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FROM TODAY'S ARTSJOURNAL BLOGS
The Battle of Baltimore: Former Museum Trustees Strike Back in the Deaccession Wars 

Any museum official tempted to exploit the (so-called) permanent collection as a fungible commodity for bankrolling pet projects (however worthy) and bolstering the payroll should read and take heed of this six-page letter deploring the Baltimore Museum of Art’s planned disposals. – Lee Rosenbaum

 


Bernard Herrmann’s “Whitman” — A Subversive Yet Inspirational Entertainment for Today 

In 1944, Bernard Herrmann collaborated with the producer Norman Corwin on Whitman, a half-hour dramatic presentation invoking America’s iconic poet to rally the home front during World War II. It was heard by millions of listeners. It’s a classic exemplar of a forgotten creative genre: the radio drama. – Joseph Horowitz

 



 
TODAY'S ARTS & CULTURE NEWS ~ 10/18/2020

DANCE
Richmond Ballet Is Onstage, But How?
     - Email/share this:     - Pointe Magazine 

This Dance Company Director Thinks The Shutdown Has Done Some Good
     - Email/share this:     - SMU Data Arts 

Why Kathryn Morgan Quit Miami City Ballet A Year After Her Triumphant Return To The Stage (It Isn’t Pretty)
     - Email/share this:     - Pointe Magazine 

Why The Arts World Went Nuts Over UK Job Retraining Ad
     - Email/share this:     - Classic FM 

A Veteran Broadway Dancer Laments What May Be The End Of His Career
     - Email/share this:     - Dance Magazine 


IDEAS
Setting Statue-Toppling In Context
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

How Henry Ford’s Production Model Shaped Our Politics
     - Email/share this:     - Boston Review 

Is Earning A Living From The Arts No Longer Possible?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Review of Books 

The Science Of Wisdom
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

How The NYT’s 1619 Project Ignited An Ideological Fight
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Do Cells Have Cognition?
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

Altruism Is Cool. But…
     - Email/share this:     - Psyche 

The Art Of Distraction In Learning Things
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 

Intellectual Honesty In The Time Of Trump
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

How We Think About “Misinformation”
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

Are Countries With Written Constitutions Better Off?
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 

Fukuyama: Why Liberalism Is Under Attack
     - Email/share this:     - American Purpose 

How “Creativity” Was Turned Into An Economic Argument
     - Email/share this:     - Aeon 

A Prominent Journal Implodes. Was It The Editor Or The Field?
     - Email/share this:     - Chronicle of Higher Education 

Why People Believe In The Unbelievable
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Review of Books 

When Great Things Result From World Disasters
     - Email/share this:     - 3 Quarks Daily 

Why Science Didn’t Become A Thing Until The 17th Century
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Case For Local Diversity Versus Globalism
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In Paris, Fashion Mavens Wonder If Their Art Can Provide Hope In A Dark Time
     - Email/share this:     - NPR 


ISSUES
Australia Council Flips Out, Pulls Funding From Artist
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

The Small Arts Organizations That Missed Out On Britain’s Government Funding
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

Ireland Gives €50M To Commercial Arts Venues
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

San Francisco Will Give Shutdown-Affected Artists ‘Universal Basic Income’
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Arts Groups Say UK Gov’t Requires Them To Advertise Bailout Program In Order To Get Funds
     - Email/share this:     - The Independent (UK) 

Fans Still Waiting For Ticket Refunds From TicketMaster Venue
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Health Insurance For Performing Artists In U.S. Is Rickety Even In Good Times. Now It’s Near Collapse.
     - Email/share this:     - Chicago Tribune 

What Will Become Of The Restaurant Review Post-COVID?
     - Email/share this:     - Inside Hook 

Peru Opens Machu Picchu To A Patient Japanese Tourist
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Envisioning A ‘Zoom-Plus’ Made For Virtual Performances
     - Email/share this:     - Arts Professional 

First-Ever National Award For Disabled Artists Launched By Ford And Mellon Foundations
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

With Big, Flexible Spaces, Several New York City Venues Insist They Can Reopen Safely
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

England Gives £257 Million In Rescue Funding To Museums And Performance Venues
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian 


MEDIA
Seriously, Though, Will Moviegoing Survive?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Return Of The Prime Minister
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

