The battle against the artist’s plan to temporarily erect canopies of silver fabric over 42 miles of the Arkansas River in central Colorado is in its final skirmish, with the anti-Christo forces led by a group calling itself Rags Over the Arkansas River (ROAR).
Tag: 02.03.12
What The Posters For The Best Picture Nominees Should Really Say
The Guardian has mocked up a few entertaining suggestions. For example, a tagline and title for The Help: “You’re welcome, black people. – White People Solve Racism“
Cast The 2012 Republican Primary! (HBO, Are You Listening?)
It’s the party game for non-Super Bowl fans! When Newt Gingrich suggested this week – in all seriousness – that Brad Pitt should play him in a biopic, Slate staffers got the idea of deciding (a) which actor each candidate thinks should play him/her, and (b) which actor really should play which candidate.
Piracy Is The New Radio?
“Comparing piracy to radio is a smart way of looking at the issue: in the early days of the music business, when live performances and record sales were the main revenue generator for artists and publishers, radio itself was seen as a form of piracy (as sheet music was before that).”
Akram Khan Suffers At Home As His Company Roams America
“This is torture,” moaned the immobilized choreographer in his South London home, his bandaged leg recovering from the snapped Achilles tendon he suffered in January. Yet his company has gone ahead with its winter US tour, dancing Khan’s acclaimed work around a country where it’s little-known.
How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art?
Terry Teachout observes that, in many genres, “great works of devotional art have been created by skeptics, not a few of whom were fire-breathingly militant about their doubt.” How do we recognize this paradox? Teachout finds a clue in one instance where Ralph Vaughan Williams meets Plato.
Caravaggio, Violent Hothead And Marketing Genius
“In the seething cesspool of Caravaggio’s Rome, violence was a form of advertisement; it let people know you were, so to speak, the wrong guy to f#@k with. Caravaggio’s notorious life was good publicity, too for the new, gritty style of painting he created vivid, theatrically lit, psychologically realistic slices of life.”