“Detectives are hunting two men who calmly walked into the Masterpiece art show last week and unlocked a cabinet before stealing several pieces of diamond jewellery. The men, both white and casually dressed, then locked the cabinet at the stand of Swiss jewellers Boghossian before strolling away.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Actress Elsa Martinelli, 82
“In an acting career that shifted between Europe and Hollywood and peaked in the 1960s, Ms. Martinelli won the Silver Bear for best actress at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival for the Italian comedy Donatella. Directors she worked for included Orson Welles (The Trial), Roger Vadim (Blood and Roses) and Elio Petri (The 10th Victim).” Yet the role for which she’s best remembered in the U.S. was as the love interest of Kirk Douglas’s character in The Indian Hunter.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.10.17
The problem with ranking cities’ cultural vibrancy
Two recent publications derive indices to rank different cities according to their cultural vibrancy … The problem is not with the quality of the data. Many of the raw data series will be of interest. The problem is in the very nature of the exercise. … read more
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2017-07-10
Shifting Power in American Orchestras
I have become more worried about what happens when [our students in Play On Philly] leave our “bubble” that is filled with peers, teachers, administrators and board members that truly understand their circumstances and enter a field that is dominated by white supremacy and unconscious bias. … read more
AJBlog: Orchestras Everywhere Published 2017-07-10
How To Create An Art-Lover
While at the Guggenheim Museum yesterday, seeing Visionaries: Creating A Modern Guggenheim, I witnessed an awesome sight – but it wasn’t the art. It was a little girl, still in a stroller, with a sketchbook in hand, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-07-10
Monday Recommendation: Another Bill Evans Discovery
Bill Evans, Another Time (Resonance)
For years, it was thought that drummer Jack DeJohnette’s only recorded appearance with the Bill Evans trio was at the 1968 Montreux Jazz Festival. Then, in 2013, … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-07-10
Turning The Famous Psychology Experiments Of History Into A Theatre Piece
Eric Grode talks to members of the company Improbable about how they put together Opening Skinner’s Box, an adaptation of the controversial book by Lauren Slater about studies such as Stanley Milgram’s infamous experiment with obedience (where subjects were told to administer electric shocks) and Elizabeth Loftus’s work on how memories can be shaped and altered.
The Finn Who Shaped American Midcentury Modernism
Yes, it was a Saarinen, but probably not the one you’re thinking of – and his influence was less through his own design than through the educational institution he founded.
The Architecture Of Stages: A History That’s More Like A Spiral Than An Arrow
Joshua Dachs: “What at first looks like evolution – from campfires to hillsides to amphitheatres to courtyards to playhouses and onward into the future – is really the recapitulation of another kind of trajectory, from improvisation to formalization. As each new theatrical practice is improvised by a new culture or by restless, visionary (or hungry) artists using the materials at hand, its successes are repeated; standardized practices emerge, traditions and expectations are established.”
How The World’s Greatest Performance-Capture Actor Creates His Roles
Reporter Roslyn Sulcas talks to Andy Serkis, whose performances as (among others) Gollum in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Caesar in the current Planet of the Apes series are so widely admired that fans have been agitating for him to be nominated for an Oscar.
We Know That Smell Can Trigger Emotions And Bring Back Old Memories, But How Does It Work?
Katherine Whitcroft examines the history of what’s now called the “Proustian effect.”
The First-Ever Perfume Concert (It Was A Stinker)
“On a New York stage in 1902, a poet and art critic named Sadakichi Hartmann attempted the first perfume concert, and it was a disaster. Intended to last 16 minutes and transport the audience to Japan through a series of smells, it was cut short at four by the jeers of the crowd.”
The Six Things Dancers Should Do If They Get Fired
An artistic director, a dance-career-transition counselor, and a ballerina who’s been fired and rebounded offer advice on “how to part ways like a professional, regain your confidence and have greater success in your next gig.”