Canadians Say Hollywood Needs To Catch Up In Depictions Of The Country’s History With Slavery
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

How Much Does It Cost To Operate A Shut-Down Movie Theatre? About £20,000 A Month
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

Toronto Indie Movie Theatres Resort To Non-Profit Tactics To Stay Alive
     - Email/share this:     - Toronto Star 

The AOL Decision That Ruined The Internet, Way Back In 1993
     - Email/share this:     - Tedium 

This Movie Theatre Is Closed. It Still Costs $25,000 A Month To Run
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

Zoom Is Adding A Performance Option
     - Email/share this:     - Engadget 

Bollywood Establishment Sues Two Indian News Channels For Defamation
     - Email/share this:     - AP 

After Seven Dark Months, India’s Cinemas Are Open Again
     - Email/share this:     - Hollywood Reporter 

All These Hit Documentary Series — Are They Just Reality TV Gone Highbrow?
     - Email/share this:     - New York Magazine 

AMC Theatres Says It Will Be Out Of Cash By The End Of The Year
     - Email/share this:     - The Hollywood Reporter 

Should The Oscars Even Happen This Year?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

The Public Television Pledge Drive Trap
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

How Public Television Can Build Better Citizens
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Why Can’t Amazon Figure Out How To Create Good Video Games?
     - Email/share this:     - Wired 

Henry Golding On The Classic Actor Narrative Of Playing A Role And Finding Yourself
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Walt Disney Co. Restructures Its Entire Entertainment And Content Operations
     - Email/share this:     - Hollywood Reporter 

Study: How Horse-Race Election Coverage Polarizes
     - Email/share this:     - The Conversation 

How Is Hollywood Still Getting Paris So Very, Very Wrong?
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 


MUSIC
Britain Will Investigate Whether Streaming Services Are Paying Musicians Enough
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Doing Live Opera In Vienna During The Pandemic
     - Email/share this:     - The Irish Times 

How Do You Teach A Kids’ Choir Class When You Can’t Let Them Sing?
     - Email/share this:     - PRX's The World 

Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Accept Further Pay Cuts
     - Email/share this:     - Philadelphia Inquirer 

The Serious Calculations Behind Allowing Performances Right Now
     - Email/share this:     - Scena Musicale 

Is Playing In A Woodwind Quintet COVID-Safe? If You Do It Right, Yes, Says The Atlantic’s Resident Doctor
     - Email/share this:     - The Atlantic 

The 200-Year History Of The Accordion
     - Email/share this:     - Early Music America 

New York Philharmonic Cancels All Of 2020-21 Season
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

The Man Who’s Saving India’s Rural Folk Music And The People Who Perform It
     - Email/share this:     - Ozy 

Why We’re Finally Getting More Recordings Of Black And Female Composers: It’s Just Easier To Make Them Now
     - Email/share this:     - WQXR (New York City) 

The Cleveland Orchestra Restarts Recording With Its Own Label
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 


PEOPLE
Doreen Montalvo, ‘In The Heights’ And ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Actor, Has Died At 56
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

Mahmoud Yassin, Star Of Egyptian Cinema’s Golden Age, Dead At 79
     - Email/share this:     - AP 

The Lobotomizing Of Eva Perón (This Is Not A Metaphor)
     - Email/share this:     - Mental Floss 

This Indigenous Australian Actor Puts A New Spin On The Archetypal TV Cop
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Herbert Kretzmer, Who Wrote Lyrics For ‘Les Miz’, Dead At 95
     - Email/share this:     - Variety 

Soprano Erin Wall Dead At 44
     - Email/share this:     - CBC 

How Much John Steinbeck Hated Criticism (Of Any Kind)
     - Email/share this:     - The New Republic 


THEATRE
Heidi Schreck, Playwright Of ‘What The Constitution Means To Me,’ Interviews One Of Its Inspirations, Norman Lear
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

Seattle’s Intiman Theatre Finally Finds A New Home
     - Email/share this:     - Seattle Times 

Aching For The Return Of Live Theatre
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Why Have Tony Nominations Now?
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

40 Black Playwrights Talk About The Confounding Racism They Face In American Theater
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 

