winning play about Russian women who married Islamic State fighters.” – Reuters -
A Marathon Reading: Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans
via artsjournal.com<a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2024/04/a-marathon-reading-gertrude-steins-the-making-of-americans.html" title="A Marathon Reading:Gertrude Stein’s The Making of -
“When The Beginning Is Also The End” — Some Of The Very Greatest One-Hit Wonders
via nytimes.comRalph Ellison. Charles Laughton (as filmmaker). Willis Alan Ramsey, the granddaddy of alt-country. Miguel Adrover, a former fashion designer who made a coat from Quentin Crisp’s old mattress. And, of course, Harper Lee. – T — The New York Times Style Magazine -
Why Public Funding for the Arts: A Personal View
via artsjournal.comI wrote a book looking at how different ways of moral and political theorizing drew different conclusions regarding whether the state should, or should not, subsidize the arts. At the very end of the book I give something of a personal view. There is a review circulating that is terribly confused about this (I won’t link – I read it so you don’t have to), and so I thought it would be worthwhile to just put out there what I wrote in this short conclusion, edited for br -
Why The Costumed Performers At Disneyland California Are Unionizing
via msn.comAs one cast member puts it, “After a couple of months … the fairy dust fades away, and you see your friends and people you really care about hurting and burnt out and not able to pay their rent.” – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
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