Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 “smashed records Thursday morning [at Sotheby’s] when it sold for $44.4 million – a price three times larger than the previous auction record for a female artist.”
Tag: 11.20.14
Sotheby’s CEO Steps Down – And Its Stock Price Goes Up
“The chairman and chief executive of Sotheby’s is stepping down, the auction house said on Thursday, a little more than a year after the billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb derided the company as ‘an old master painting in desperate need of restoration’ and demanded sweeping changes.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 11.20.14
Failure or Success: What are we more afraid of? A Leading Innovation in Arts & Culture Conversation
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2014-11-20
Sotheby’s Roars Back In American Art
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-20
Oops: There’s Bigger News From Sotheby’s
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-20
Revealed: Roman Hoard, Found In France, Conserved Here
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2014-11-19
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Why Hasn’t The Internet Made More Of An Impact On Our Lives?
“The Internet age just isn’t that impressive. Technological advancements of the last century had a truly transformative effect over the previous industrial age. Ice farming was replaced by refrigeration, the horse and buggy by the automobile, burning of fossil fuels for energy by centralized electrical power production. These advancements were notable not just in what they achieved in themselves but how they affected society.”
Mike Nichols, 83
Over a six-decade career as a performer, director and producer, he racked up a Grammy, at least two Emmys, nine Tonys (!), only one Oscar (surprisingly), a National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors – and had a profound effect on American theater and film.
The Only Three Kinds Of Scenes, According To Mike Nichols
The great director liked to say that “there are only three kinds of scenes: a fight, a seduction or a negotiation.” Dana Stevens explains – and argues that his best scenes were all three at once.
What It Takes To Be A Great Jazz Musician
“Whether it’s Charlie Parker or Coltrane or Buddy Rich, or any of the greats, the majority of their time on any given day was spent practicing. It’s not just about coming up with brilliant new ideas and musical languages.”
LA County Museum Makeover Blasts Off! (But First A Caution…)
“The quick turnaround in the museum project’s fortunes was enough to make your head spin. It’s encouraging — and worrisome too. Certain crucial issues remain to be sorted out.”
Controversial Director Axed From Bayreuth Production
“A storm in a Wagnerian tea-cup (or more properly, a Sturm in a Gral)? Maybe it really is the case that Jonathan Meese – an installationist and performance artist who became notorious in Germany last year for his prosecution and subsequent acquittal for an act of public provocation by making the Nazi salute on stage – was just too ambitious in his set design, and that the costs would have taxed even Bayreuth’s largesse.”
How Dance Came To Be Used To Treat Parkinson’s Disease
“Westheimer knew how valuable the dancers’ expertise in balance, rhythm, control and sequencing might be to sufferers of Parkinson’s. … Two members of the Mark Morris Dance Group, with a composer and pianist, began giving free monthly classes for the [Brooklyn Parkinson Group]. The sessions have since developed into an extensive programme.”