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How to Attract Visitors to an “Esoteric” Exhibit
Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World is notable for several reasons. But the one I want to dwell a little on here ... read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished on June 19, 2019 11:16 am
The latest news about Mrs. T
For those of you following Mrs. T’s transplant-related adventures, here’s an update on her condition and prospects. As many of you know, Mrs. T was ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 19, 2019 2:02 am
Snapshot: Teresa Stratas appears on To Tell the Truth
Teresa Stratas appears as the “mystery guest” on To Tell the Truth. Bud Collyer is the host and the panelists are Johnny Carson, Dorothy Kilgallen, ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 19, 2019 2:01 am
Almanac: Cyril Connolly on the function of education
“No education is worth having that does not teach the lesson of concentration on a task, however unattractive. These lessons, if not learnt early, ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 19, 2019 2:00 am
Shades of Meaning
At long last I am back from my journeys to Australia and Chile. It has been an exhilarating time full of making new friends, learning ... read more
AJBlog: Engaging MattersPublished on June 18, 2019 11:00 pm
Farewell Transparency? Sotheby’s Plans to Go Private (plus a possible glitch)
It’s not over until the shareholders and the regulators sing. But it looks like Sotheby’s—publicly traded for the last 31 years—is set to go private, ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished on June 18, 2019 10:11 am
No, but we lived the movie
Yesterday’s posting in which I retold in exactly one hundred words the improbably melodramatic story of how Mrs. T met, fell in love at first ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 18, 2019 5:00 am
Lookback: on golden-age Westerns and their (mostly mediocre) musical scores
From 2009: “Westerns are timeless. The soundtracks rarely are.” Lileks tweeted that pithy two-liner a few weeks ago, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 18, 2019 4:01 am
Almanac: Cyril Connolly on the danger of fraternizing with failures
“The world is full of charming failures (for all charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others) ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 18, 2019 4:00 am
The Eka Trio: O
The young Scandinavians of the Eka Trio combine the relaxed sensuosity of trends in Nordic music with their underlying commitment to the adventurousness that ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished on June 17, 2019 10:53 pm
The story of Mrs. T and me—in a hundred words
I’ve been following with interest a series of pieces that the New York Times describes as “Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 17, 2019 12:02 am
Just because: “A Conversation with Robert Frost”
“A Conversation with Robert Frost,” an episode of NBC’s Wisdom originally telecast on November 23, 1952. The poet is interviewed by Bela Kornitzer: (This ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 17, 2019 12:01 am
Almanac: Cyril Connolly on the artist’s need for love
“It is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential.” Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 17, 2019 12:00 am
Strictly Unpaid Advertising
Your humble blogger has published a new collection of poems. Moloko will bring it out in a bilingual English-German edition in Germany. In the meantime, ... read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished on June 16, 2019 10:54 am
This Week’s Top Audience Stories: Audience Is All About The Ads
This Week’s Insights: The rise of tribute band festivals… Spotify is monetizing its customers'”emotion” database… The streaming era is about to get more expensive… Do ... read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts AudiencePublished on June 15, 2019 11:01 pm
Weekend Extra: Desmond Alert
Thomas Cunniffe’s excellent weblog Jazz History Online has managed to find the performance by Paul Desmond and his Canadian quartet originally broadcast in 1975 by ... read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished on June 15, 2019 4:36 pm
The end of the beginning
Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Facebook will know that Mrs. T has been in the University of Connecticut Health Center’s ... read more
AJBlog: About Last NightPublished on June 14, 2019 2:02 am
Calder & Noguchi Air Balls: SFMOMA Lobs Some Foul Shots for the Golden State Warriors
Although the Golden State Warriors narrowly lost the NBA Championship to the Toronto Raptors at last night’s nip-and-tuck Game 6 of the finals, the California ... read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished on June 13, 2019 9:38 pm
Eye On San Diego–For Art!
San Diego, you may be surprised is not only the eighth largest U.S. city by population, but also among the fastest growing. Yet people to ... read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished on June 13, 2019 11:00 am
“Don’t make me go out there alone!” — Leonard Bernstein’s last tango with ‘Candide’
By the time he made his way to the podium, Leonard Bernstein was clearly in trouble. Well after the entrance applause died down, he needed ... read more
AJBlog: Condemned to MusicPublished on June 13, 2019 1:42 am

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