One of the artists says, “A lot of young Aboriginal men fought for this country, travelled overseas and never came home. Even those who did weren’t treated with dignity and respect in Australia at the time. Their stories remain hidden, camouflaged in history.” He and other Aboriginal artists are trying to change that.
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Oskar Rabin, Painter Who Defied And Critiqued The Soviet State, Has Died At 90
In 1974, Rabin organized a show of dissident artists that was broken up by dump trucks and bulldozers – and that caused an international backlash. “In 1978 officials encouraged him to make a trip to Paris; while he was there they stripped him of his citizenship. He lived in Paris the rest of his life, even though he became celebrated in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
Dame Paula Rego, Fading But Still Fierce At 83
As the painter approaches the end of her working life, her family keeps her enterprise afloat – and now seems the right time for it. “The horror of her work, unfashionable for so long due to its painterly naturalism, seems appropriate now, as truths about the female experience are being peeled back, and a return to figurative painting has seen artists use the body to discuss, among other things, the sexist politics of art.”
How Do You Make A Small Not-For-Profit Theatre Into A Leading Theatrical Light?
Under Lynne Meadow, who has been artistic director since 1972, MTC has won 23 Tonys and seven Pulitzer Prizes; produced off and on Broadway; and supported writers from Lanford Wilson to Stephen Adley Guirgis.
The Museum Director In The Netherlands Who Became A Nazi Ally
Dirk Hannema, who was the top museum official in the Nazi shadow government, helped the Nazis by buying art from a “clearinghouse” the Nazis set up. The info isn’t new, but “the details of his collaboration are being revisited these days as part of a sweeping review by Dutch museums of their war-era record.”
An Immersive Theatre Piece Set In A Nursing Home? Sure, Why Not?
It’s seriously immersive: “Older professional actors will play care staff and activity organisers, and will mix with audience members who will also take on a variety of roles. Each resident will have a room to retire to at night, kitted out like care home quarters. But not every member of the audience will have to opt in for the whole 48 hours; a succession of larger groups will be welcomed in to observe semi-scripted events staged inside the home, including a bingo night.”
So, Did Ennio Morricone Call Quentin Tarantino A Cretin Whose Movies Are Trash Or Not?
On the one side, German Playboy and its interview with Morricone. On the other, Morricone, who says he didn’t even give German Playboy an interview. What the heck is going on?
Dealing With Fluxus’ Anti-Establishment Swagger Onstage, In The Establishment
Whew, not easy. After all, Fluxus is humorous but serious, and how does an anti-opera opera play out on Stage 23 at Sony Pictures Studio, anyway? (A lot of people walk out, of course.)
Author AL Kennedy Says Everything Is Terrible, But Now’s Not The Time For Despair
Kennedy, who’s a comedian as well as a novelist, says that “imagination is at the bottom of democracy, at the bottom of civilised behaviour and at the bottom of not behaving like a sociopath.”
An Ode To Glimmer Train, The Literary Journal With A Heart
The founders of Glimmer Train, two Portland sisters who created the literary journal with some software money, have been running it since 1994 – and now they’ve announced that the it will have its final issue in 2019. “They decided they wanted a journal with content as high in quality as any other, but also — and this is one of the areas that set them apart — they wanted it to be fun.”