“The petition states an ‘outright rejection’ of the idea of joint directors, demanding a single candidate ‘with a clear artistic vision and relevant experience.’ It contends that these appointments, announced three years in advance, are politically rather than artistically motivated.”
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Curating An Irascible Abstract Expressionist
“It was thought that there was something weaker about them because they were more thinly painted. And it was then that there was this sort of equation between these lightly painted pictures and her being a woman (though neither Mitchell nor Hartigan painted in this way). There were some people, like [critic] Harold Rosenberg, who was a big supporter of the idea of the painting being made out of heroic gestures. And with her work there are no gestures.”
New F. Scott Fitzgerald Stories: When, What, And Why Now?
“All have remained out of sight for almost 80 years; tucked away in library archives and private collections. But apart from the title story, I’d Die for You, the contents remain a secret.”
What Do The Emmy Nominations Tell Us About TV Right Now?
“Is it a coincidence that the networks most famous for giving showrunners a long leash and a plenty of creative freedom are doing so well? Hmmm. Something to think about … “
Teaching Claudia Rankine’s ‘Citizen’
“The labor itself of ‘proving racism,’ and providing testimony is heartbreaking. Talking about it in spaces like poetry workshops, about the craft of it, breaking it down like it wasn’t about living people in that room, as though we can’t spend our entire lives with our own testimony, as though we weren’t witnessing in each poem we wrote? That just seems excruciating.”
What Happens When Arts Writers Dive Into #AskACurator Day?
“How did you engage with the liminal space between eggs and toast? It would seem to me like a particular challenge to explore.”
The Canadian Who Wrote The Book That Became ‘Field Of Dreams’
“Kinsella began writing ‘Shoeless Joe’ as a student at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in Iowa City near where the story was set. The story, which was published in 1982, follows a farmer who is coaxed in a dream to build a ballpark in a corn field and is visited by the ghost of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson, the White Sox star who was banned from baseball over the 1919 World Series betting scandal.”
How To Apply The Great British Bake Off To Judging Books For Awards
“Judging the quality of anything is murky and complicated, especially when everything under consideration meets a certain baseline standard. All of the bakers in the Bake Off are talented, and all of the books in the Booker contest have achieved a basic level of excellence.”
The Royal Opera Names A New ‘Head Of Opera’
“The decision to appoint Mr. Mears to succeed the Danish-born Kasper Holten came as a surprise, because Mr. Mears has little experience with the politics of big opera houses and has a relatively modest international profile.”
Getting A Solo Show At The Whitney At Age 101
“‘Frankly, she didn’t bloom late, she was noticed late,’ said Dana Miller, the exhibition’s curator and until recently director of collections at the Whitney. ‘She bloomed a long time ago.'”