“Van Gogh loved the vibrant lead pigment colors, and the red in “Wheat Stack” turned out to contain a rare mineral lead called plumbonacrite that through light exposure was gradually coated in carbonates that were causing the discoloration. Or, in less science speak, the paint particles are now like if you had a gobstopper with the red core inside and a light blue layer and then gray layer on the outside of the particle mass.”
Tag: 03.04.15
Ballet San Jose Warns It Might Have To Shut Down
“Ballet officials quietly began a fundraising drive in January and have thus far tallied half a million dollars. Now they must match that figure to keep the company afloat. Company officials also estimate they will need to have raised $3.5 million by October to be able to fully reinvent the company’s business model and ensure its long-term stability.”
Last Fall The World’s Largest Auction Houses Fired Their Leaders. The Art World Is Still Talking ABout It
“It may be the business has gotten too tricky for just one person to run it.”
Artist Shreds Thousands Of Dollars To Use In Art
Dustin Yellin resolved to take the allotted cash, in the forms of twenties, fifties and one hundred-dollar bills, and shred the loot in a wood chipper. He then used tweezers to apply the massacred dough to emulsion-covered canvasses.
Orchestra Pulls Piece After Learning It Quotes Nazi Song (Should It Have?)
The New York Youth Symphony pulled the piece this week after learning that it includes a musical quotation from the “Horst Wessel” song, the Nazi anthem.
The Ethics Around Photos Represented As Journalism Are Changing (Or Are They?)
“At a time when anyone with an Instagram account can become a de facto reporter, the controversy raises questions about what viewers should know about photos classified as journalism — and where one of the world’s most respected photo prizes draws the line between documentary photography and art photography.”
Jerry Saltz, Social Media’s Favorite Art Critic, Suspended From Facebook
“Art has always posed a problem for Facebook. Its community standards ban nudity, and the combination of algorithms and overseas workers that scan the site for infractions have trouble distinguishing between an artistically nude image and a pornographically nude one. … Now it seems New York magazine’s art critic Jerry Saltz has been caught in the net.”
Does The Future Of Orchestral Music Lie In These Two Pieces?
Justin Davidson: “These two not-yet-senior composers … have double-handedly resurrected the grand symphonic manner that, like the novel and the painting, has died any number of times.”
Documentary On Delhi Gang Rape Banned In India Following Media Outrage
“An Indian court blocked the broadcast of a documentary about a 2012 gang rape and murder that sparked national outrage and tarnished the country’s reputation, saying an interview in the film with one of the perpetrators could ’cause huge public outcry’.” (The BBC went ahead with a UK broadcast.)
David Hallberg Pulls Out Of ABT Spring Season
“David Hallberg, the American Ballet Theater principal dancer, is injured and will not perform during the company’s Metropolitan Opera House season … Mr. Hallberg, who is also a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, had foot surgery last fall.”