“The court of appeal in Aix-en-Provence upheld the suspended two-year prison sentence of Pierre Le Guennec, 77, Picasso’s electrician, [and his wife, Danielle,] who hid 271 works stolen from the artist for over four decades.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Picasso’s Granddaughter Tells Us Something Gross That We Did Not Need To Know
Well, we think it’s gross, anyway. It’s about a certain material he liked to use …
Les Ballets Trockadero – There’s Some Serious Technique Supporting All That Camp Brio
“Today, every one of the company’s 16 dancers is a proficient technician who can dance on point, a demanding (and painful) aspect of ballet training that men can usually happily ignore, since conventionally it is only women who dance impractically on the tips of their toes.”
Dick Latessa, 87, Broadway Veteran Who Won His First Tony At 74
“The Ohio native made his Broadway debut in the 1968 musical The Education of HYMAN KAPLA*N and enjoyed a 50-year acting career, appearing most recently on Broadway in the 2012 comedy The Lyons, playing an elderly man who refuses to die. … [He] won the 2003 Tony Award as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for playing Harvey Fierstein’s onstage husband in the original cast of Hairspray.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 12.20.16
Art For Christmas and Chanukkah
Are still shopping for gifts this holiday season? An email from Winterthur this morning reminded me that I’ve been meaning to suggest giving the gift of art – or art books, even for children or grown-up kids. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-12-20
Monday Recommendation: Redman’s And Mehldau’s “Nearness”
Joshua Redman And Brad Mehldau, Nearness (Nonesuch) … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-12-19
The Jedi Order Is Not A Religion, Rules Commission
The Temple of the Jedi Order applied for charitable organization status in England and Wales, but the Charity Commission ruled that Jediism “lacked the necessary spiritual or non-secular element” it expects.
Misty Copeland Goes To Cuba
“The thing Copeland is most vocal about is the lack of diversity in ballet. But being in Cuba was a moment to not stand out. Copeland was surrounded in brown diversity.”
How The ‘Last Tango’ Butter Scene Went From Somewhat Disturbing Story To Outrage-Clickbait And Almost-Fake News
Neither Maria Schneider not anyone else involved ever claimed that actual rape (or penetration of any sort) happened on the Last Tango set. Yet when the story resurfaced earlier this month, celebrities were tweeting things like “All copies of this film should be destroyed immediately. It contains an actual rape and sexual assault.” Lindsay Zoladz investigates the source of the distortion and how it spread.
We Can Now See The Brushstrokes On The Ghent Altarpiece
“In this first phase of restoration on one of the earliest art works to use oil paints on a large scale, new scanning techniques uncovered the singular skills of the Flemish brothers Jan and Hubert Van Eyck, beneath layers of overpainting and varnish.”
We’re Saved! Merriam-Webster’s 2016 Word Of The Year Is Not ‘Fascism’!
These folks, unlike their colleagues, name their Word of the Year based on what gets the most search queries – and at the beginning of this month, they sent out a plea saying that “fascism” was in the lead and “There’s still time to look something else up.” Looks like we (or they) came through: Merriam-Webster’s official word for 2016 is something all-too-fitting.