“With its efficiently managed “visitor experience”, OHP has hit on a winning formula, striking a nice balance between being posh and being fun. There’s no black-tie dress code, and the champagne party atmosphere doesn’t seem restricted to Lord Snooty and his toffee-nosed pals.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
Top Posts From AJBlogs For 05.31.15
A New Literary Memoir Recalls Dylan Thomas
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How Do You Juggle Broadway, Hollywood, And Chemo?
“She’s so alive onstage and so thrilling to watch. That’s a direct result of her having to live in the moment in her life right now. She doesn’t say, ‘I’ll do it later.’ I’ve never once felt like she wasn’t giving 100% of herself.”
Urban Planning Via LEGO
“With the sounds of real construction—jackhammers, saws, cranes—whirring steadily in the background, the toy-sized towers were being heavily edited by visitors with less in the way of architectural bona fides.”
Hilary Mantel – Once More – On Taking The Tudor Court From Page To Stage
“Inside my head, they are whirls and blurs of energy in a show that never sleeps, where even in the small hours the blood runs down the walls. I construct the scenery and source the props, arrange the sound effects: church bells, the cry of hounds. I am my own lighting expert.”
Black Directors And Filmmakers Flip The Script With Public Twitter Discussion
“Academy Award nominee director Ava DuVernay, founder of the African American Film Releasing Movement (AFFRM), organized a massive ‘Rebel-a-Thon.’ The online event included the voices of 43+ black filmmakers—some well known, like Debbie Allen and Malcolm D. Lee.”
A Haitian Novelist Who Came Of Age In Canada Is The First Non-French Citizen Inducted Into Academie Française
Dany Laferrière “wore the signature costume of academicians: a black tailcoat embroidered with green olive branches that in his case a Montreal embroiderer spent 500 hours sewing, and a metal sword specially made by a Haitian sculptor with references to Legba, the Voodoo deity of crossroads.”
An Irish Art Collector, Drowned On The Lusitania, Left His Collection To Ireland – So Of Course It’s In London
“I don’t think it is unreasonable for me –or for anyone who has studied the history of the Lane paintings – to feel a glow of righteous rage when we see the ownership of these paintings vested solely and simply in the National Gallery, London.”
The Raid To Find Long-Missing Nazi Art
“Although a few museums will be pleased to be able to exhibit the original works — as reminders of the fanatic cult of heroism that led to the deaths of millions of people — the artistic value of the bombastic sculptures is debatable at the very least.”
DVD Box Sets: Still A Thing?
“The studios owning rights to those shows are rushing to release complete collections, especially of long-running series, while consumers are still in the habit of buying them.”