“Mark A. Landis, who has dressed as a Jesuit priest or posed as a wealthy donor driving up in a red Cadillac, apparently never took money for his forgeries and has never been arrested. Now his ‘works’ have been collected into their own tongue-in-cheek exhibit, called Faux Real and opening on April Fools’ Day at the University of Cincinnati.”
Author: Matthew Westphal
So, How Does That Restored Leonardo Virgin And Child With St. Anne Look?
“Ageing varnish had left it disfigured by stains, now all but gone, with the overall effect one of lifting a yellow-brown veil, to reveal the soft blue of the Virgin’s dress – and a wealth of detail like a rocky pool of water bathing the subjects’ feet.”
The Complicated Path To Becoming A Danseur Etoile
“‘Star’ is a word that is frequently used to describe a principal dancer in many countries. But at the Paris Opera, it is an official title, resonant with prestige and conferred only at the mysterious discretion of the director. It is part of a promotional system that differs from most other ballet companies in its almost military formality.”
Australian Ballet Launches 10-Part Web Series
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, “Australia’s national ballet company is profiling a year in the life of two of the company’s dancers, senior artist Amy Harris and Queensland corps de ballet dancer Jake Mangakahia.”
Is Turkey’s New Blockbuster About The Conquest Of Constantinople Too Nationalistic?
“A scimitars’n’CGI blockbuster account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans in the 15th century, it is the country’s most expensive film ever ($17m budget), most popular (4.6m tickets in its first 18 days) and most lucrative ($29m and counting). But if you think the smell of unanimity is in the air, think again. Plenty of folk have queued up to question Fetih 1453‘s take.”
Judge Blocks Attempt To Scuttle SAG-AFTRA Merger Vote
“A federal judge has a blocked a request for a temporary injunction that would have scuttled a vote on merging the Screen Actors Guild with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Ed Asner, Martin Sheen and Ed Harris were among a group of actors who filed a lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles last month seeking an injunction to stop SAG from calling for a vote on the proposed merger with AFTRA.”
Berlin Tries To Save Nightclubs From Gentrification
“Politicians in Berlin have launched a campaign to rescue the city’s legendary nightclub scene from the spectre of property investors in the hope of salvaging the capital’s reputation as one of Europe’s party hotspots. A ‘Music Board’ fund of around €1m (£835,000) has been set up to help protect the city’s shrinking club scene.”
Salman Rushdie Gives Resounding Defense Of Free Expression In Delhi
At a conference in the capital (where he replaced a speaker who withdrew because of his presence), the author declared that “a combination of religious fanaticism, political opportunism and public apathy is damaging that freedom upon which all other freedoms depend: the freedom of expression.”
‘Arabic Booker’ Goes To Novel About Lebanon’s 1860s Civil War
Well-known Lebanese author Rabee Jaber won the $50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for The Druze of Belgrade, which “moves from Beirut just after the civil war in Mount Lebanon to Belgrade and the Balkans, following the misadventures of a Christian egg seller who is forced into exile with a group of Druze fighters.”
Why Is It So Hard To Open A New Play On Broadway?
Money, of course. But all that cash isn’t necessarily going where you may think.