Mussolini’s hometown is a font of fascist memorabilia and marches. “For Frassineti, Predappio’s mayor, building the museum has become an urgent matter, as a number of pro-fascist parades and visitors have drawn increased attention to the town. ‘It is difficult for things to be any worse in Predappio than they are right now,’ he says with barely suppressed impatience. ‘I’m hoping that a serious, sober, historically sound museum will get rid of the neo-fascists that come here, or at least contain them.'”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Meeting The Robots Who Make Robots In The Robot Factory
Is there any future for human work? Or will robots take over all of it – or just the repetitive, dangerous, dirty jobs that humans would prefer not to do in the first place?
Colm Tóibín Says Flashbacks Are Rubbish For Fiction, And Authors Should Stop It
“‘We are living in the most terrible age,’ Tóibín told the Hay literary festival in Wales. ‘I know people are worried about Brexit and I know people worry about Donald Trump. But I worry about the flashback.'”
John Mace, Voice Coach To Broadway And Campaigner For Marriage Equality, Has Died At 97
“After learning the singing exercise solfeggio from an older brother, he took voice lessons at a school sponsored by the Works Progress Administration and at 14 was singing on a local radio station with the Pawtucket Boys’ Club Harmonica Band.” And as a sophomore at Juilliard in 1948, he met the partner he finally got to marry in 2012.
The Secrets Of Master Forger Shaun Greenhalgh
The “one-man Renaissance” led quite the forging life. “Greenhalgh’s talent was broad: one month he was an Egyptian granite carver, the next an impressionistic sculptor, the next an American watercolourist.”
This Tiny Rural Town Transformed Itself With A Small Grant From The NEA
A $25,000 grant to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, led to leveraging of quite a bit of private money and the transformation of a (beautiful) old mental hospital into artists’ residency living spaces and performance spaces as well.
What Happens To Art, And Music, When The Sources Of Revenue Just Float Off Into The Ether?
This is a big, big problem: “The digital distribution of music is not fairly compensating the people who create it, and continual touring cannot make up the difference.”
An In-Demand Commercial Illustrator Got ‘Left Behind’ By The Internet, But Now He’s Cool Again
Paul Leith could adjust to fax machines, but not to computer design. Now he makes art from felt – and doesn’t miss being told what to do by clients.
Tracey Emin Says Art Is About Growing And Changing, Not Just Making Money
Her comments were pretty pointedly directed at the men of her generation, most clearly – though she didn’t name names – at Damien Hirst. ““I know artists who make the same fucking work day in, day out. … They make it, they sell it, they make it, they sell it, they make another version, they sell it. They get a bigger house, they sell it.”
Writer Nora Ephron Set Her Sister Delia Up With A Man When They Were 18, And 54 Years Later, They Got Married
But, writer Delia Ephon notes, this isn’t a romantic comedy. A cancer diagnosis intruded into the story.