The story of Paul Durand-Ruel, who repeatedly risked bankruptcy to support Monet, Degas, Manet, Pissarro, and their fellows – and created a market for their work, especially in the United States.
Tag: 02.21.15
Where Beethoven Is A Star: Violent Video Games
“The spirit of Beethoven has come back to life in first-person shooter games. Over-the-top Romanticism, in all its most extravagant manifestations, is now the preferred musical accompaniment to virtual killing.”
St. Paul’s New Ordway Hall – Key To A Revitalized City
“St. Paul is as strong now as we’ve been in decades, with light rail in and a new regional ballpark coming,” said St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, an early champion of the project. “But the arts and culture stuff is what continues to drive development. The Ordway, which is so beautiful on Rice Park, is key to all of that.”
Turnip Princesses And Boy Cinderellas: A Rediscovered Collection Of Fairy Tales Is Even More Different From The Grimms Than You’d Think
“Working just a few decades after the Brothers Grimm, Schönwerth considered scholars his natural audience, and as a result the tales he recorded are bawdier, racier and significantly more scatological than the collection the Grimms published under the title Children’s and Household Tales.” The English translator of a new collection tells us more.
The Young Composer Forging Her Own Path In The ‘Archaic’ Worlds Of Classical Music And Opera
Gabrielle Herbst: “People go to the opera to step out of their ordinary lives, and I was interested in the symbols and archetypes that opera’s stories have, and how people come to terms with their own lives in terms of these very intense emotions and gestures.”
A New Conducting Award Honors Julius Rudel, Former Music Director Of The New York City Opera
“The program, which is being financed through a bequest from the Rudel estate, will give some Mannes conducting students residencies with the Buffalo Philharmonic, which Mr. Rudel once led.”
To Become Great, Picasso Needed Paris
“Great French artists fed Picasso’s changing styles, while the city itself – with its sleaze and bohemianism – inspired his imagination.”
Dear Movie Studios: How About Bundling All Of The Oscar Nominees Into One Streaming Package?
“It isn’t hard to imagine someone downloading a best picture bundle and plowing through two or three movies a night the week leading up to the Oscars. The proposition has the added bonus of heightening interest in the broadcast, thus driving viewers to it and perhaps sparking their interest in other nominees, creating a theoretical virtuous cycle.”
Both Films That Are Favorites For Foreign-Language Oscar Are In Trouble In Their Homelands
“The two frontrunners on the five-strong shortlist have spurred intense debate at home, with critics arguing that one, Polish film Ida, misrepresents the country’s past, and that another, Andrei Zvyaginstev’s Leviathan, spreads calumny on Russia’s present and its ruling regime.”
The First U.S. Actress To Win A French Oscar Is … The Star Of The Twilight Movies?
“Accepting the prize, Stewart shouted ‘I love you Juliette’ in French to her co-star Juliette Binoche.”