In short: A board authenticating pieces of art it had previously declared fakes, lawsuits, countersuits, and possible reasons for the Foundation’s decision to sell all of its Warhols.
Author: ArtsJournal2
Was Artist Josef Beuys A Serial Liar Who Loved Totalitarian Ideas?
Beuys “was obsessed with Steiner’s occultism and his racial theories — and with the abstruse ideas of a Germanic soul, a German spirit and a special mission for the German people.”
The Kennedy Center Changes Its Award Process – Somewhat
“You still have the same three white males who are going to make that decision. If you keep doing the same thing, you’re going to get pretty near the same outcome.”
Scalpers Will Be Happy To Get You A Ticket To The BBC Proms – For A (Large) Fee
“Families and music lovers are missing out on a British institution just so that a few individuals can make a fortune. The government needs to use the upcoming consumer rights bill to take action on touting and put the fans first.”
Intellectual Foodie Parody Performance Art, By Michael Pollan
“What he has decided to do with this broad and influential platform is to turn inward, describing his thought process as he labors over wood fires and onions or as he lobbies for the approval of his bread-baking mentor with a ‘crumb shot’ of his homemade sourdough.”
Shut Up, Big Theatres: Summer Is For The Fringe (Or The Beach)
“Some smaller theaters are heeding the sage words of the old-time baseball player ‘Wee Willie’Keeler, whose advice to batters was ‘Hit ’em where they ain’t.”’
The Making Of An Audiobook
“If professional voice actors can flop, some amateurs can be surprisingly good.”
Can The Cliburn Competition Survive Van Cliburn’s Death?
“For at least the past decade, criticisms have dogged the Cliburn. One common complaint is that few widely embraced performers have emerged from it.”
MoMA’s Thirst To Destroy The Folk Art Museum Is Territorial
“Williams and Tsien’s physically small (a mere forty feet wide and eighty-five feet high) but architecturally powerful incursion into MoMA’s presumed turf has long been known to be a thorn in the side of Glenn D. Lowry, the Modern’s director since 1995.”
Art And The Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
“Across the tristate area, dripping, silt-streaked canvases from galleries had to be parceled out to dry in warehouses in New Jersey and Long Island City, and corralled to contain mold spawned by moisture.”