The woman “was arrested in August while posing for photographer Zach Hyman who has gained recent notoriety for his photos of nude models posing at New York landmarks, snapping shots of naked New Yorkers (all volunteers) from Times Square to Chinatown for his portrait series.”
Author: Laura Collins Hughes
As Online Sponsors, Advertisers Take Cue From The Past
Many webisodes “are being created specifically for advertisers, borrowing a strategy from the early days of radio and television when shows like ‘The Kraft Music Hall,’ ‘The Bell Telephone Hour,’ ‘Lux Radio Theater’ and ‘Schlitz Playhouse of Stars’ entertained Americans while selling cheese, phone service, soap and beer.”
Whitney Thinks Hard About The Problem Of Replicas
“How do you acquire or display a work of performance art that exists only in the form of an instruction sheet? What should conservators do about works that are deteriorating because they were made from unstable materials, such as neon, or sharks? If you want to exhibit a huge work of conceptual art,” should you have it shipped or “just get permission to make a copy?”
Is This The Time For A Serial-Novel Renaissance?
“The potted history of the serial novel is well-documented, dating back to The Thousand and One Nights” — and, of course, Dickens. “So does the serial novel in 2009 feel anachronistic, or thoroughly modern – a way of reading literature facilitated by technology?”
Bank Accuses Bucks County Playhouse Owner Of Fraud
Ralph Miller, owner of the Bucks County Playhouse and of the recently charred Pocono Playhouse, “was facing a sheriff’s sale” of the Bucks County theatre until he declared bankruptcy. “But last week Skippack-based Stonebridge Bank called on the court to block the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, saying Miller ‘knowingly and fraudulently’ misrepresented his financial picture….”
Pittsburgh Libraries Get A Stay Of Execution
“Pittsburgh City Council yesterday gave its unanimous, initial approval to a transfer of $600,000 to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, a first step in avoiding, through next year, the closure of the Lawrenceville, Hazelwood, Beechview and West End branches and the merger of the Carrick and Knoxville branches.” But that’s only half of the needed funding.
London Phil Says Its Ex-Financial Director Stole £560K
“Cameron Poole, 35, is believed to have siphoned off the cash over four years to pay for holidays, clothing, antiques and upgrades to his family’s £900,000 four-bedroom home…. He quit the orchestra in August and his former bosses — who receive in excess of £2 million a year from the Arts Council England — have launched a High Court action to recover the cash.”
North Shore Music Theatre Appears To Have A Buyer
The owner of Theatre by the Sea in Matunuck, R.I., has signed a purchase-and-sale agreement on the 54-year-old North Shore Music Theatre, whose financial troubles forced its closure in June. He says he’d like to “have a show sometime in the spring” but promises “major changes or else we’d end up the same way they did.”
TMI, Guys: Art Reviews Are No Place For Your Sexual CV
“I don’t remember that after the first showing of Damien Hirst’s shark in formaldehyde … any of the critics shared their views on shark-fin soup, or revealed whether they shop from the Marine Conservancy endangered-species list.” So why have some male critics, reviewing the red-light district reproduction at the National Gallery, spilled about their sex lives?
For Best Dance Results, Spray On A Tan (Six-Pack Optional)
“‘Dancing With the Stars’ producers advise contestants to get sprayed down the Sunday before each televised competition.” At a recent spray-on session, a makeup artist “changed the settings on her gun to paint in the shadows of muscles. Six-pack abs, defined cheekbones and sculpted arms appeared almost instantly.”