“In these showings, which I’m in the middle of now, I acquire new sets of eyes. I know what I think of the works, but having an audience gives me other points of view, some of which are radically different from my own. I have been doing this long enough to know that everyone comes with specific agendas and will probably leave with those same biases intact, and that not everyone loves me, though I wish they would.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
Why Salman Rushdie Has Gone Back To Science Fiction After All These Years
“It was one of my earliest interests as a writer” – see his largely forgotten first novel, Grimus – “and I’ve just taken a long time to circle back around to it. It was also a reaction against writing my memoir. I’d spend two or three years trying really hard to tell the truth, and by the end, I was sick of the truth – enough truth, let’s make some [expletive] up.”
Key Igor Stravinsky Work Found After 100 Years
“Stravinsky composed his Pogrebal’naya Pesnya (Funeral Song) in memory of his teacher, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, shortly after Rimsky’s death in June 1908. The 12-minute work was performed only once, … but was always thought to have been destroyed in the 1917 revolutions or the civil war that followed.”
Theater Troupe Creates Portable, Pop-Up Playgrounds In World’s Highest City
In El Alto, the young and fast-growing city high above the Bolivian capital, La Paz, the group COMPA Teatro Trono sets up colorful, temporary places for children and adults in a city desperately short of public recreational space.
How A Leading Modern Dance Couple Make Their Family And Their Art
“Ten years ago Dana Fouras gave up a feted career dancing with her husband, the choreographer Russell Maliphant, to look after their young family. Now she’s back, and here they talk about being a couple both on stage and over the kitchen table.”
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Summer Museum Sightings, Part 2: Thematic Cooperation
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John Perrault, 78, Art Critic, Artist, Poet (And ArtsJournal Blogger)
“Perreault is best-known for being an early proponent of avant-garde movements like Minimalism, Land art, and Pattern and Decoration during the late 1960s and the ’70s. … He also had an eye for artists who would ultimately become canonical. As a result, he achieved a following from artists, critics, curators, and readers of all kinds.”
Sotheby’s To Auction Former Owner’s $500M Art Collection
“[Alfred] Taubman, who died in April aged 91, was a billionaire real estate developer who bought the UK auction house in 1983.” His collection includes works by, among others, Picasso, Modigliani, Gainsborough, de Kooning, Pollock, and Jasper Johns.
Well, The Detroit Institute Of Arts Had Been Hoping For Some Of That Art From Sotheby’s Owner
“If you want at least one final look at the eight paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts that are owned by the late billionaire businessman and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman, then you’d better hurry.”
USC’s MFA Program Reopens – With One Student
“On Monday, the fall semester began for USC’s sole MFA art student, a woman from South Korea on a fully-funded scholarship and educational visa. … Last May, the once-lauded program suffered a devastating blow when the entire class of 2016 left the school in protest of alleged broken promises and a perceived corporate takeover of the program.”