As it happens, for the first time we have a writer nominated as both hatcheter and hatchetee.
Tag: 01.14.13
Armond White Expelled From New York Film Critics Circle
The heckling of 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen as he received a NYFCC award was just the latest in a string of public incidents that led the organization to cut off its three-time former chairman. Andrew O’Hehir explains how it all came to this.
Top Posts From AJBlogs 01.14.13
Fu Lei: A Spirit for the Ages
Source: The Great Flourishing | Published on 2014-01-15
NYT MoMA Critique Isn’t Just About Architecture
Source: Real Clear Arts | Published on 2014-01-14
MoMA’s Excoriated Expansion: The Critics Pile On (plus AFAM’s good year)
Source: CultureGrrl | Published on 2014-01-14
Three Choreographers Grace a Busy Week
Source: Dancebeat | Published on 2014-01-14
Minnesota Orchestra Lockout Is Over; New Contract Approved
After more than 15 months of bad blood, bad faith, worse publicity, and no music, orchestra management and musicians have agreed to a three-year contract that appears to include concessions from both sides.
Man Shoots And Kills Man For Texting In Florida Movie Theatre
“Their voices start going up; there seems to be almost a confrontation. Somebody throws popcorn, I’m not sure who threw the popcorn, and, bang, he was shot.”
What’s Sign Language For ‘Sequestration’?
D.C.’s ASL interpreters – who call themselves “terps” – “are charged with re-creating in crystal clarity speeches often known for nuance, importance and opacity.”
Former Imelda Marcos Crony Sentenced in Art Theft/Sale
“A former personal secretary to Imelda R. Marcos was sentenced on Monday to two to six years in state prison in New York for conspiring to sell Impressionist masterpieces belonging to the Philippine government that disappeared when Ferdinand Marcos was ousted as president.”
If MoMA Saved the Folk Art Museum Building, It Wouldn’t Be MoMA
Michael Kimmelman: “It would be truly radical for MoMA to save the former folk art building, but that’s not what the museum has ever really been about. MoMA wants more gallery space, and the expansion that drives the planned demolition is just more MoMA madness.”
A Visual History Of Bell Jar Covers
Flavorwire takes us from the first UK edition (1963), through a classic 1966 image and a range of European translations (plus one in Thai), to the 50th anniversary design that’s causing such a ruckus this year.
My Bauhaus Is Better Than Yours: What’s In A Name That Everybody Wants To Use?
“To any design enthusiast, the word Bauhaus means one thing: the art and design school founded by the architect Walter Gropius … [But] hundreds of organizations have chosen the name Bauhaus: from a Hong Kong furniture store and a solar energy conference in Frankfurt, to a Madrid investment bank and a hostel in the Belgian city of Bruges” – sparking brand confusion and lots of lawsuits.