Yes, the late television newsman, notorious in the art world for his supremely snarky 1993 60 Minutes segment “Yes, But Is It Art?”, was himself a painter, and just last year he sent a package of his work to a famously uninhibited art critic.
Tag: 05.20.16
Our Best Chance Of Getting People To Pay Attention To Climate Change? Science Fiction
“Our most persuasive medium for shifting opinion on climate change seem to be a certain kind of novel, and a certain kind of documentary film — specifically, the kind of doomsaying we find in Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. Truth is always stranger than fiction, but only fiction can frame life events as teachable moments.”
‘We Design The Stuff You Feel, Not The Stuff You See’
Environmental design firm Atelier Ten has developed ingenious schemes like a thermal air storage system inspired by ancient Roman ventilation networks that sent naturally cool air from caves into villas.
Future Of The Arts? Festivals Not Buildings
“Given the economic costs and risks, why do museums, stadiums and other “concrete culture” receive such a privileged place in urban development? After spending the past 10 years conducting research on the topic, I’ve found that this privilege should end; as an alternative, cities should champion music festivals as a cheaper, adaptable way to bolster urban communities.”
The First Rape On The Ballet Stage
“Ballet sex wasn’t invented by the choreo¬grapher Kenneth MacMillan – Mikhail Fokine, Roland Petit and Frederick Ashton had all included episodes of startling sensuality in their work – but The Invitation, with its frank depiction of rape, broke new and dangerous ground when the Royal Ballet’s touring company premiered it in 1960.”
Study: Our Music Preferences Say Much About Us
Participants were given 36 evaluative terms (including sad, happy, angry, intelligent, and sophisticated), and judged the extent to which each excerpt fit the description. Analyzing the results, the researchers determined the musical snippets could be effectively categorized on three basic scales: “arousal,” “valence,” and “depth.”
A Stand-Mate Pays Tribute To The World’s Longest-Serving Orchestral Player
Michael Kurth on his Atlanta Symphony colleague, Jane Little, who died earlier this month at age 87: “When I feel sore and weary after a day of playing the bass, I remind myself that if an 87-year-old cancer patient with a broken vertebra who weighs 90 pounds soaking wet can do it, maybe I should stop whining and get back to work.”
How To Acknowledge Your Manuscript Will Never Be A Novel – And Move On
“That’s not to say that it hasn’t been fun. We got together in the summer of 2012. You were a short story, a few thousand glorious words, but I wanted you to be more. Every fiction writer thinks they need to be in a long-term relationship.”
The Wascally Wabbit That Inspired A Generation Of Opera Singers
“Those of us who didn’t freak at the sight of a rabbit in a winged helmet sliding off of the back of a fat horse—we went into opera.”
Is Richard Serra’s Legacy Making Us Forget His Brilliance?
“Steel is a dying industry, and mining it can be hazardous for the environment, but discussing the carbon footprint of Mr. Serra’s project is beside the point. The important question, in terms of his legacy, is whether new versions of this work have relevance.”