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Artists Leading 

George Floyd art gathered May 31 – June 11 in Over-the-Rhine and downtown Cincinnati – Margy Waller

 


When to Stop? My essay in “A Moment on the Clock of the World” in the context of Covid-19 & Black Lives Matter 

My essay, “To What End Permanence?,” seeks to get beyond the question of economic solvency to examine other signs that it may be time to shut a thing down and other motivations for closing. – Diane Ragsdale

 


Back to the ’60s (again): Ex-Whitney Trustee Warren Kanders’ Dow Chemical Moment 

After initially resisting the resisters’ demands that it halt its production of napalm, Dow stopped making it in 1969. Now Warren Kanders, who resigned under political pressure last July from his position as vice-chairman of the Whitney Museum’s board, has announced a similar reversal. – Lee Rosenbaum

 


There Is No “Try” 

Long ago Barry Hessenius charged us to move from thinking of the pursuit of equity as a “issue” to making it an obsession. So, if “doing” is where we go now, what does the doing look like? – Doug Borwick

 



 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 06/14/2020

DANCE
Organizing For Change In The Dance World
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Karen Kain’s Farewell To A Lifetime At Canada’s National Ballet
     - Email/share this:     - Toronto Star 

When Will It Be Safe To Return To The Dance Studio?
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 

Neighborhood Minneapolis Dance Spaces Lost During George Floyd Protests
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 

Some Dance Companies Are Moving Beyond Online Classes Into Zoom Rehearsals
     - Email/share this:     - Pointe Magazine 

Are Young Dancers Specializing Too Soon?
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 

Dancing In The Streets For George Floyd And Racial Justice
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Dancers Speak Out About Racism In The Dance World
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 

Krumping Right In The Faces Of The LAPD — And Getting Thanked For It
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 


IDEAS
The Intellectual Underpinnings Of Populist Strongmen
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

Won’t Artificial Intelligence Be Immortal?
     - Email/share this:     - Nautilus 

How Pop Physics Snuck Into Our Belief Systems
     - Email/share this:     - Tablet 

Here They Are: The Studies That Show The Arts Promote Mental Health
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

“Lateral Thinking” Was Hugely Popular. Too Bad It Was Also Wrong
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

The Line Between Imagination And Appropriation
     - Email/share this:     - Harper's 

Why We Push Harder When The Finish Line Is Close
     - Email/share this:     - Scientific American 

Physics Or Free Will?
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

Jane Goodall: COVID Is A Warning From The Natural World
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Why We Don’t Collectively Dream Big Anymore
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 


ISSUES
Celebrity And The Art Of Quarantine
     - Email/share this:     - The Walrus 

Apple To Close Its Apple U App
     - Email/share this:     - InsideHigherEd 

How Luminato Scrambled To Reinvent Into A Virtual Festival
     - Email/share this:     - Broadway World 

Banff Centre Permanently Fires 284 Staff
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

Minority Artists Making Art About Their Difficulties As Minorities? Great, But There Are Ethical Pitfalls To Look Out For
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 

Kimmel Center In Philadelphia Furloughs 80% Of Staff, Cuts Pay For Rest
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

Five Foundations Step Up With $1.7 Billion To Help Non-Profit Arts, Humanities
     - Email/share this:     - Mellon Foundation 

Here’s Who Will Be Hurt If Philadelphia Eliminates All City Arts Funding
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

Enough With The Statements Of Solidarity!
     - Email/share this:     - Medium 

Pandemic Could Wipe Out More Than Half Of UK Performance Venues
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Texas Governor Finally Gives Performing Arts Groups Guidelines On Operating Under COVID
     - Email/share this:     - Dallas Morning News 

Engineers “Fix” Golden Gate Bridge Railings… But Now They Whistle Creepily
     - Email/share this:     - BoingBoing 

Serious Questions For Arts Organizations Entering The Political Arena
     - Email/share this:     - Anonymous 


MEDIA
Hollywood’s Damaging Images And Stereotypes
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

BBC Pulls Classic Episode Of Fawlty Towers Over “Racial Slurs”
     - Email/share this:     - The Hollywood Reporter 

