“Integrating the Breuer has involved considerably more than giving the Brutalist building a new coat of paint. The museum spent the last several months rethinking everything from cooling systems to the training of 110 staff members to its curatorial approach to contemporary and modern art.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
A Norwegian Men’s Choir Unites In The Face Of The End Of Their ‘Real’ Jobs
“I recognized the Green Party leader, Espen Rotevatn, as the conductor in white gloves. Part of his political mission is to end coal mining on Svalbard forever; yet in his spare time he dons a miner’s outfit and leads his group to harmony.”
One Actress Confirms What We All Know: TV Is Doing More Than Hollywood
“Given where American movies currently are, with few good parts for women, let alone black women, it’s doubtful that Ms. King would have found something as good and as juicy as what she’s got on television.”
What Did Harper Lee’s Will Say? We May Never Know
“A judge in Monroe County — the section of Alabama where Ms. Lee was raised, and where she died last month at the age of 89 — agreed to seal the will in a decision made on Monday and released on Friday by the probate court.”
Cars Destroyed Our Ability To Understand – And Write About – The Land
“Travel was once a way to understand topography, but the modern road network often disengages us from it. Most of the time, all that’s visible from a motorway is fast-moving embankment or a half-mile strip of field.”
The Long Legacy Of James Baldwin
“James Baldwin realized that while he ‘loved’ his country, he ‘could not respect it.’ He wrote that he ‘could not, upon my soul, be reconciled to my country as it was.’ To survive he would have to find an exit.”
It’s Good For Journalism, And For Art, To Loosen Copyright Restrictions
“Fair-use laws already technically protect the publication of images in relation to criticism and news stories. But the day-to-day on this is more complicated than saying, ‘Hey, this is fair use.’ Part of this is because navigating copyright is downright labyrinthine.”
The Ghost Towns Of Tourist Europe
“Both Andermatt and Gran Canaria struck me as crumbling vestiges that signify a dying generation of tourism — the type of vacation destinations that present-day visitors still book through a travel agent.”
Music Might Cut Costs For Dementia Care
“Manchester Camerata orchestra’s Music in Mind (MIM) projects, which involved 7,200 people in care homes and community projects across Greater Manchester last year, have had such dramatic effects on participants that academics at Manchester and Lancaster universities are backing a research student to create the world’s first in-the-moment, multi-sensory assessment tool to quantify that effect.”
The Secrets That Drove The Author Of ‘Carol’
“Only Patricia Highsmith could phrase a novel of life-changing love in the language of Jack the Ripper.”