Creative economy
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The arts are not competitive sports
Awards have their uses, but they violate the basic spirit of the arts and distort the relationship between artists and their audience.
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Are publishers necessary?
Notes from the front lines of the revolution in publishing
How does an author manage his or her backlog? Do publishers have any value? A writer reports from the center of the technological storm reshaping the publishing business.
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Bill Watterson, J. D. Salinger, and the reclusive life
Tigers and teens can be troublesome assets
Are writers like J. D. Salinger and Bill Watterson behaving like recluses and introverts when they avoid public exposure?
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First Fridays in Philadelphia
Come for the drag queens, stay for the art
First Friday used to be a celebration of art — these days, it's a hook for marketing departments.
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Dwaine Tinsley and the vagaries of history
The archduke and the pervert
Finding justice for Dwaine Tinsley: If I was not a writer with my peculiar interests; if I had not practiced workers’ compensation law; if that client had not become disgruntled. . . .
The role of the theater critic
Diversity Onstage: A Critical Issue
Some critics don’t concern themselves with diversity or context, sticking to the subject before them. This is its own form of injustice as well as an abandonment of the critic’s role; to see exclusionary practices and not comment on them is to perpetuate them, but also, to pretend a show exists in a cultural vacuum does a disservice to the role of art.
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Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
Troubling trends in the arts
Even in the best of times, art has been the purview of the few, but now the few have turned into the very few. The NEA's Survey of Public Participation in the arts shows that support of the arts is declining.
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Derek Gillman departs
The Barnes confronts a rock and a hard place
Derek Gillman’s sudden exit as director of the Barnes Foundation and his replacement by a member of the Barnes board marks a new chapter in the Foundation’s unfolding saga in Center City— and a sign that it’s already in serious financial straits.
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Pennsylvania Academy sells a Hopper
Keeping an Eakins, selling a Hopper, or: Watch your back, Mona Lisa
The Pennsylvania Academy's announced sale of East Wind Over Weehawken, one of the two Edward Hopper oil paintings in Philadelphia, raises this question: What responsibility do museums have to preserve core works in their collections, or even the idea of a core collection itself?
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The Washington Post's future: One hint
Thinking outside the box about the future of the Post
The recent sale of the Washington Post to Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos, has unleashed a flood of speculation among the punditry. His latest gambit with authors of fiction books suggests that this innovative tycoon may do something totally unexpected with his new media property.
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