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Archives for December 29, 2013

Curator Of Controversial ‘Hide/Seek’ Gets A Promotion At The National Portrait Gallery

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 10:26 pm

“Ward maintained the curator’s presence in ‘Hide/Seek,’ defending the exhibition amid political controversy, while also, like the historian he is, seeking to understand why the controversy erupted as it did.”

VISUAL Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in Washington Post Published: 12.27.13

Herb Geller, 85, Saxophonist And Composer

PEOPLE Posted: December 29, 2013 10:12 pm

“Initially, he was prominent among the musicians who created the west coast jazz style, picking up combo gigs and recording dates with the best players in California. Later, after the death of his first wife, he relocated to Europe and established himself as a salaried artist in a subsidised orchestra.”

PEOPLE Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 12.29.13

Where Pulp Fiction Bridges The Ideal And The Real

IDEAS Posted: December 29, 2013 10:06 pm

“Battered between competing allegiances to the idealized homeland and the reality of home, culture was often the life vest. Books, movies, clothing, and ritual — they bridged the chasm between the old world and the new by taking you to the place you could no longer go.”

IDEAS Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in Los Angeles Review of Books Published: 12.29.13

Freed Pussy Riot Members Renew Call For Sochi Olympics Boycott

PEOPLE Posted: December 29, 2013 9:19 pm

“They also stressed that they have no plans of capitalizing on the Pussy Riot brand or even using it in the future.”

PEOPLE Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The Hollywood Reporter Published: 12.27.13

Lawsuit Against Calder’s Art Dealer Dismissed

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 9:16 pm

“The suit claimed that Perls and his family held on to hundreds of Calder’s works, cheated the artist’s estate out of tens of millions of dollars over the course of three decades and sold fake Calder works.”

VISUAL Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 12.29.13

The Year Music Escaped The Concert Hall

MUSIC Posted: December 29, 2013 9:12 pm

“This has been the year of sound art, a year when museums and galleries, alternative spaces and train stations, parks and Beverly Hills formal gardens, even the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva went after a decent-sized piece of the acoustical action. Why now?”

MUSIC Published: 12.28.13

Read the story in Los Angeles Times Published: 12.28.13

Wojciech Kilar, 81, Composer For ‘The Pianist’ And More

PEOPLE Posted: December 29, 2013 9:09 pm

When Francis Ford Coppola asked the Polish composer what it took to write music like that in the movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Kilar cryptically replied: ‘You need to live in Katowice.'”

PEOPLE Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in BBC Published: 12.29.13

What Exactly Do Playwrights Do When They Reside?

THEATRE Posted: December 29, 2013 9:04 pm

“Already I’ve been using the title to open some doors. … Yet, the role itself feels delightfully and frustratingly vague.”

THEATRE Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in HowlRound Published: 12.29.13

Actually, The Movies This Year Were Pretty Great

MEDIA Posted: December 29, 2013 8:57 pm

“Back in the movie wasteland of last January, no one could have guessed what a bounty of good films the year would bring. Not just good films, but several that measure up to our idealized notions of what the medium once was.”

MEDIA Published: 12.26.13

Read the story in The Wall Street Journal Published: 12.26.13

Does Hollywood Actually Make A Political Difference?

ISSUES Posted: December 29, 2013 8:54 pm

Yes, sometimes, and not so much.

ISSUES Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in Variety Published: 12.27.13

Finding A Magritte That’s Been Cut Up And Painted Over

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 8:50 pm

That is, by the artist himself.

VISUAL Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The Wall Street Journal Published: 12.27.13

An Especially Excited Statue Gets A Little Cover

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 11:00 am

“Critics did not interpret the animal’s grip on the man — its paws gently resting on the man’s hips — as a bear hug. Moreover, the man appears to be experiencing sensations other than fear: He has an erection.”

VISUAL Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 12.27.13

Lost Van Dyck Turns Up On Antiques Roadshow (Yes, Really)

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 10:50 am

The painting “was bought for £400 by a priest in Nottingham, but experts say the restored 17th century portrait could be worth around £400,000.”

