It is, as a matter of fact, already affected: The pound has fallen, and Apple Music is considering raising the cost of a subscription. Then there’s the little issue of touring, and who’s allowed where.
Tag: 04.21.17
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sculptor Who Wrestled with the Trauma of WWII, Has Died at 86
The Polish sculptor “came up with a visual language that was unlike that of her European colleagues, many of whom were inclined toward the Pop-inflected use of commercial imagery and, later, conceptually rigorous objects. Her formalist sculptures relied on rumpled, crumpled, and distressed surfaces that became metaphors for the effects of violence on human skin and land turned up by bombings and battles.”
American Poets Are Not OK With This Administration, And They Don’t Hesitate To Let Everyone Know That
Poet Jane Hirshfield, who hadn’t done anything political before (“I don’t even give dinner parties,” she said), participated in the Science March on Washington on Earth Day. She said; “Poems are visible right now, which is terribly ironic, because you rather wish it weren’t so necessary. … When poetry is a backwater it means times are O.K. When times are dire, that’s exactly when poetry is needed.”
Elizabeth Sargent, A Poet Who Was The Final Tenant Forced Out Of Carnegie Hall, Dies At 96
The space above the hall was a haven for artists of all stripes for many decades. “For Ms. Sargent, Carnegie Hall was as much sanctuary as studio. She moved there to distance herself from an abusive husband who drank, she said. Her starting rent for Studio 901, a well-lighted apartment with a lofted bedroom, was $188 a month.”
The First House Gaudí Designed Is Soon To Become A Public Museum
The private home in Barcelona had been the residence of a single family for almost a century, but now it will be (another, but can you have too many?) museum about Gaudí.