Author Armistad Maupin “created a gloriously large world: his characters are a sprawling cast of eccentrics centered on 28 Barbary Lane, an address now firmly fixed in the canon of fictional residences.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
The Stage To Screen Transition Is Just Rough
Reviewers take the movie version of “August: Osage County” to task for, well, theatricality.
New York’s Newest Rich Person Thing: Condos Made For Art Collectors
“The walls of the apartments, most of which have four bedrooms, won’t simply be made of Sheetrock, as is often the case elsewhere. Many will be reinforced with plywood, to support the weight of heavy picture frames.”
Curator Of Controversial ‘Hide/Seek’ Gets A Promotion At The National Portrait Gallery
“Ward maintained the curator’s presence in ‘Hide/Seek,’ defending the exhibition amid political controversy, while also, like the historian he is, seeking to understand why the controversy erupted as it did.”
Herb Geller, 85, Saxophonist And Composer
“Initially, he was prominent among the musicians who created the west coast jazz style, picking up combo gigs and recording dates with the best players in California. Later, after the death of his first wife, he relocated to Europe and established himself as a salaried artist in a subsidised orchestra.”
Where Pulp Fiction Bridges The Ideal And The Real
“Battered between competing allegiances to the idealized homeland and the reality of home, culture was often the life vest. Books, movies, clothing, and ritual — they bridged the chasm between the old world and the new by taking you to the place you could no longer go.”
Will New York’s New Mayor Lead A Return To Populist Art?
“The abrupt rise of Mr. de Blasio caught much of the city’s cultural establishment off guard and set off anxious speculation about what kind of artistic patron he might be as mayor — a question that took on particular urgency because the city budget is tight.”
Freed Pussy Riot Members Renew Call For Sochi Olympics Boycott
“They also stressed that they have no plans of capitalizing on the Pussy Riot brand or even using it in the future.”
Lawsuit Against Calder’s Art Dealer Dismissed
“The suit claimed that Perls and his family held on to hundreds of Calder’s works, cheated the artist’s estate out of tens of millions of dollars over the course of three decades and sold fake Calder works.”
The Year Music Escaped The Concert Hall
“This has been the year of sound art, a year when museums and galleries, alternative spaces and train stations, parks and Beverly Hills formal gardens, even the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva went after a decent-sized piece of the acoustical action. Why now?”