VISUAL Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in The Independent (UK) Published: 12.29.13

Making The Oscars Into The World’s Best, Not Just Hollywood’s Best

MEDIA Posted: December 29, 2013 10:40 am

“There’s the Oscar lesson, proven year after year: You might win with a dark vision, but in general, keep it light and keep it in English.”

MEDIA Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in Variety Published: 12.27.13

Can Changing Our Reading Habits Even The Balance?

WORDS Posted: December 29, 2013 10:40 am

“Establishing quotas is not inherently progressive, but it can help us examine our choices, to consider books or writers we might otherwise ignore or resist, and sometimes – as was the case for me with the wonderful Croatian author Dubravka Ugresic – recognize that we were missing out not having read them sooner.”

WORDS Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The Globe and Mail (Canada) Published: 12.27.13

As Illustrations Grow More Popular, Museums Get Priced Out

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 10:30 am

“The rising prices are proving prohibitive for some; Davis says that high prices for works by Rockwell and Parrish have made purchases by museums such as his more difficult.”

VISUAL Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The Art Newspaper Published: 12.27.13

Today’s top AJBlog posts 12/29/13

AJBlogs Posted: December 29, 2013 10:30 am

Very angry tweet: French birds demand share of Messiaen’s royalties
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2013-12-29

China’s violin method: ‘Study and train hard, according to a scientific method’
Source: Slipped Disc | Published on 2013-12-29

My “Porgy and Bess” Playlist
Source: Unanswered Question | Published on 2013-12-28

In NYC: Catching Up With Peter Schumannand the Bread and Puppet Theater
Source: Straight|Up | Published on 2013-12-27

AJBlogs Published: 12.29.13

Read the story in AJBlogs Published: 12.29.13

In New York, Some Stagehands Make A Lot (A LOT) Of Money

THEATRE Posted: December 29, 2013 10:20 am

“Even as organized labor in the United States has weakened significantly, the nearly 2,600 active members of Local 1 have retained their clout, allowing them to push for good wages and work rules.”

THEATRE Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 12.27.13

The Last Business Days Of A Typewriter Repairman

PEOPLE Posted: December 29, 2013 10:00 am

“Mr. Gan is also not a huge fan of Francis Ford Coppola, but he did service the Olivetti that Mr. Coppola used to write the Oscar-winning screenplay for ‘The Godfather.'”

PEOPLE Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 12.27.13

The Return Of ‘The Lady And The Unicorn’ Tapestries

VISUAL Posted: December 29, 2013 9:50 am

“Now they have been cleaned and rehung we have some idea of how they might have looked in the Middle Ages. They are really extraordinary.”

VISUAL Published: 12.28.13

Read the story in The Observer (UK) Published: 12.28.13

One Day In The Life Of A Bookstore Clerk

WORDS Posted: December 29, 2013 9:40 am

“I’m looking for a book.”

“Would you happen to have the title?”

“It’s a long shot, but I was in my car about a month ago and heard an author on the radio. Sounded really interesting.”

WORDS Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in Washington Post Published: 12.27.13

What’s The Matter With Minnesota?

MUSIC Posted: December 29, 2013 9:20 am

“Any orchestra could slide off the road into the ditch the way Minnesota has done.”

MUSIC Published: 12.28.13

Read the story in NPR Published: 12.28.13

The Most Exciting Magazine Of All Time

MEDIA Posted: December 29, 2013 9:10 am

“No contemporary magazine could duplicate Life’s success, and not just because 1945 was such a monumental year. No modern magazine has remotely close to its influence. “

MEDIA Published: 12.27.13

Read the story in Slate Published: 12.27.13

The Art Dealer With Deep Nazi Ties

PEOPLE Posted: December 29, 2013 9:00 am

“Gurlitt, the ‘art dealer to the Führer,’ reinvented himself: as a victim of the Nazis, a man who had saved precious artworks from destruction and someone who had never done anything malicious.”

PEOPLE Published: 12.23.13

Read the story in Der Spiegel Published: 12.23.13

Is That A Sequel – Or A Sell-Out?

WORDS Posted: December 29, 2013 8:50 am

“Continuation literature – as it has been hailed – falls into two camps: works that are licensed by writers’ estates and those that, like Austen, are in the public domain.”

WORDS Published: 12.28.13

Read the story in BBC Published: 12.28.13

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