Houston native Rebecca Rabinow, currently curator-in-charge of the [Met Museum’s] new Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, takes up her new position in July.
Tag: 05.19.16
Megachurch Architecture Is Unusually Bad, But It Doesn’t Have To Be
“Most megachurches are located outside city centers, camouflaged into suburban sprawlscapes. Their architecture often mimics that of warehouses, shopping malls, or dome-shaped stadiums. Sometimes, the only thing distinguishing a megachurch from a defunct K-Mart is a spindly cross on its facade.”
Brooklyn Museum To Cut Staff
“The Brooklyn Museum is offering voluntary buyouts to address a budget deficit of about $3 million, the museum’s director, Anne Pasternak, informed the staff on Wednesday. ‘It’s a course correction,’ Ms. Pasternak said in a telephone interview.”
Making Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’ Into An Opera
Minnesota Opera prop master Jenn Maatman: “One of the big things about the movie that was wrong, as far as King is concerned, is that Jack used an ax. In the book it was a croquet mallet. I think that’s really fabulous.”
‘The Exorcist’ Director Says Church Let Him Film An Actual Exorcism
William Friedkin “said he was taken aback at how close the ceremony was to the exorcism depicted in his 1973 film. ‘I was pretty astonished by that. I don’t think I will ever be the same having seen this astonishing thing.'”
The New Tate Modern Director’s Plan For The New (Well, Expanded) Tate Modern
“The collection was originally built according to a dominant art history which we are very familiar with, but the real story is a much bigger one, because that dominant story left out a lot of places and a lot of practices and a lot of women artists. We haven’t rewritten the history but we are asking questions about the history and plotting co-ordinates. It’s a bigger story.”
Lorraine Hansberry’s (Too Short) Life After ‘Raisin In The Sun’
“You can’t say it’s a shame to be remembered for A Raisin in the Sun. It’s one of the great American plays. But Lorraine Hansberry was so much more than that one play.”
Apparently, The World Can Thank (Or Blame) Canada For ‘Angry Birds’
“More than three years of dedicated devotion to The Angry Birds Movie is finally reaping rewards.” Thanks, Canada?
The Most Exciting New Music In East Asia Is Written For Chinese Instruments
“In most cases, these instruments’ histories are even older than most contemporary Western instruments. For example, the ‘xiao’ (a vertical end-blown flute) and ‘dizi’ (a traverse—e.g. horizontal—side-blown flute) both have histories and performance practices that date back thousands of years.”
A Requiem For A Dancer Who Died Too Young Returns To The Stage
“Just before he turned 19, he tested positive for HIV, and his dance, ‘Lacrymosa,’ became a reaction to the 1980s AIDS crisis. Many dancers and artists around Stierle were dying from the disease, and as he worked on the ballet, he knew he would become sick too.”