Boston College’s McMullen Museum plans to show controversial paintings attributed by some as Jackson Pollocks. “The risk comes with entering what one Pollock historian describes as a ‘swamp’ — the debate over the paintings New York filmmaker Alex Matter found five years ago in a locker rented by his late father, Herbert, labeled as works by Pollock.”
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Film Chronicle’s Leon Fleisher’s Long Struggle
“In a crystalline 17 minutes, Two Hands, a nominee for best short documentary at this month’s Academy Awards, chronicles the Baltimorean’s decades-long struggle to regain the use of his right hand and restart his performing career. As Fleisher slowly walks onto the concert stage and takes his seat, not playing, Nathaniel Kahn conveys what it must have been like for a young master to view his instrument not as the vehicle of all his creative desires, but as an antagonist.”
A Snapshot of Atlanta’s Composers
About 120 composers have identified themselves as composers in the city and the city’s new music scene is growing. The Atlanta Score Study Group formed a year ago. Already, with monthly meetings and the occasional concert…
Michelangelo’s Room In The Vatican
Where did Michelangelo stay while he was working at the Vatican, some 450 years ago? In St. Peter’s itself. “While going through the basilica archives for an exhibit on the 500th anniversary of the church last year, researchers came across an entry for a key to a chest ‘in the room in St. Peter’s where Master Michelangelo retires’.”