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Technology Didn’t Kill Handwriting. Bad Penmanship Has Always Been A Problem
Even in an age when people frequently wrote by hand, messy and at times illegible handwriting was still a common problem. They even had a word for it: cacography, calligraphy’s evil twin. – The Conversation -
‘Bewilderingly evanescent’: how a darkroom allergy made Barbara Kasten see the light
via theguardian.comThe 88-year-old Chicago artist takes photography to a whole new level – as her new East Sussex show, which uses fluorescent panels to sculpt with colour, provesSunshine beams down on Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion for the first time since Barbara Kasten arrived to install her first institutional solo show in the UK. Standing outside, where the modernist building faces the wide sea front, the 88-year-old American artist is delighted. Ghostly pink shapes wriggle behind the huge windows. -
Francis Alÿs: Ricochets review – children of the world unite in a health and safety nightmare
via theguardian.comBarbican, London
From Cuba to Mexico, from Hong Kong to Iraq, the Belgian artist has made 40 mesmerising films of kids at play, including three with guns up to no good in a war zoneCries and laughter, clapping and calls and screams of delight fill the gallery. There are children everywhere on the multiple screens that fill the lower floor. Kids in Cuba careen round the streets of Havana on precarious trolleys fashioned from bits of wood and discarded junk. They rattle and slew on cobbles and jin -
‘Infectious enthusiasm’: Jonathan Yeo’s green portrait of David Attenborough unveiled
via theguardian.comPainting of 98-year-old broadcaster, commissioned by Royal Society, goes on public display 2 JulyJonathan Yeo hopes he has communicated the sitter’s “wisdom and thoughtfulness” in his latest portrait, but also the “sort of childlike, infectious enthusiasm” that audiences know so well.Yeo is talking about his new, strikingly green, portrait of Sir David Attenborough, a figure who has gone beyond being a national treasure to someone known globally, and someone people -
Namedropping: is Mona’s latest exhibition its most annoying yet?
via theguardian.comMuseum of Old and New Art, Tasmania
Framed as an exploration of why we prize fame, this sprawling, defensive exhibition is overshadowed by one man’s quest for status via his museumAs I left the Museum of Old and New Art’s latest exhibition Namedropping, and for many days after, I was troubled by a question I have never asked myself: am I being uncharitable to a millionaire? I think Mona, the boldly iconoclastic museum perched on Hobart’s waterfront, is a good thing in the world -
If We Can’t Make Our Exhibition For Women Only, Fine — We’ll Put Our Picassos In The Ladies’ Room
via cnn.comAfter a tribunal ruled that Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) may not restrict the conceptual art installation “Ladies Lounge” to “persons who identify as ladies,” artist Kirsha Kaechele decided that “a few of the bathrooms in the museum could do with an update. Some Cubism in the cubicles.” – CNN -
BalletX Receives Its Largest Gift Ever — By A Factor Of Nearly Ten
via msn.com“(Joan) DeJean … died in December at age 75 and left BalletX a remarkable gift: $7.4 million. A donation of that size is substantial for any arts group. To BalletX, a bright but mid-sized star in the Philadelphia cultural firmament, it’s enormous.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN) -
Carlos Kalmar Completes 25 Years As Music Director Of Chicago’s Grant Park Orchestra
“The Grant Park Music Festival has long had a tradition of bold, adventuresome programming. But none of the festival’s leaders have done more than Carlos Kalmar, who has made offsetting familiar classics with intriguing combinations of new and unusual works from the past a defining hallmark of his tenure.” – Chicago Sun-Times -
When the Money Keeps Rolling In, You Don’t Ask Why — Or Should You?
