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visual
Warren Dykeman's bad boy boogalo Recessionary pricing in Seattle...
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/21/09@09:02PM
dance
Has the egalitarian approach of postmodernism, with every element equal to every element, reached its sell-by date? Foot asks on the occasion of Wally Cardona's "Really Real" at BAM and Bill T. Jones's touring Lincoln pieces...
Foot in Mouth | 11/21/09@12:46PM
people
Notes Going Into The Weekend Eddie Locke may have been typecast late in life, but he was flexible and thoroughly modern....
Rifftides | 11/20/09@11:45PM
music
Choosing Wisely If you label your opening night "special," what does that make the rest of the concerts on your season?...
Life's a Pitch | 11/20/09@02:35PM
visual
Friday links - slam-dunk curation Plus, the sexism that wasn"t...
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/20/09@10:45AM
music
Left behind (2) More on why contemporary classical music -- as defined by the classical music mainstream -- is a generation out of date....
Greg Sandow | 11/20/09@10:34AM
music
Left behind First of three posts, about why contemporary classical music is a generation out of date, at least as it's featured at mainstream classical music institutions....
Greg Sandow | 11/20/09@10:32AM
architecture
Architectural Trauma: Downsized Berkeley Art Museum Plans May Not Include Toyo Ito Another acclaimed design joins the Museum of the Unbuilt. No decision yet on whether same architect will design diminished project....
CultureGrrl | 11/20/09@09:30AM
theatre
An American Farce Do American theatre companies and audiences understand farce?...
lies like truth | 11/20/09@08:35AM
music
Full weekend of typical (splendid) variety Jazzy improv, classic Cage, Armstrong studies, Guadeloupean zouk, live music as usual in NYC...
Jazz beyond Jazz | 11/20/09@07:11AM
visual
Museum Mile Is Getting Longer Museum For African Art Rises, With Plans To Be More Than A Museum. Foreign Policy Anyone?...
Real Clear Arts | 11/20/09@05:54AM
ideas
Indelible Lines ...we're finding it difficult to let go of thoughts about Johnny Mercer. Lines from his songs won't go away -- ever....
Rifftides | 11/19/09@10:55PM
visual
Before I Die - Nicole Kenney & ks rives Remember the only joke in "Pulp Fiction"? Catch up....
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/19/09@09:50PM
theatre
"Home," at last "The Orphans' Home Cycle, Part 1" and "In the Next Room or the vibrator play" reviewed....
About Last Night | 11/19/09@08:25PM
ideas
Almanac Today's entry: Frank Zappa on rock journalism....
About Last Night | 11/19/09@08:23PM
visual
Sympathy for soliders Anti-war no longer means anti-troops...
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/19/09@03:37PM
architecture
Mies van der Rohe: Celebrated at MoMA, Destroyed in Chicago Is it a "clunky brick box" or like "a minor work by Mozart"? It's making way for a new train station....
CultureGrrl | 11/19/09@01:54PM
media
Jazz.com -- in transition, or trouble? Ted Gioia, founding editor of a jazz webnode, "steps down" -- what's up with that?...
Jazz beyond Jazz | 11/19/09@01:35PM
visual
Jeanne-Claude, 74, Gatekeeper of the Christo/Jeanne-Claude Artistic Partnership Friendly, frank and funny, the late Jeanne-Claude was first among equals when it came to logistics, finances, press relations....
CultureGrrl | 11/19/09@11:28AM
publishing
When Necessity Feels Like Luxury Those of us who live in a place where the public library is not only open but open late have reason to marvel....
critical difference | 11/19/09@11:13AM
people
Wynton Marsalis, le Chevalier 25 years at the top in New York City, still playing and working at jazz...
Jazz beyond Jazz | 11/19/09@10:49AM
culture
Dewey21C | 11/19/09@10:08AM
theatre
Big Bang On a missed opportunity to make the audience run for cover...
lies like truth | 11/19/09@09:32AM
visual
News Happens: Time To Play Catch-Up Developments at the Jewish Museum, ArtPrize, The New York Sun, Another Theft...
Real Clear Arts | 11/19/09@06:49AM
visual
Adams, Nixon and a new Eastman House project The relationship between Nicholas Nixon & Robert Adams as told via some special photographs at SFMOMA...
Modern Art Notes | 11/19/09@06:15AM
music
Slipped Disc | 11/19/09@01:53AM
visual
Newspapers with art critics: California shines The Golden State remains golden...
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/19/09@01:46AM
visual
Metropolitan Museum's Red-Ink 2009 Annual Report, Now Online Operating deficit: $8.4 million. Total endowment funds down 26%. With budgetary cutbacks accomplished, can Campbell focus on art, not money?...
CultureGrrl | 11/18/09@09:04PM
theatre
Little girl, you've had a busy day "My Wonderful Day," "On the Town," and "Ragtime" reviewed....
About Last Night | 11/18/09@03:06PM
ideas
Almanac Today's entry: Somerset Maugham on ambition....
About Last Night | 11/18/09@03:04PM
visual
JIm Riswold: That's not funny How many critics does it take to change a lightbulb?...
Another Bouncing Ball | 11/18/09@02:12PM
visual
An Art Theft Riddle What Is The Most Stolen Work Of Art In Recorded History? You Will Never Guess. It's Not A Picasso, Or A Leonardo...
Real Clear Arts | 11/18/09@12:15PM
issues
Where Did the Blood-Sucking Vampire Squid Come From? Matt Taibbi, Maureen Dowd, and The New York Times have a lot to answer for....
Straight Up | 11/18/09@11:49AM
music
One of these things is not like the other How do we experience concerts that we're told will be special differently?...
Life's a Pitch | 11/18/09@11:11AM
dance
Ah, the French! What they make of ballet in Frederick Wiseman's "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet"...
Foot in Mouth | 11/18/09@10:33AM
architecture
Knox-ious Notoriety (and the MoMA Monster mash): "Knox Notch" in the New Yorker Remains of Martin's mural show up in full-page photo of Nouvel tower. Paul Goldberger says MoMA Monster is eviscerated....
CultureGrrl | 11/18/09@10:15AM
issues
Self-Marketing Artists shouldn't expect presenters do all their marketing...
lies like truth | 11/18/09@09:59AM
visual
Edward Burtynsky's 'Oil' at the Corcoran Starting with the image around which the show revolves: a picture of Talladega Superspeedway...
Modern Art Notes | 11/18/09@08:01AM
issues
My chat with Bill Ivey Exploring art, policy, and expressive life with the former NEA chairman....
Artful Manager | 11/18/09@06:00AM
visual
Wednesday news and notes Museum news galore from Los Angeles, considering conservation and earthworks and more...
Modern Art Notes | 11/18/09@05:42AM




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