“Thanks to an anonymous street artist who specializes in explicit images, large sections of Central Brussels have essentially become NSFW. Since mid-September, unauthorized murals depicting various parts of the human anatomy started cropping upon the walls of the Belgian capital, causing both giggles and disapproval.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
France’s Culture Minister Promises Largest Budget For Museums In Country’s History
“[Audrey] Azoulay announced a 5% increase in funding to museums, and, notably, an increase of 12% for acquisitions budgets for regional and national museums. She said that museums security would be partly supported by an intra-ministerial fund.”
Helpful Hints For Taking Crowded Classes At Dance Conventions
“Whether you’re attending your first convention or your 20th, spending a weekend in a crowded ballroom with hundreds of other dancers can be equal parts exciting, intimidating and overwhelming. Conventions are a chance to learn new styles, take classes from top teachers and network with the people who may someday hire you. So how do you take advantage of this opportunity and stand out from the crowd?”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 10.05.16
Which is the Inimitable Don? Jones’s Giovanni
Søren Kierkegaard said in Either/Or: Because Don Giovanni desires in each and every woman the whole of womanhood, his behaviour has to be judged aesthetically, not ethically. Richard Jones has, I think, taken this seriously. … read more
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2016-10-05
Snapshot: Joni Mitchell sings “California” on The Johnny Cash Show
Joni Mitchell sings “California” on The Johnny Cash Show. This episode was originally telecast by ABC in 1969. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-10-05
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Is There A Difference Between ‘Online Jerry Saltz’, The Wild Man Of Art Criticism, And ‘Real-Life Jerry Saltz’? Jerry Says –
“I think it’s all one big ball of wax by now. I think that there is very little difference anymore between how I write online and how I write in the pages of magazines or when I speak. … When somebody is hearing, reading, seeing me they have a sense that they’re getting at what I might really be. Even though the pervert that is often out on Instagram might not seem like me, it’s me. And my wife approves of about eighty percent of those pictures.”
Marcel Duchamp’s Mesmerizing Art For Turntables
“In 1935, Marcel Duchamp set up a booth at the Concours Lépine, a French fair for inventors promoting their latest gadgets that still occurs to this day. In between a stand of instant vegetable choppers and another of trash compactors, the Surrealist debuted a series of objects merging his interests in science and art: his Rotoreliefs, decorated discs made to spin on a turntable as optical entertainment.”
Are These The Eight Most Beautiful Animated Feature Films?
Today’s fun-to-argue-over listicle features a mix of famous and lesser-known title, no Disney productions, and at least one film that, while it’s wonderfully executed and a total blast, isn’t what one would call pretty.
They’ve Found A ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Starring Maggie Smith
“Dame Maggie’s 1967 portrayal of the playful debutante Beatrice … is thought to be the earliest British television broadcast of the whole play. But the screen version of the famed National Theatre production by Italian director Franco Zeffirelli was assumed a lost treasure missing from the BBC’s archives.”
A Battle Over The Future Rages At A Historic African-American Theatre Company
As the New Freedom Theatre in North Philadelphia begins its 50th anniversary season, its debt has been reduced, it’s paying its actors, its productions are getting great reviews – and three longtime staffers have been abruptly fired, several attendees at a post-forum reception were forcibly removed and arrested, and protestors are demanding the replacement of the executive director.
So You Wanna Say ‘Email’ And ‘Bingewatch’ In Yiddish?
“Two of [the language’s] conservationists have produced the first full-fledged English-to-Yiddish dictionary in 50 years and it is designed to carry Yiddish into the 21st century and just maybe beyond. After all, Yiddish has always had a canny way of defying the pessimists.”