This Year’s Most Unusual Tony Nominations
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Kurdish-Language Play In Istanbul Banned Just Hours Before Curtain
     - Email/share this:     - Middle East Eye 

‘Sex And Consequences’, Isabella Rossellini’s New Streaming Theatre Piece For Farm Animals
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Theatre-By-Snail-Mail
     - Email/share this:     - American Theatre 

How The UK’s Famous Drama Schools Are Responding To Calls For Systemic Change In Theatre
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

Study: Worst-Case Scenario Will Eliminate 95 Percent Of West End Jobs
     - Email/share this:     - The Stage 

Ben Brantley: The Exit Interview
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

Ben Brantley: The Farewell Essay
     - Email/share this:     - New York Times 

A Model? Geffen Playhouse Scores A Virtual Hit And Sells Out Box Office
     - Email/share this:     - Los Angeles Times 


VISUAL
With Her First New Video In 25 Years, Artist Howardena Pindell Reclaims Her Childhood
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

A Hungarian Banker’s Art Collection Was Looted By The Nazis, And His Heirs Are Still Trying To Get It Back
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

The Lebanese Stained Glass Artist Who’s Trying To Rebuild After The Massive Beirut Explosion
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

Yes, The Hula Hooping Girl Is A Banksy
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

Framing The Guston Show Postponement
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

The 25 Most Influential Works of American Protest Art Since World War II
     - Email/share this:     - T — The New York Times Style Magazine 

Baltimore Museum Of Art Stakeholders Ask State Of Maryland To Stop Sale Of Artworks
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

Please Take These Artifacts Back, They’re Under A Curse! Says Canadian Who Stole Them From Pompeii
     - Email/share this:     - Artnet 

Investigation Clears Detroit Institute Of Arts Director Of Conflict Of Interest
     - Email/share this:     - Detroit News 

Brooklyn Artist Simone Leigh Chosen To Represent US At Venice Biennale
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

What Museums Are Allowed To Do Politically
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

Jerry Saltz: When Public Art Goes Wrong
     - Email/share this:     - Curbed 

Peter Schjeldahl On The Guston Controversy
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

Why Do Certain Artworks Get Stolen Over And Over Again?
     - Email/share this:     - The Art Newspaper 

2,600-Year-Old Egyptian Sarcophagus Opened For First Time
     - Email/share this:     - Smithsonian Magazine 

Sign Of The Times: “Museum Of The Year” Prize Gets Split Five Ways
     - Email/share this:     - BBC 

U.S. Supreme Court Says Developer Who Painted Over New York’s Graffiti Mecca Must Pay Artists
     - Email/share this:     - Hyperallergic 

American Museums Are Being Challenged On All Fronts
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

The Endless Hours Of Architecture Are Bad Enough, And Now There’s Constant Surveillance
     - Email/share this:     - The Guardian (UK) 

The Irish Criminal Who Was Supposed To Reveal Where The Gardner Stash Might Be Has Disappeared
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 


WORDS
 Your Indie Bookstore Wants You To Revive It, Not Help Murder It, OK?
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 Footnotes Are A Pain. But For Historians, Essential
     - Email/share this:     - History Today 

 The Foreign Language That Shaped India For Centuries Before English Arrived
     - Email/share this:     - Literary Hub 

 Indie Book Stores Launch Campaign To Compete Against Amazon
     - Email/share this:     - Toronto Star 

 Publishing Insider Joins A Books-To-Prisons Pipeline
     - Email/share this:     - Publishers Weekly 

 Cynical Sci-Fi Imagines Cynical Stories. It Could Be So Much More
     - Email/share this:     - Slate 

 The Best Of D.H. Lawrence Is In The Essays We’ve Forgotten About
     - Email/share this:     - The New Yorker 

 This Critic Read 150 Trump Books So You Don’t Have To. Here’s What He Learned
     - Email/share this:     - Washington Post 

 A Book Finds A New Audience In The Last Place On Earth It Hadn’t Gone Before
     - Email/share this:     - The New York Times 

 Hard To Believe, But Roddy Doyle Wrote A First Book That He Describes As ‘Shite’
     - Email/share this:     - Irish Times 

 Soviet Spies Targeted George Orwell And His Wife As They Fought In The Spanish Civil War
     - Email/share this:     - The Observer (UK) 



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