Like Holden Caulfield, Andy Warhol “never felt like ‘going into it.’ … Nowhere in his flat, crass and affectless silkscreened pictures of Marilyn, Liz or Jackie lay the slightest hint of what his childhood was like or how his parents were occupied before they had him or any of that David Copperfield kind of crap.”
Tag: 03.01.10
What Size Should “Books” Be?
The publishing industry is fuelled by people who care more about having something to read, when they want and at the price they want, than about books as objects. The small, lightweight book, whether hardback or paperback, has ruled the roost for hundreds of years, above all because it was the right size. When the boffins come up with something that fits the hand as well as a Penguin or a pack of cards, that’s when their “iPod moment” will come.
New Paris Arts Star Riles Paris Arts Establishment With Success
“There is a new star rising in the Paris art world, still relatively little known to tourists but already a favourite with Parisians. In the last 12 months, it has outdone all other Parisian exhibition halls in the number of visitors attracted to temporary art shows. How has the fearsome, and much-feared, French state cultural bureaucracy reacted to the competition? Rather badly.”
NYCity Ballet – Adding Up The Inconsistencies
“The company is too full of underachievement. Above all, its dancing too seldom turns its music into movement that matters in space on opera-house scale.The pluses and minuses of City Ballet add up differently at every performance.”