Martin Parr says it’s almost like the 1980s, now: “One of the things that galvanised photographers then was a dislike of Thatcherism, and we are in the same position. It is almost like a therapeutic process to examine your relation to these things, to this history. That is what I use the camera for.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Bette Howland, An Author Who Wrote Several Acclaimed Books, Won A Genius Grant, Disappeared And Was Recently Rediscovered, Has Died
Howland was 80. Her work “might never have resurfaced had not a copy of ‘W-3’ caught the eye of Brigid Hughes, editor of A Public Space, when she was browsing through a $1 cart at the Housing Works Bookstore in Manhattan in 2015. The book intrigued her, and some digging eventually led her to Jacob Howland. A Public Space now hopes eventually to reissue all of Ms. Howland’s books.”
The Lincoln Plaza Cinema Is Going To Close, Alarming Art Movie Lovers
It would be hard to overstate the impact the art house’s owners, Daniel and Toby Talbot, have had in shaping art film reception in New York. The building it’s in, and the theatre itself, need upgrades, but there’s also this: “Moviegoers increasingly want ‘the experience,’ [an assistant manager] said, such as reclining seats and huge screens. ‘We don’t have that stuff. … Here, it’s all about the movie.'”
The Editor Who Pulled Joseph Conrad From The Slush Pile
He worried it was one of many Far Eastern potboilers in the pile, but then he started to read. “Indeed, the manuscript seemed to challenge many of the conventions of such books: there was a distinctly antiheroic aspect to its main protagonist, the portraits of the natives ran counter to prevailing stereotypes, and the narrative’s mordant undercurrent was entirely unlike superficially similar works.”
Writer Ann Patchett Spent A Year Not Shopping (Except For Groceries And Books)
It all went pretty well, as you might expect, with some twists that might be particular to Ann Patchett: “Not shopping saves an astonishing amount of time. In October, I interviewed Tom Hanks about his collection of short stories in front of 1,700 people in a Washington theater. Previously, I would have believed that such an occasion demanded a new dress and lost two days of my life looking for one. In fact, Tom Hanks had never seen any of my dresses, nor had the people in the audience.”
An 8,000-Person Orchestra Just Performed In Seoul
That’s right, 8,000 mostly amateur church musicians tried to break (and perhaps succeeded in breaking) the world record. “The giant orchestra … played a medley of Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance Marches, the South Korean national anthem and two hymns for seven minutes in total.”
The (Kinda Racist) Secret Identity Of A Comics Book Editor
Turns out the (actual!) white guy who kept getting promoted was also the (not actual!) Japanese guy writing some comics. Marvel’s response is troubling to many comic and graphic novel fans: “Cebulski’s deception calls to mind a longer, more pernicious tradition of white writers posing as people of color for cultural cache. Often, these individuals have adopted Asian identities.”
The Christmas Carol Composer
Does John Rutter care that people know him mostly through his carols? “‘I used to think that was a problem,’ Mr. Rutter said, surveying from his kitchen window the absurdly perfect village he calls ‘idyllic, if a bit Miss Marple.’ He worried that people wouldn’t take his other music seriously. ‘But I’m not unhappy to be associated with Christmas: better than famine, flood or war,’ he said.”
The Hottest New Art Site In Antwerp Is – Of Course – A 19th Century Distillery
It’s not just a museum or gallery – it’s much, much bigger than that. “The site now features 98 apartments, 30 offices, a restaurant, a bakery, an auditorium, studios, workshops, and extensive exhibition spaces for both the Vervoordt art dealership and for the nonprofit Axel & May Vervoordt Foundation. Among the foundation’s current exhibits are three large-scale ‘Warrior’ paintings from the 1960s, painted (with those feet) by the now-coveted Gutai School artist Kazuo Shiraga.”
The Cleveland Orchestra’s Principal Trombonist Files A Lawsuit Against ‘Detractors’ Online
The lawsuit is against two other people for posts alleging that the trombonist, Massimo La Rosa,”had engaged in a pattern of professional misconduct, criminal wrongdoing and morally repugnant behavior.”