Artists – especially those who avoided art school – say they must be engaged with issues, including the Arab Spring and economic inequality. Why?
Tag: 06.15.12
What We Post (Or Don’t) On Facebook Reveals Our Personality Type
And it will make us targets for specific kinds of advertising – if only the scientists can agree what our posts mean.
Want To Tour Joyce’s Dublin? There’s An App For That
“The app uses Joyce’s masterpiece as a window into the tastes, smells and sounds of Dublin at the turn of the century. It takes users along the route of [Ulysses‘] characters, as well as past locations from Joyce’s book Dubliners.“
Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Sues Its Landlord
“The Shakespeare Theater has filed a lawsuit against its landlord, a nonprofit organization created in support of the theater, to attempt to prevent it from raising the Lansburgh Theater’s rent by 700%, according to court documents. The theater is seeking an injunction to prevent its rent from being raised, as well as a ruling that will allow it to remain in the building. The lawsuit also requests that members of the nonprofit landlord’s board be dismissed.”
Fifty Years Of Shakespeare (Mosquitoes, Raccoons, Egrets,Etc.) In Central Park
Oskar Eustis, artistic director of the Public Theatre: “Those bugs and those helicopters, as annoying as they are, are actually making a statement: Theater isn’t supposed to be cut off from life. … Theater is supposed to be at the center of the city. It’s not supposed to be in a dead, quiet cloistered little hall where the city doesn’t get into.”
The Good, The Bad, And The Career-Killing: Actors Plus Politics
Jason Alexander: “”The downside of being a celebrity is that people kind of know about you, and you really don’t need them to know about you, you need them to know about your work. … When they know too much, and if what they know antagonizes them, it’s a little harder to tell your story.”
Brian Sewell On The Loneliness Of The Art Critic
“I have been a lone voice in the world of art criticism – despised and rejected. There’s an enormous amount of resentment because I am not a member of the club. Do I enjoy my notoriety? Absolutely not. I take a deep breath and get on with it.”
Guitars Now Being Made By 3D Printers
“The process is a little like inkjet printing, but instead of ink squirting out of the print head, successive layers of plastic or metal powder are deposited according to the CAD file’s instructions.”
“Barney’s Version” Was Canada’ Top-Grossing Movie In 2011
“Telefilm says the romantic dramedy, which earned an Oscar nomination for best makeup and a Golden Globe for Paul Giamatti, grossed $3.2 million at the Canadian box office in 2011.”
Ancient Church At Rome’s Forum To Reopen To Visitors
“By the eighth century one of the earliest churches in Rome was considered quaint enough to be called Santa Maria Antiqua. … The church was adapted in the sixth century from first-century rooms that might have been the entryway to a palace. Layer after layer of saint murals were painted. The holy men and women in images from around A.D. 700 were believed to cure disease.”