via artsjournal.comCronyism is disgusting – and a way of life for large Seattle nonprofit arts organizations
There are some that get it and some that don’t want to. It’s hard to hear over a sinking ship. (Photo by Philippe Serrand on Pexels)As we discussed last week, the Seattle nonprofit arts-mosphere is imploding and re-forming. Seattle Repertory Theatre is merging with Seattle Children’s Theatre. ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) is merging with the Seattle Shakespeare Company. These mergers -
North Carolina’s Largest Public Radio Station Is Closing Down Its Music Channel
via insideradio.com“The University of North Carolina’s WUNC Raleigh-Durham (91.5) will shutter adult alternative digital radio station WUNC Music at the end of the month. The station, which broadcasts on WUNC-HD2 and wunc.org, was launched in 2016 with the original intent of placing it on a terrestrial radio signal.” – Inside Radio -
Boston Globe Classical Music Critic Jeremy Eichler Steps Down
via twitter.com“After 18 years at the Boston Globe, I am moving on from my position and joining the faculty of Tufts University, where I’ll be taking up a newly created professorship in music history and public humanities, beginning this fall.” – Twitter/X -
Divvying Up What Will Be Copyright In The AI Era
via oreilly.comIt seems less important to get into the fine points of copyright law and arguments over liability for infringement, and instead to explore the political economy of copyrighted content in the emerging world of AI services: Who will get what, and why? – O’Reilly -
Why Google’s AI Can’t Be Sued For Libel
via theatlantic.comEven as tech companies speak of AI products as though they are actually intelligent, even humanlike or creative, they are fundamentally statistics machines connected to the internet—and flawed ones at that. – The Atlantic -
Why Contemporary Opera Isn’t A Good Fit At The Met
via operawire.comIt is problematic to foretell who will attend the revivals of modern operas. New York visitors? Somebody who missed it the first season? The opera house cannot rely on that. This simple fact is that modern operas are not an optimal financial base for the house repertory the size of the Met Opera. – OperaWire -
Internet Archive Forced To Remove 500,000 Books
via arstechnica.com“In short, Internet Archive transmitted literary works to the entire world while refusing to license the requisite rights from the authors and publishers who make such works possible.” – Ars Technica -
Quebec Orchestra Chief Quits In Dispute With Music Director
“The general manager is responsible for everything,” he insists. If the artistic director doesn’t agree, if he doesn’t want to collaborate, that’s when we find ourselves in a dead end.” – Le Courrier du Sud -
Disconnections At The Troubled San Francisco Symphony
via nytimes.comSalonen had been pushing for the orchestra to do more, not less, to try to forge connections with new audiences. He had become passionate about an idea to build two performance venues, designed by Frank Gehry, on Treasure Island in the San Francisco Bay. – The New York Times -
Warning Signs At San Francisco Symphony
via sfstandard.comFor the uninitiated, this may seem like merely an intra-classical-music-world squabble, a fight over the esoterica of contemporary music versus old and pampered performers versus penurious patrons. In fact, it’s bigger than that. It is a dangerous warning sign that yet another prestigious institution in San Francisco has lost its way. – San Francisco Standard -
TikTok Strikes Back
TikTok also went on offense, sharing for the first time internal documents from years of failed negotiations with the federal government that it says show the administration was not operating in good faith. – Washington Post -
Michael Govan’s Plan For LACMA
via latimes.comGovan’s vision for the new LACMA — a nonhierarchical, decentralized “21st century museum” that is flexible and accessible to everyone — is an honorable one. Some art world insiders have called him “visionary” and “ahead of his time.” But others fear the new building will be the downfall of the largest art museum in the West. – LA Times -
Peter Martins: My Life In Ballet
via newcriterion.comMy instructors grudgingly conceded I had some talent but were skeptical I could develop it fully. These doubts forged a quality in me that turned out to be a strength in later years. – New Criterion -
We All Speak Phone Now
via theatlantic.comWe’re in a language crisis. “The discourse that produces new slang is not only publicly available online, but also amplified based on its ability to attract attention from outside its original context, … destroying the power of slang to perform its basic function: to signal membership in a group.” – The Atlantic -
For Writer Tomi Adeyemi, Getting To Book Three Was A Long, Fraught Journey
via nytimes.comFinishing a trilogy or a series isn’t easy for most writers, but Adeyemi faced physical challenges along the way. She says, “I like that I can stand in front of readers and say, “Hey, we know life’s going to knock us down. That’s life. Life is going to life.” – The New York Times -
With Rents Soaring And Property Developers Circling, Can Artists Afford Studios Anymore?
via theguardian.comBritish artists are suffering: “Nearly one in three artists doubted that they would be able to continue working professionally in five years’ time, and 40% said they could not afford to have savings or contribute to a pension.” – The Guardian (UK) -
The Internet Archive Shrank Last Week By Half A Million Books
via arstechnica.comThanks, publishers, we love that you removed access to 500,000 titles from public access. – Ars Technica -
The French Horn Teacher Who Works In Music To Support His Hobby
via mprnews.orgAndrew Westberg says his wife is “happy it’s not tractors. … Pencils are so much easier to store.” – MPR -
Suffice It To Say Stephen Sondheim’s Auctioneer Did Not Understand Theatre Kids
via slate.com“There was a customer on the phone who said something along the lines of ‘Just throw out $20,000,’ and reported to our staff member to shout that out into the room. And boy did it work, because the first time it came up, it stunned the room and silenced the room.” – Slate -
The Washington Post Is Burning Through Its One Asset
via theatlantic.comAnd that is its credibility. “The reputation of the Post newsroom has been built upon readers’ trust that reporters do not pay sources, much less steal documents, hack computers, or engage in other deceptive news-gathering practices that have been associated with a certain kind of British journalism.” – The Atlantic -
A Little Money Can Benefit An Aspiring Writer With A Buffer
via theguardian.comJeremy Cooper, the winner of the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Prize, remembers when he had a little cushion of money from selling art and a lot of chutzpah: “I ditched my literary agent Curtis Brown, as they strongly advised me against writing fiction and since then I’ve handled all my work myself.” – The Guardian (UK) -
Online Trolls Tried To Bully A 20-Year-Old Actress Out Of Playing Kate Middleton
via bbc.comNot that this is unusual, sadly: Meg Bellamy “described the comments from internet trolls as ‘a glimpse into being a woman in this industry.’” – BBC
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