“On March 27, 1954, Barton Kestle, first curator of modern art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, boarded a train for Washington, D.C., and was never seen again.”
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Do Strict Building Code Regulations Kill Architects’ Creativity?
“From overlooking distances to rights to light, every aspect of a new building has been quantified and calibrated before the designer even sets pen to paper. But does all this red tape hinder architects, or are these the kind of constraints under which creativity can thrive?”
The Van Cliburn Phenomenon
“I’m not a success,” Cliburn announced with stunning foresight after winning in Moscow. “I’m just a sensation.” Yet this pianist, who readily admitted he did not like to practice, became a slave to his celebrity.
A Dozen New Plays On US Civil War
“The National Civil War Project is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the war (1861-65) by developing 12 new theatrical works about, or inspired by, the conflict, as well as scholarly and public presentations and student projects.”
Van Cliburn, 78, Pianist And Cold War Hero
“After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano keyboard with virtuosic power.”