“Today, techniques involving infrared imaging, as well as x-ray photography, electron microscopy and mass spectrometry, many of them pioneered by the National Gallery, are mainstays in the business of art curation. And occasionally their use makes headlines, as was the case with The Madonna of the Pinks.”
Tag: 06.20.10
Welcome To “Billy Camp,” Where Billy Elliots Are Made
“Though turnover is high, Billys are made, not born, and while every case is different, the time it takes from first audition to opening night is usually two and a half years. To help the most promising talents prepare for the make-or-break callbacks as much as a year down the road, the production provides advanced coaching in ballet, tap and acrobatics, all part of a program known as Billy Camp.”
New Channels For Asian-American Artists
“How do you market an Asian-American star? African-Americans are foundational to U.S. popular culture, and for Latinos there’s the adjective ‘Latin’ music that’s used to describe a variety of musical forms. But Asians are still seen as foreign or alien to mainstream America.”
Our Wrongheaded Pigeonholing Of ‘Young Writers’
“The trouble, perhaps, is that this definition of ‘young writer’ … muddies our understanding of how truly original, enduring fiction comes to be written. Worse, it threatens to infantilize our writers, reducing them to the condition of permanent apprentices who grind steadily toward ‘maturity’ as they prepare to write their ‘breakthrough’ books.”