“PBS topped all networks with 13 kudos Sunday at the Creative Arts portion of the Daytime Emmys. Nickelodeson was second with 10 awards, followed by ABC with eight in the ceremony held at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles.”
Tag: 06.17.12
At Art Basel, Economy Looks Pretty Good
“At Switzerland’s Art Basel, the leading international contemporary and modern art fair, more than 300 galleries from 36 countries are showing around 2,500 artists until Sunday. The works on display range from abstract and figurative paintings to video and performance art. U.S. galleries have the largest presence at the fair, with 73 galleries in attendance.”
Famous In Times Square, Thanks To The Crowd (Can This Translate To Good Art?)
“At twilight on Monday, something new will light up a Times Square billboard. An original work of art, 23 stories high, will replace a bright yellow ad for Sprint. The artist whose work now gets a canvas Rembrandt could never have imagined is a substitute teacher from Allentown, Pa., who has made art for over 30 years but never had the backing of a major museum or gallery. Her creation will loom over Times Square because she won an online contest in which users of a Web site gave her more votes than 35,000 competitors.”
Video Content Keeps Growing On The Internet. Why?
More room for advertising! Plus, Netflix. “‘People are increasingly comfortable with iPads and iPhones to watch longer-form content — when you find something you love, it doesn’t matter how long it is,’ Shey said.”
How Did Bach Sound In His Time? Who Really Cares?
“‘I’m not really interested in how Bach played it,’ [Simone] Dinnerstein says on a sunny morning in her Brooklyn living room. ‘I’m playing Bach in 2012. It’s an entirely different world than the world that he lived in. It would be impossible for me to imagine how he would play it.'”
The Most Beautiful Hospital In A Most Beautiful City
New York Hospital: “Far up, almost invisible from the street, are touches of brilliance, where the peaks of the nine-foot-high Gothic arches are formed by panels of very thin brick set at cross angles, with the staff of Asclepius worked into the design. If you can get up close, the varying patterns are hypnotic, like the little rilles and ridges in the shallow water of a white-sand beach.”
For Choreographer Mark Morris, Sunday Is A True Day Of Rest (And Cooking)
“The goal of Sunday is to leave my home as little as possible. So even if it only looks like I have a jar of mustard and an old film canister in my refrigerator, I can come up with a pretty good meal because I’m a pretty good cook.”
Truly Mobile Power For Your Mobile
Recharge your phone simply by walking (albeit with a slightly weird attachment at the knee) – no batteries required? Sounds like heaven. Can we have this soon, please?