Oscars To Have 10 Best Picture Nominations, Set Inclusions Standards
     - Email/share this:     - The Hollywood Reporter 

Here Are Hollywood’s New Production Rules For Shooting During Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Awkward: It Appears Netflix Trademarked “Space Force” Before The US Military
     - Email/share this:     - Futurism 

YouTube Establishes $100 Million Fund To Support Black Creatives
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

HBO Max Drops “Gone With The Wind” From Its Library
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Even ‘Paw Patrol’ Is Getting Slammed For Depicting Cops As Too Benign
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

After A Century Of History, Audio Drama Is Thriving Again
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

‘The Simpsons’ Wins Peabody Awards’ Top Honor
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

How Indie Movie Theatres Are Innovating
     - Email/share this:     - Huffington Post 

AMC Says It Will Reopen Its Cinemas Worldwide In July. Here’s Why It Needs To.
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

Viewer Numbers Show Black American Movie, TV Shows Do Well Internationally
     - Email/share this:     - Baltimore Sun 

How American Movies Strenuously Avoided The Issue Of Racist Policing
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

California’s Cinemas Could Reopen As Soon As This Weekend
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

Fixing The Messages On TV’s Cop Shows
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Hollywood Production Reopens, But It Will Look Very Different
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

The Disturbing Stats About Policing On TV
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 


MUSIC
Midsize Music Ensembles In Peril – Most Members Are Freelance
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Nashville Symphony Cancels 2020/21 Season
     - Email/share this:     - The Tennessean 

San Antonio Symphony Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing: Orchestras After The Virus
     - Email/share this:     - San Antonio Express News 

#TakeTwoKnees And The Art Of Transforming Familiar Music In Troubled Times
     - Email/share this:     - WQXR (New York City) 

The Pragmatic Art Of The Post-Pandemic Concert
     - Email/share this:     - Van 

Paul McCartney Slams Italian Law That Forbids Refunds For Canceled Concerts
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Vienna Philharmonic Back In Concert Hall For First Time Since Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - Yahoo! (AP) 

#100DaysofPractice: Musicians Put Their Practicing Online
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Recreating The Musical Instruments Of Ancient Mexico’s Lost Metropolis
     - Email/share this:     - The Economist 

Study: 90 Percent Of America’s Music Venues Could Be Gone Permanently
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 

NY Philharmonic Cancels Fall Season
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Sure, Online Opera’s Nice, But There’s Real Magic Inside An Opera House
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

When Will It Be Safe For Us To Sing Together Again?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

One Thing: Recording Labels Could Help Black Artists By Fixing Inequitable Contracts
     - Email/share this:     - Rolling Stone 

Classical Music In The UK Is In Mortal Danger. Why Aren’t People With Clout There Publicly Fighting For It?
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

El Sistema Alum Will Be Next Chief Conductor Of Royal Liverpool Phil
     - Email/share this:     - Gramophone 

BBC Broadcasts Live Concerts From Empty Halls. A Way Forward?
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

An Argument To Ease 2 Metre Social Distancing For Musicians
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 


PEOPLE
What Do Famous Artists Owe Their Fans?
     - Email/share this:     - The Daily Beast 

Sonny Rollins On Surviving A Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

15 Black Creatives In South Carolina Talk About Art And Protest
     - Email/share this:     - The Post and Courier (Charleston) 

Let’s Stop Defining Artemisia Gentileschi As The Rape-Victim Painter
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

Bradley Fields, Who Used Magic To Teach Math, Dead Of COVID At 68
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Jazz Saxophonist Don Weller Dead At 79
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

Longest-Working Comics Artist In History, Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee, Is Retiring At 99
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Major Houston Art Dealer And Philanthropist Meredith J. Long Dead At 91
     - Email/share this:     - Houston Chronicle 

Michael Tilson Thomas Says Goodbye To San Francisco Symphony After 25 Years As Music Director
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


THEATRE
American Theatre: We Don’t Want Your Messages of Solidarity
     - Email/share this:     - Howlround 

