Prague City Councilor Hana Třeštíková and ticket portal GoOut have created a nationwide project to support theaters, concert halls, clubs, and artists closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. More…
Month: April 2020
The Arts Getting Us Through a Pandemic
Wallace staffers give thanks to arts nonprofits that are giving us comfort, stimulation and entertainment in a difficult time. More…
Boot Camp for the Arts Livestream
From Capacity Interactive: COVID-19 has turned our industry upside down, but our commitment to the future of the arts is stronger than ever. In times of uncertainty, we must come together as a community and find innovative ways to navigate this pandemic together. More…
NY Times: As Theaters Stare Down Uncertainty, Ars Nova Buys Itself Time
By Laura Collins-Hughes | March 30, 2020
In committing to paying its people during a three-month shutdown, the theater gives itself breathing room to prepare for when it can open again. More…
Curator Hans Ulrich Obrist Proposes Massive Public Art Project in Response to Coronavirus
As many around the world band together to launch coronavirus relief funds, curator Hans Ulrich Obrist has revealed his own idea to help foster art-making in the time of a pandemic: a vast public arts project on the scale of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Great Depression–era work-relief programs. In detailing his plans to the Guardian on Monday, Obrist cited cornerstone of Roosevelt’s New Deal—the Public Works of Art Project and its successor, the Works Progress Administration, which employed more than 8 million Americans and is partly credited with launching the careers of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko—as one of his key inspirations. More…