An Exhibition Not to Be Missed, And One I’m Glad Is Over
In New York, I visited several special exhibitions this past week. Let me mention two here. The first, Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 B.C., is at the Morgan Library and Museum until … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear ArtsPublished 2016-08-07
Legends and Visionaries
New York Theatre Ballet performs a new work and a classic at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. New York Theatre Ballet in Song Before Spring by Zhong-Jing Fang and Steven Melendez. Clockwise from R: Melendez, … read more
AJBlog: DancebeatPublished 2016-08-06
Clark Lark: What Will I Miss on My Busman’s Holiday? (Sotheby’s edition)
Anyone within driving distance of Williamstown, MA, who has read Lance Esplund’s voluptuous review in theWall Street Journal of the Clark Art Institute’s Splendor, Myth, and Vision: Nudes From the Prado must be exclaiming, … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrlPublished 2016-08-06
Ystad Festival
The Ystad Sweden Jazz Festival is in its fourth day. It is so jam-packed and tightly scheduled that this is my first opportunity to begin reporting on it. The early posts will be a series … read more
AJBlog: RiffTidesPublished 2016-08-06
Total Obscenity of the American Dream
Heathcote Williams’s verse polemic delivered by Alan Cox. “Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton — A Foaming Sleazeball from Hell versus An Iron Lady, Hands Dripping with Blood” Click to listen. … read more
AJBlog: Straight|UpPublished 2016-08-05
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