“An unsigned painting that has been in the Dallas Museum of Art’s collection for more than eight decades and was long-believed to have been composed by another artist was likely created by George Inness, one of America’s greatest landscape painters, a curator said.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
To Hook An Audience, Open With Everything
“The first few minutes are very important to lay down the DNA of the play.”
After Complaints, History Museum Kills President’s Three-Year Contract
“The Missouri History Museum has shaved two years off the contract of its embattled president, Robert Archibald, and will pay out a $580,000 chunk of his retirement pay through private donations.”
Another Art Critic Quits In Disgust
“Dave Hickey, a curator, professor and author known for a passionate defence of beauty in his collection of essays The Invisible Dragon and his wide-ranging cultural criticism, is walking away from a world he says is calcified, self-reverential and a hostage to rich collectors who have no respect for what they are doing.”
The U.S. Returns More Than 4,000 Looted Works To Mexico
“Seizures were made in El Paso, Phoenix, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and San Antonio by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, though most of the relics — including items traced to a 2008 theft of a museum in Mexico — turned up in Fort Stockton, a Texas town.”
Photographing Cinema’s Golden Age
“The whole process of film-making was recorded in exquisite black and white.”
Louise Erdrich, Serious Writer; Amusing Interviewee
“Q. The North Dakota Ojibwe reservation in your novels has frequently been compared to Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County for its scope and variety of characters. Have you been directly influenced or inspired by Faulkner?
A. Most writers have been influenced by Faulkner.”
Surviving The Great Arts Recession, With Grace (And Terror)
Jóhann Jacobs, executive director of Utah’s Ballet West: “I tend to block out horrible memories, but those were times when we lived very much day-to-day. … We knew our future vision was there in the distance, but it was very hard to find.”
The Circus, Minus Woman And Lions, Comes To Town
“It was a welcome relief from conflict and despair. The fairgrounds were packed with excited children in new cloths, women in glittery headscarves, others in black face veils, and men in suits and freshly pressed shirts. Families snacked on pumpkin seeds.”
A Ticket Policy That Leaves Everyone Out (Queueing), Every Day
“We will not be sold out on the last night. We will not be sold out in a week’s time. You can buy tickets every single day.”