“Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old tarot card reader and fortune teller from Girona, has spent the past 10 years trying to prove that she is the fruit of a liaison between her mother and Dalí in 1955. In June, a court in Madrid ordered the artist’s body to be exhumed after previous attempts to determine paternity had failed.” This attempt, alas for Ms. Abel, was definitive. (At least we know that Dalí’s mustache remains intact.)
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Underwater Ruins Of Lost Roman City Discovered Off Tunisian Coast
“Neapolis is believed to have been submerged after a tsunami in the 4th century AD destroyed most of it, as recorded by Roman soldier and historian Ammien Marcellin. The natural disaster also badly damaged Alexandria in modern Egypt and the Greek island of Crete.”
Houston Ballet Will Begin Its Season In New Location
“Executive director Jim Nelson said the company will stage four performances of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling Sept. 22-24 (including two evening shows and two matinees) at the Hobby Center for the Arts’ Sarofim Hall. It also will stage two evening performances of its postponed ‘Poetry in Motion’ mixed repertory program there Oct. 26 and 27.”
Broadway’s Acclaimed ‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ To Close
“The closing is earlier than expected – the play had been scheduled to run until Jan. 7. But the run will still have been longer than that of many contemporary nonmusical productions; at the time of the show’s closing, it will have played 30 preview and 173 regular performances.”
Movie About Democracy Movement Massacre Rocks South Korea
“Ten million people in South Korea, one-fifth of the population, have watched Jang Hoon’s movie A Taxi Driver (Taeksi Woonjunsa) since it was released on 2 August. … The film is set in May 1980, during the mass democratic uprising – and ensuing military crackdown – in the southwestern city of Gwangju.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 09.06.17
The shallow breathing of rational management
So much of our training, theory, practice, and focus in cultural management has to do with outcomes and processes. When we look to improve how our organizations ‘work’, we tend to choose between … read more
AJBlog: The Artful Manager Published 2017-09-06
Three Small(ish) Exhibitions That Deserve More Notice
Planning your fall outings to special exhibitions? The season about to begin has a wealth of fascinating shows – many devoted to artists or topics that are due for much more exposure and attention. … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-09-06
Breaking (& heartbreaking): Sotheby’s Releases Checklist & Price Estimates of Berkshire Museum Disposals
Read ’em and weep. Sotheby’s has just released the checklist (with presale estimates and sale dates) for the Berkshire Museum 40. Apparently the seller and its agent don’t believe that … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-09-06
Charlie Shoemake’s Changes
Demanding to be heard, now and then one of the LPs in the surviving Rifftides collection of vinyl records sends vibes — appropriately in this case. The album called Sunstroke appeared in 1979 on the … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2017-09-06
Houston Arts Update: Assessing Harvey’s Arts Damages
The flood water compromised museum archives, caused structural damage and knocked out electricity and the Internet. How extensive was the damage? We talked with representatives and gathered information from some of major Houston’s arts centers to find out.
Producing Fringe Theatre Is Expensive. Is There A Better Way?
There’s been a lot of talk about money lately – the gender pay gap, surcharges, escalating ticket prices and funding issues. The fringe theatre pricing model is just another topic that rears its head once a year. Some fringe boards have tried to address the problem, with free performances (Brighton and Edinburgh), incorporating venue hire costs into the participation fee (Reading Fringe) and including performer support resources in the submission fee (Brighton).
Ken Burns’ Big Tent Theory Of History
“To the satisfaction of many viewers, and the dismay of some historians, Burns seemed to have shaped American history into the form of a modern popular memoir: a tale of wounding and healing, shame and redemption.”
The Art Of Social Practice (Or Is It The Social Practice Of Art?)
“Social practice art is seen as the antithesis of the art market because it cannot be owned, preserved, or exhibited easily. Located somewhere between activism and performance, the tangible and the ephemeral, social practice is linked to relational aesthetics and other community-based work since it’s often action oriented and site specific, requiring some sort of audience engagement.”