"Iannone depicted female sexuality in a bold graphic style that drew from Japanese woodcuts, Greek vase painting, and visual themes from various Eastern religions." As she told a magazine in 2009, "When my work was not censored outright, it was mildly ridiculed, or described as folkloric, or just ignored." - Artforum
"Ironically, the ban has brought droves of new readers to his work, ... (and Maus) sold 665,000 copies this year, more than triple its 2021 sales. But the renewed attention has also been exhausting, and left him with little time or energy for his art." - The New York Times
The creative people who died this year include many whose lives helped shape our own — through the art they made, and through the words they said. - The New York Times
"When her father died in 1973, Maya took up the mantle of preserving and propelling his legacy. ... It involved assembling and organizing a large archive of his oeuvre and becoming the major authenticator of his work, a task she performed thousands of times until her eyesight gave way in the mid-2010s." - Artnet
Security stopped Kelly Conlon because she is a New Jersey lawyer. MSG has begun using facial recognition technology to identify any visitor to any of its venues—including Radio City Music Hall—who is involved with any law firm that is actively involved in litigation against MSG Entertainment. - Ars Technica
"I've had many second chapters in my life, often propelled by loss. ... As a human being, I'm relatively simple. I'm very work-oriented, I'm not extremely social. ... I'm not very curious about people, which is perhaps not the best way to be, but I have so much responsibility." - Artnet
"(She) was said to be the first Black principal player in a major American orchestra when she joined the San Francisco Symphony in 1972, and (she) mounted a legal battle over racial and sexual discrimination when she was denied tenure two years later." - The New York Times
Matt Zoller Seitz: "Badalamenti did what Herrmann did for Hitchcock and John Williams did for Steven Spielberg: he created a recognizable musical character to go along with Lynch's already keenly developed ear for sound design." - Vulture
"(He) was known as the dean of American orchestral clarinetists during a 60-year career with the New York Philharmonic, ... presenting a style and sound that typified the Philharmonic's character — soloistic, technically and sonically brilliant, flamboyant and on the verge of brash." - The New York Times
She made her mark on the global cultural map this year when she published her first thriller novel, entitled 'Reykjavík', which she co-wrote with best-selling author of the ‘Dark Iceland’ series Ragnar Jónasson. - EuroNews
Earlier this year, in the course of the post-fire reconstruction, researchers found two unfamiliar sarcophagi under the cathedral's floor. Now researchers have partly identified the remains: one was a wealthy clergyman who probably had gout; the other, name unknown, was a young nobleman with numerous injuries and ailments. - Live Science
In the quarter-century since the Guggenheim Bilbao, Frank Gehry’s projects have repeatedly come close to or met the same demanding standard. - Harvard Business Review
By late Friday, after an initial 120 people had signed the letter, Beaser, 68, a former chair of the prestigious Manhattan music school’s composition department, had taken leave from his teaching post as the school launched a third-party inquiry into the allegations. - Washington Post
Grey did everything from dancing with the Bolshoi to directing the English National Ballet, and quite a bit in between. As a young dancer, "Grey made an immense impression on New York dance connoisseurs." - The New York Times
Aubrey Plaza didn't anchor a blockbuster franchise like Jennifer Lawrence or Kristin Stewart, but she "has had a knack for choosing roles that seem to connect with something larger about the evolution of her generation." - Slate
