“My haven for solace in and away from home is in the world of composers, harmonies, and possibilities. My musical haven has shaped my character and without it, my life would not be half as wonderful as it is today,” he writes.
Tag: 04.02.14
Stolen Gauguin and Bonnard Were in Sicilian Autoworker’s Kitchen
“A pair of paintings by French artists Paul Gauguin and Pierre Bonnard that had been missing for four decades has been recovered by Italian authorities who said that the works of art were hanging in a kitchen of a retired Sicilian autoworker who was unaware of their value.”
Can High-Tech Speed-Reading Work? Should It?
The creators of the app Spritz argue that “only around 20% of your time is spent processing content. The remaining 80% is spent physically moving your eyes from word to word.” They mean to reverse those percentages. If they’re right, what does that mean for how we experience the written word?
Knoedler Forgery Lawsuit Adds Art Historian as Defendant
“A respected Swiss art historian and curator has been drawn into the legal tangle surrounding the sale of dozens of high-priced forgeries by the shuttered New York art gallery Knoedler & Company.”
We Still Need You, Monuments Men!
Bonnie Burnham, president of the World Monuments Fund, argues that the Middle East in particular – especially Syria – needs the help of those heroic men and women to save the region’s irreplaceable cultural heritage.
Tales From Paupers’ Graves
“Every year, thousands of paupers’ funerals – for those without the means to pay for burial – take place across the UK. The Nine O’Clock Slot pieces together the stories of those who die alone.”
Are Comedians Really Depressives?
“One of the most enduring stereotypes in all of comedy is of the road-weary, alcohol-soaked, and/or drug-addled comedian. Certainly there is a long line of victims.” (The L.A. comedy club the Laugh Factory even has an in-house therapy program.)
Orthodox Jewish Dancercise Is Now a Thing
“On a crowded dance floor, a group of 50 women are swaying, stomping, lunging, and gyrating to singer Jason Derulo’s ‘Talk Dirty,’ Pitbull’s ‘Don’t Stop The Party’, and other popular numbers blasting over loudspeakers. It could be any trendy New York club, except here the dirty words and sexually explicit lyrics are missing from the raps, and no men are allowed. Ever.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.02.14
On the Value of the Arts
AJBlog: Field Notes | Published 2014-04-03
Delaware Art Museum’s Deaccession Debacle: My Q&A with Its Former Director, Danielle Rice
AJBlog: CultureGrrl | Published 2014-04-03
Betsky Asked To Leave Early?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-04-02
Disassembling something that nobody owns
AJBlog: The Artful Manager | Published 2014-04-02
The choir who came in from the cold (for Joyce DiDonato)
AJBlog: Slipped Disc | Published 2014-04-02
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Cleveland’s Downtown Rebuilding Using Theatre
“Today PlayhouseSquare manages more than 2.3 million square feet of office and retail space in northeast Ohio. Just under half of that is in the PlayhouseSquare district, which includes five historic theaters, dating back to the 1920s, that after decades of neglect were renovated as part of a 27-year, $55 million campaign of public and private funds.”