Man Smashes Ai Wei Wei Vase In Miami Museum As Protest

VISUAL Posted: February 17, 2014 12:48 pm

A South Florida artist is facing a criminal charge after police say he smashed a $1 million vase at Miami’s new art museum in what appears to be a form of protest.

Dancing on Water, Making Waves Onstage
The Trisha Brown Dance Company performs at the Clark Art Institute and at Jacob’s Pillow. Trisha Brown’s Groove and Countermove. (L to R): Kyle Marshall (head hidden), Patrick McGrath, Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Kimberly Fulmer, Amanda Kmett’Pendry, ... read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2017-08-19
Berkshire Bumble: Director’s Letter Reveals Focus Groups Kept in the Dark About Planned Art Sales
In the sell-job for its New Vision, the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, has made much of the fact that “approximately 400 people have participated in the community consultation process” during the planning phase. But a ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-08-18
Wu Hsin-fei: Renegade Nanguan Music from Taiwan
As I write this, another day of rain in New York is adding to what has been a rather tropical summer. Am I the only one who thinks rainy days evoke nostalgia? I think ... read more
AJBlog: OtherWorldlyPublished 2017-08-18
Reminder: The Statue of Liberty’s Burka*
Words and narration by Heathcote Williams. Montage by Alan Cox. The President is obsessed with deporting Arabs Although, by a superb comic irony, It was an Arab who modeled for the United States’ icon – ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-08-18
Perfection-on-the-Lake
In today’s Wall Street Journal drama column, I review two important revivals at Ontario’s Shaw Festival, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Madness of George III. Here’s an excerpt. * * * The Shaw Festival, one ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-18
Shaw in the summertime
In addition to my regular drama column for today’s Wall Street Journal, I’ve also reviewed two regional Shaw revivals, The Doctor’s Dilemma in New Hampshire and Saint Joan at the Shaw Festival, in the paper’s ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-18
Replay: Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables
A 1983 TV version of Terence Rattigan’s Separate Tables, directed by John Schlesinger and starring Alan Bates, Julie Christie and Claire Bloom. This production was originally telecast in Great Britain on ITV and in the ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-18
Almanac: Francis Bacon on doubt and certainty
“If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.” Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-18
Resistance Insistence: Museums (& CultureGrrl) Grapple with Political Turmoil
If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention. —the late Heather Heyer Like most of you, I’ve been “paying attention” all week—upset and obsessed with the Charlottesville explosion and its toxic fallout. I’ve finally emerged ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2017-08-17
So you want to see a show?
Here’s my list of recommended Broadway, off-Broadway, and out-of-town shows, updated weekly. In all cases, I gave these shows favorable reviews (if sometimes qualifiedly so) in The Wall Street Journal when they opened. For more ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-17
Almanac: Montaigne on faith
“Why do we not consider what contradictions we find in our own judgments; how many things were yesterday articles of our faith, that to-day appear no other than fables?” Michel de Montaigne, “That It Is ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-17
Emil Viklický & Others: Trumpet Summit
It is an open secret long acknowledged nearly everywhere: the best jazz musicians in other parts of the world are in a league with top players from the United States. Evidence of ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-08-16
Ridgewood Radio
… from a subterranean region of Queens, New York. Later today, beginning at 3 p.m.ET, David Weinstein’s web-only broadcast on WFMU.org will stream a program called “Spheres of Influence!” featuring David First‘s “Western Enisphere,” which ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2017-08-16
Everlasting
Mrs. T and I are staying at an antebellum inn in Jaffrey, the New Hampshire village where Willa Cather is buried. It’s a bit more than a stone’s throw from Peterborough, home of the Peterborough ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-16
Snapshot: Martyn Green in Trial by Jury
A TV version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta Trial by Jury, starring Martyn Green. This performance was originally telecast live by CBS on April 19, 1953 as part of an episode of Omnibus: (This ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-16
Almanac: Erich Fromm on faith and love
“Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.” Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-16
The Board’s Role in Community Engagement: II
Last time I presented the first part of a discussion about the potential for boards as positive resources for community engagement. Here is the rest of the text. Getting to YesSince the inertial tendency of ... read more
AJBlog: Engaging MattersPublished 2017-08-15
Lookback: how to turn a play into an opera libretto
From 2007: An opera libretto resembles a play at first glance, but the differences are bigger than you might realize. To begin with, a libretto is shorter than a play, since it takes longer to ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-15
Almanac: Arthur C. Clarke on religious faith and science
“Others, one suspects, are afraid that the crossing of space, and above all contact with intelligent but nonhuman races, may destroy the foundations of their religious faith. They may be right, but in any event ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished 2017-08-15
Monday Recommendation: Chet Baker Biography Revised
Jeroen de Valk: Chet Baker, His Life And Music (Aspekt) de Valk has revised his 2000 biography of the trumpeter. The new version includes a comprehensive index that is helpful to readers. ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2017-08-15

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