The New York Times – Music:
The 2022 awards are going to artists, activists, scholars, scientists and others who have shown “exceptional creativity.” The grants are a bit bigger than before: $800,000 over five years.
Category: Culture (Arts)
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American Culture Is Trash Culture
The New York Times – Film:
Our trash urges gave movies its musk, its fun, its hickies, its exercise. Where did it go?
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Lawsuit Says Charity Leader Hired His Former Personal Trainer for Key Role
The New York Times – Music:
Spending by a charity intended to honor a radio pioneer is being challenged by his granddaughter, who says he was tricked into leaving his fortune to it. The charity denies the charge and says the producer did not trust his family to protect his legacy.
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David Geffen Hall Reopens, Hoping Its $550 Million Renovation Worked
The New York Times – Music:
The New York Philharmonic’s Lincoln Center home was gutted and rebuilt to try to fix the acoustic woes that have long plagued it. To inaugurate the hall, officials are using a new playbook.
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Geffen Hall Commissions New Art That Honors Black and Latino History
The New York Times – Music:
The artists incorporate the history of the Lincoln Center and San Juan Hill, the largely Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood displaced by the performing arts complex.
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A Yayoi Kusama Pumpkin Sculpture Is Reinstalled in Japan
The New York Times – Travel:
Technically, it’s a replica of the polka-dot plastic creation that was damaged by a storm last year. But regardless, people are happy.