Pianist Menahem Pressler at age 94: Fragile, fallible but still a credit to his legacy?
Human beings are living longer – and so are performing artists. The question of when they retire gracefully isn’t going away, and if anything, will only require more finesse as musical legends have increasingly few reasons to retire. … read more
AJBlog: Condemned to Music Published 2018-02-15
Obama Drama: Unveiled, Hung and Exiled (with video)
“It’s kind of amazing to think that [the Obama portraits] will be living next to the other portraits of all of the other presidents and first ladies,” Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator at the Whitney Museum, gushed about the latest presidential commissions by the Smithsonian Institution’s National Portrait Gallery. Sad to say, Ru, Barack Obama is not actually “next to the other portraits” of the U.S. Presidents. … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2018-02-15