“A network of people, sometimes unwittingly, repeatedly helped lend these fake paintings a veneer of credibility. When it comes to the sale of bogus art, it takes a village.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
James Baldwin Reappears Just As The Country Desperately Needs Him
“More than once this week I’ve caught myself reading yet another news story about Donald Sterling or Cliven Bundy, wondering what it means for me, a black gay man, to exist in America at the same time as men like them.”
Bel Canto Makes A Strong Return (This Time From The Guys)
“The response of the New York audience has been boisterous. Never before in modern Met history have two different singers in the course of a few days earned applause so long and tumultuous that they had to repeat arias.”
Nine Acrobats Injured In Fall From Circus Platform
“A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight entertainers plummeting to the ground. Nine were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below.”
The Seattle Dance Project Bows Out
“The number of empty seats on opening night was a sad reminder of what a struggle it can be to run a small dance company, even one as accomplished as this.”
Is The Infomercial Dead? (Please, Please Say Yes)
“The golden age began in 1984 when President Reagan deregulated the television industry, allowing broadcasters to sell larger chunks of time to advertisers. That year also saw a significant cable television growth spurt, exploding the number of channels needing content. In 1984–1995, marketers rediscovered the ‘the power of the half-hour,’ and fortunes were made.”
Iranian-Irish Novelist Dies At 36 Before Finishing Planned Series
Marsha Mehran: “I was learning three languages simultaneously (Farsi at home, English at school and Spanish in the streets). Every night before going to bed, I was required to say good night in all three languages: ‘Shab bekheir, buenas noches and good night.'”
In This Whitney Biennial Piece, The Donation Box Is The Art
“I don’t know how much I’ve amassed. There’s certainly a nice quantity of things other than legal tender — some I’ve been able to identify: bumper stickers, a credit card, museum literature, invite flyers. (There’s one $1 bill that has “Fuck You Daren Bader” written on it — awwwww.)”
What Happens When An Architecture Critic Reviews Dance
“For all the performers’ prowess, what sometimes seems to be missing is the urban context itself. For a dance form that is so closely tied to the street, like its siblings of skateboarding and free-running, it can be strange to see it severed from the city.”
So Stephen Hawking Is Worried About AI, But Margaret Atwood Isn’t As Stressed
“Atwood has a foolproof plan to stop our increasingly intelligent and powerful machines from rising up and taking over control of the planet: Make sure any robots we build have an easy-access ‘off’ switch.”