Christine Coulson, chief adviser to the director: “It is a Met that exists just beyond the walls of the galleries, where the staff move through tunnels and hallways like the below-stairs cast of Downton Abbey. It is also where we keep the ghosts.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
The GIFs Take Famous Paintings To Their Illogical Conclusions
“Goya’s Saturn devours his son on a park bench, flinging chunks of arm to a flock of pigeons; the lady in pink of Edward Hopper’s Morning Sun snaps out of her reverie when a bird crashes into her bedroom window; the raining men of René Magritte’s Golconda jump out of a plane and splatter bloodily on the ground, alarming local newscasters.”
Even Vanity Fair Says Justin Peck Is Making Ballet Cool
“Last year, for example, he commissioned Shepard Fairey – of Obama-Hope poster fame – to design the set for his Miami City ballet, Heatscape, and collaborated with Opening Ceremony for their New York Fashion Week show.”
Meet The Dancers Who Live And Breathe Martha Graham
“The company features dancers from all over the world who have had varying entry points into the Graham organization. Yet each was pulled in by the force of Graham, who died in 1991 at 96, and by her technique, which is rooted in the breath; movement is initiated in the pelvis and concentrates on the oppositional force of contraction and release.”
‘Sweeney Todd’ Production Called Off After Necks Actually Get Cut Onstage
It had to happen eventually, we guess. A student production at an elite Auckland secondary school used a prop that was, in fact, a real straight razor covered in duct tape and silver paper.
This Dance Piece Reminds Us All That Adult Men Interacting With Young Girls Doesn’t *Have* To Be Creepy
The project Men & Girls Dance “is exactly what its title suggests: adult male performers dancing with young girls. That relationship, though, has been tainted in recent years. Put the words ‘men’ and ‘girls’ in the same sentence and it’s likely to call to mind suspicions of abuse. This is what Fevered Sleep is hoping to challenge.”
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Launches Pop-Up Art Shows
“Pop-up art exhibitions will begin to appear throughout the region Wednesday, when high-quality reproductions of artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be installed in public places from Coatesville to Doylestown.”
Seven Ways For Actors To Get Better At Handling Rejection
“Some of the most successful actors cite their setbacks and failures as their most formative experiences; experiences that have moved them forward and propelled them to success. … So how can you, as a working actor, become more resilient?”
When You Get A Bad Review, Should You Hit Back At The Reviewer?
These days, “when amateur enthusiasts are as likely to review your work as Fleet Street experts (albeit self-proclaimed) and when most readers, if we’re honest, skim newspaper reviews and skip to the pithier comments, are you entitled to tell the blogger to fuck off as publicly as they rubbish your work when you think they’ve been unfair?” Maybe, suggests Phil Wilmott.
This Poor Arts Center: First The Censors Cracked Down On It, Then The Walls Fell In
Egypt’s leading contemporary arts space, “Townhouse gallery in central Cairo has been shut to staff after a section of the recently renovated five-storey building collapsed on Wednesday. The neighbouring Cairo Hackerspace, a community workspace for engineers, designers and artists, was completely destroyed.” The attached Rawabet Theatre has reportedly come through without damage.