“The [museum] Contemporary Austin announced Thursday that it will be host to the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, a $100,000 unrestricted biennial award given to an artist of any age, any nationality and working in any medium. In addition, the Booth Prize will finance a solo exhibit for the winning artist that will be accompanied by a major publication.”
Month: July 2016
Why The Classics Are Holding Their Own In Colleges While Other Humanities Are On The Decline
“A recent statistical analysis of professorial job openings by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences shows declines in all humanities disciplines since the Great Recession of 2008, including classics. However, classics suffered least in the downturn. The field has kept its small market share, while the number of job postings fell precipitously in other humanities fields.”
The Trump ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat Is Actually An Effective Piece Of Design
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“It’s infuriatingly good,” says famous New York ad man George Lois. “And at this point,” writes Carolina Miranda, “it’s unforgettable. The hat has become the ‘I Like Ike’ button and Obama ‘Hope’ poster of our time – the official objet d’art of an election that has turned into one long, bad-hair-day episode of reality TV.”
What Every Presidential Campaign Ad Ever Really Says
“This Is A Generic Presidential Campaign Ad,” assembled entirely from stock footage by the stock-footage company Dissolve, lays out all the messaging elements for (the generic) Candidate (slogan: “For an American America”). (video)
‘Barry Lyndon’ – Stanley Kubrick’s Period Piece May Not Be Action-Packed, But ‘It Puts A Spell On People’
“The director’s 18th-century epic is legendary for the hardships imposed upon its cast, with 150 takes for a single shot not uncommon. But, four decades on, the film’s stars remain united in praise of this beautiful, slow-burning masterpiece.”
Arizona Theatre Company Saved In Last-Minute Fundraising Rally
“Arizona Theatre Company has raised the $2 million necessary to keep the organization on stage, the group announced Monday. … Last week, the board decided to give notices to employees on Monday. Soon after, many donors began to open pocketbooks rather than just give verbal support.”
Will America Finally Recognize This Woman As One Of Its Great Living Novelists?
“Many, many writers are chronically broke. Many have a long list of grievances with the publishing industry. Many will tell you about the circumstances that would have allowed them to enjoy the success of Ernest Hemingway or David Foster Wallace. Many have had multiple brushes with suicide, but there’s only one who wrote The Last Samurai and Lightning Rods, two of the finest novels published this century.”
Benjamin Millepied Is Now A Free Man (A Q&A)
“In a recent Skype call from London on a day off, Mr. Millepied looked happy and relaxed, quick to laugh. Words tumbled out of his mouth in sometimes hard-to-follow torrents. He spoke about his constantly expanding plans, his state of mind post-Paris and his love for Los Angeles. These are edited excerpts from the conversation.”
Bill T. Jones And Claudia Rankine On How Art Can Respond To Violence And #BlackLivesMatter
“Choreographer Bill T. Jones and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet, essayist and playwright Claudia Rankine join [host Arun Venugopal] to discuss how the creative community has responded to violence and has embraced the Black Lives Matter movement.” (audio)
How Did ‘All Lives Matter’ Come To Oppose ‘Black Lives Matter’?
Linguistic philosopher Ian Olasov: “I think the philosophy of language can help us understand what’s going on, and what I’ve found in some of my research on moral slogans might shed a unique kind of light on the issue.”