Institutions, Sure. But How Do We Put Artists At The Center?
     - Email/share this:     - Clyde Fitch Report 

Unions Set Conditions For Reopening Theatres. But It’s Unlikely To Happen Anytime Soon
     - Email/share this:     - San Francisco Chronicle 

The Comedy Culture Divide
     - Email/share this:     - The Walrus 

Pandemic Has Hurt Theatre In UK Worse Than In US Or Canada: Study
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 

How Diversity Is/Has Changing/ed American Theatre
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

After A Century Of History, Audio Drama Is Thriving Again
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

Live Video Theatre: What It Is, What It Is Not
     - Email/share this:     - HowlRound 

Words And Phrases That Should Be Banished From The Rehearsal Room
     - Email/share this:     - Minnesota Playlist 

London’s First Purpose-Built Theatre Found In East End
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

A Spreadsheet That’s “Freaking Out” The Theatre World
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Second City Co-Owner And Executive Producer Says He’ll ‘Step Away’ From Company Following Accusations Of Institutional Racism
     - Email/share this:     - Chicago Tribune 

Broadway Wonders When Tourists Will Feel Comfortable Returning
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


VISUAL
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Without Tourists
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Inigo Philbrick, A 33-Year-Old Art Dealer Wunderkind Is Arrested
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

What Do Museums Have To Do With Police Brutality?
     - Email/share this:     - National Review 

LA Says Museums Can Reopen. Museums Say Not So Fast
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

How Museums Can Take Advantage Of Lockdown
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

Perhaps The Perfect American Artist For This Moment Is One Who’s Been Working For Six Decades
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Archaeologist Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Fabricating Find
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

The Public Art In The New LaGuardia Airport
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Norton Museum Director Suddenly Resigns Just 19 Months Into The Job
     - Email/share this:     - Palm Beach Post 

Let’s Stop Defining Artemisia Gentileschi As The Rape-Victim Painter
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

Modigliani Scholar Sues Guy Wildenstein’s Nonprofit For Holding His Research ‘Hostage’
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Banksy’s Bataclan Mural, Stolen From Paris, Found In Italian Farmhouse
     - Email/share this:     - ARTnews 

2021: A Traffic Jam Of Postponed Biennales
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Annenberg Space For Photography In L.A. Closes For Good As Funders Pivot To Pandemic Recovery
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Italians Revel In Tourist-Free Museums
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

MOCA Cleveland Cancels A Show About Black Victims Of Police, Then Apologizes
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Another Knotty COVID Mess The Art World Has To Untangle: Exhibition Planning
     - Email/share this:     - Artsy 

Generational Divide: Younger Collectors Versus Older Collectors
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Battle Over What Public Space Means
     - Email/share this:     - New York Magazine 

The Sistine Chapel Reopens, To Much Smaller Crowds
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 

Shut Down Thanks To The Virus, A History-Changing Exhibition Reopens In Spain
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 

Public Murals Across The United States Memorialize Those Killed By The Police
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


WORDS
 The Radio Broadcast That Convinced The Irish Public They Love “Ulysses”
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

 This Nonprofit Website Could Be The Future Model For Thriving Online Journalism
     - Email/share this:     - Columbia Journalism Review 

 National Book Critics Circle Board Members Resign After Discussion Of Black Lives Matter Statement Goes Bad
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 

 Poetry Foundation Leadership Resigns Following Demands And Criticism
     - Email/share this:     - Chicago Magazine 

 Books Are A Contrived Medium. Soon They Will Be Gone
     - Email/share this:     - Claremont Review of Books 

 How Frontline Booksellers Have Been Facing The Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - Publishers Weekly 

 Poets Threaten Boycott Of Poetry Foundation Over Response To Antiracism Protests
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

 When Public Libraries Reopen, Things Will Be Different (And Very Hard On Librarians)
     - Email/share this:     - Publishers Weekly 

 Why Digression Is Good, In Eating And In Writing
     - Email/share this:     - LitHub 

 Lockdown Doesn’t Work For Every Writer, But Boy, Did It Ever Work For Pushkin
     - Email/share this:     - The Economist 



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