Tag: 04.11.21
Kristy Edmunds On The Moral Imperative/Opportunity Of Continuing
"How do you support artist relief, raise money, how do you help people still feel like they haven’t disappeared? It has been a huge...
Two Years After The Notre-Dame Fire, What’s The State Of The Cathedral’s Organs?
In something of a miracle, the huge fire that ravaged the Paris landmark on April 15, 2019 did almost no serious damage to the...
New Turn In Saudi Arabia-vs.-Louvre ‘Salvator Mundi’ Drama (It’s Still About Spite, Though)
Last week several news outlets reported, based on a French TV documentary, that the world's most expensive artwork wasn't in the Louvre's big 2019...
Artist Rachel Whiteread Has Changed Her Art, And Her Life
Whiteread won the Turner Prize when she was 30, the first woman, and youngest artist, ever to win - and she id it for...
Poets Lost A Lot Of Readings, Series, And Opportunities During The Pandemic, So What...
"For readers still thawing from a year in isolation, two questions in poem are especially prescient: 'How to start again? How to wake...
We Know Theo, But What About Vincent Van Gogh’s Sisters?
He (and Theo) had three. From reading a book that includes some newly translated letters, we can learn that "Lies was frustrated that...
Benita Raphan, Maker Of Lyrical Short Films That Hover Between Documentary And Experiment, Has...
Raphan's "genius" films - about people with unusual minds and talents - weren't quite documentary; they were that, but more. "Up From Astonishment (2020), her...
The Great Depression’s Dance Marathons Were An Exploitative Craze
They might sound like yet another fun thing for young people to have done back in the day, but no. They were even deadly,...
BAFTA Wins Include A Fair Number Of Surprises
Chloé Zhao won another directing award for Nomadland, which also won best film on the second night of the mostly online awards. Anthony Hopkins...
Statues Are Living The High Life In Boris Johnson’s Britain
Lucky statues! "Without themselves needing to organise, these historically neglected members of the inanimate community have within the last few months secured privileges, protections...
A New Path Forward For Museums
Art museums sometimes have difficulties responding to the current moment, by design. A new show in Louisville might change some of that. "Conventional encyclopedic...