“A pavilion designed by internationally renowned architect Zaha Hadid won’t open as planned Friday, and its completion is thought to be weeks away. The postponement [is] attributed to the manufacturer’s difficulty in executing Hadid’s complex, computer-assisted design.”
Tag: 06.13.09
Banksy’s Latest Surprise: A Show In An Actual Museum (!)
He had announced a big guerrilla art piece for his hometown, Bristol; his fans had expected something near the Clifton Bridge or in an empty Woolworth’s. Instead, he took over the City Museum and Art Gallery, replacing much of the collection on display with 100 of his own works.
Britain’s Poet Laureate Attacks Politicians With First Poem
Carol Ann Duffy begins: “How it makes of your face a stone that aches to weep, of your heart a fist, clenched or thumping, sweating blood, of your tongue an iron latch with no door.”
ArtBasel Opens Strong (Is The Recession Done?)
“Many of the 300 exhibitors came to the fair with low expectations and were surprised to find conditions less bleak than forecast.”
50 Years Of Jazz – Has It All Been Downhill?
“Has jazz slowly ground to a creative standstill over the last half century, moving so far from its core values – as Wynton Marsalis and others have argued – that much of today’s ‘jazz’ seems hollow and insignificant when compared to past masterpieces? What does it say about the current scene that bold predictions about “the shape of jazz to come” are no longer welcomed?”