“The company’s Instagram and Twitter handles are both still @Madewell1937, and its LinkedIn page says, ‘Madewell was started in 1937 as a workwear company, and we’re always looking to the brand’s roots for inspiration.’ This is, to put it mildly, baloney. Madewell as it stands today has almost nothing at all to do with the company founded by my great-grandfather almost 80 years ago.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Banksy Mural Mocking Anti-Immigrant Groups Is Destroyed By Town Council
“Banksy suddenly matters again. He has created a powerful image of our prejudiced times. Far from a stupid mistake by a confused council, its destruction is a real and vicious act of censorship.”
The First ‘Real’ Sherlock Holmes Movie Has Been Found
“The rediscovered film is the only one [William] Gillette ever appeared in, and is the actor’s only surviving appearance as the Baker Street detective, a role for which he was world-renowned in stage portrayals.”
So, What’s Former Art Dealer And LA MoCA Director Jeffrey Deitch Up To These Days?
“Now that he is back in New York, he said he has no plans to open a new gallery. Instead, he hopes to organize occasional ‘super-exciting shows’ in borrowed spaces. He is scouting for a suitably cavernous warehouse in which to install a survey of artists he plans to call ‘Overpop.'”
Taking On The Films That ‘Nobody Wants Made’
Steve McQueen: “The world is perverse. And sometimes perversity happens in the most beautiful places. That is what it is all about.”
Does The World Need Yet Another Young Dancer Competition?
“As carefully as this competition has been worked out, as admirable as its panel of judges may be, there are flaws in the whole concept that no amount of sensitivity and good sense can overcome.”
Protestors Stage ‘Requiem for Mike Brown’ At Intermission Of St. Louis Symphony
About 50 people sang and unfurled banners during intermission at a St. Louis Symphony performance. A symphony spokesperson “said everyone involved had apparently purchased a ticket. Ebsworth-Goold added that she wished the demonstrators would have stayed to see the rest of the performance.”
The Darker Side Of Empathy (Seems Pretty Normal, Actually)
“For some people, at least, feeling another’s pain is insufficient: You also experience the urge to harm the person they are in conflict or competition with.”
Want To Be Happy? Viola Davis Has Some Words Of Wisdom
“People always talk about winning, vision boards, getting what you want. People also don’t talk about fear. It’s always keeping fear at bay. Squelching it. Throwing it away. I’ve embraced fear and failure as a part of my success.”
Legalized Pot Will Totally Save Classical Music, You Guys
“Let me tell you, classical music is some intense shit.”