02.04.18 – ArtsJournal Wayback

Great Works Of Lost Art: Rogier Van Der Weyden’s Justice Cycle

In the first of a series of essays looking at important pieces whose existence we’re certain of but which have disappeared over the centuries, Noah Charney considers Rogier van der Weyden’s The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald in the Golden Chamber (circa 1435-50).

Inside The Cleveland Orchestra’s 100-Year Archives

Unless you’ve toured the orchestra’s archives, you cannot fully appreciate its scope. Stored in the lower levels of Severance Hall are thousands of recordings on every medium from wax pressings and reel-to-reel tape to digital formats and video, preserving events of all types from almost every year of the orchestra’s now 100-year existence. And that’s just the audio collection. In addition to recordings, the trove also includes a wealth of physical objects and artwork as well as print material such as program books, photos, musical scores, and historical documents.

Angels In America Gets Its Own Thorough History

How did a few interviews about the play turn into a book? The authors: “We kept getting so much amazing stuff. Every single person we talked to would tell us the kind of story you tell about the defining artistic and intellectual moment of your life. No one was like, ‘Oh yeah, it was great. I don’t remember much about it.'” Then there was the Robert Altman movie idea.

James Brown Left His Money To Help Underprivileged Children, But Then Lawyers Stepped In

Why haven’t those kids – and his own children – seen any money yet? It’s an ugly story, “chock-full of accusations of bigamy and corruption, racism and the fraternity of the South Carolina legal and political establishment. ‘This is a mini-series,’ said Jay Cooper, a lawyer who handles estates and has represented Katy Perry, Jerry Seinfeld and Etta James. ‘You really need a map to go through this whole thing.'”

Excellent (If Nerdy) Fun: An Artist Is Drawing Maps Of UK National Parks In The Style Of JRR Tolkien

The artist (of course) fell in love with The Lord of the Rings books when he was 11 or so. “To start his maps, Bell says that he works from an open source Ordnance Survey map, and begins drawing by hand. ‘I try to emulate his typeface as closely as possible, but have modified his mountains in an effort to develop a little bit of my own style.’ He adds in additional details, such as forests, Hobbit holes, towers, and castles.”

Speaking Of Male Directors Who Are Accused Of Mistreating Women, What About Bergman?

It’s time – during the celebrations of a century since his birth – to reevaluate the women who anchored Bergman’s films (and, often, his romantic and sexual life as well).

Can You Tell If A Singer, Say Perhaps At The Super Bowl, Is Lip-Syncing? [VIDEO]

Slate’s Aisha Harris explains how to know – and why we’re so satisfied when we can “expose music fakery.”

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