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The Slow And Semi-Secret Death Of The Electric Guitar

The industry (and music in general) needs more guitar heroes if it’s going to survive – or else technology, and the electronic music it produces, will take over.

Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum To Reconfigure, Expand, And ‘Become One With The Park’

There are several phases of construction planned, but “perhaps the most striking feature of the planned expansion is the creation of a vast, light-filled entry hall where the current courtyard and Bunshaft galleries exist. Renderings show the space as a glass-walled public plaza with an elevated walkway providing access to the existing auditorium on the south side and a new restaurant that will spill onto the east lawn of the gallery in the summer months.”

Conjuring The Ghost Of Leonard Bernstein At The Dakota

Yes, this is a real thing that happens. Larry and Toby Milstein are the 20-something children of the (very wealthy) people who live in the apartment where Bernstein used to live. “Inspired by the many artists who have called the Dakota home, and spurred by their own substantial arts philanthropy, these millennial billion-heirs have taken to hosting séances that are attended by their fashionable set of well-connected peers.”

The Walker Mounts A Show Of Jimmie Durham’s Art To A Lot More Criticism From Native American Communities

Cherokee artist America Meredith says the problem is that Durham has no documented links to actually being Cherokee, and yet, “Art historians have really latched onto him. And he represents us. He’s occupying a space. He’s written more about than any actual Cherokee artist in the literature.”

Philippe Auguin Is Leaving The Washington National Opera, But What Does It Mean When A Music Director Leaves?

Anne Midgette: “It’s important not to cling too tightly to tradition, but it remains unclear exactly what vision WNO, under Zambello, is offering to replace it.”

The Royal Institute Of British Architects Picks Its 49 Favorite Buildings, Including A Biomass Plant

Also on the list? A tomb.

A Deep Dive Into The Sudden Wave Of Screen Time For Muslim Men In Love

Yay, more stories for South Asian Muslims! Well, South Asian Muslim men, straight men, with white girlfriends, anyway. “This fantasy doesn’t have much room for South Asian women. Their choices are reflective of the stubborn limitations of an industry where straight men still dominate, and where whiteness remains an integral component to what love looks like onscreen.”

Why Bong Joon Ho’s New Girl-And-Her-Six-Ton-Pig Flick Isn’t With A Studio, But With Netflix

Why Netflix? Well, “plot points include a pignapping, Mija’s desperate pursuit, a bumbling Animal Liberation Front troop, an insecure corporate villainess (played with pitch-perfect iciness by Ms. Swinton) and a foray into the grisly mechanics of factory farming.” The last bit is where studios drew the line.

The World Might Be Going To Hell In A Handbasket, But These Designers Are Trying To Make It Look Pretty

For instance, at the London Design Biennale, “Guatemala, which ties for sixth place in the Global Emotions Report, will show an installation about the community action taking place in Santa Catarina Palopó. This town on the volcanic shores of Lake Atitlán is reinventing itself as a kind of conceptual art, using the paintbrush to boost civic pride and tourism. Its residents have become involved in a two-year scheme in which they are painting their houses in bold Mayan patterns, with a strict but vibrant palette of five colours sourced from local textiles.”

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