“For decades, much has depended on his red wheelbarrow, streaked with rain, next to some white chickens, even if no one has known – or perhaps even wondered – exactly who he was.” Now, at last, poetic justice can be done.
Tag: 07.07.15
Boston’s Museum Of Fine Arts Cancels “Kimono Wednesdays” After Protests
The museum said it had hoped to create an “interactive experience,” helping museum goers appreciate the rich details, embroidery and fine materials of the garments. It said similar events took place when the painting, depicting a woman in a kimono, travelled throughout Japan for an exhibition. But protesters have held signs at the Boston museum’s events, calling them “racist” and “imperialist.”
Why Steven Soderbergh Quit Making Movies
“The bottom line when people talk about all the reasons, you know the biggest reason? It stopped being fun. It just stopped being fun. It really wasn’t. That’s a big deal to me. It may sound like “Why do you have to have fun to go to work?” I don’t know. I like to be in a good mood. The ratio of bullshit to the fun part of doing the work was really starting to get out of whack.”
Alex Ross Checks Out Apple Music
“No heads will roll in Cupertino on account of these grumblings. The majority of the population that ignores classical music will shrug and go back to the new Jamie xx record. (I’m enjoying his track ‘The Rest Is Noise.’) Yet Apple’s unwillingness to accommodate – in this first iteration, at least – defining features of a thousand-year tradition is symptomatic of general trends in the streaming business.”
L.A. Is Not The Creative Shangri-La That The East-Coast Press Suddenly Thinks It Is
Carolina Miranda: “I feel as if we, in the cultural classes, have been perfectly happy to get caught up in the mythology that L.A. is somehow a Xanadu of art-making. Certainly, there are worse places to be an artist. (Brooklyn comes to mind.) But let’s get real about the situation here in Los Angeles.”
Why Is It Getting Harder And Harder To Fall Asleep?
“We are, as a population, sleeping less now than we ever have. The problem, on the whole, isn’t that we’re waking up earlier. Much of the change has to do with when we choose to go to bed – and with how we decide to do so.”
Aeschylus Addresses Europe’s Boat-People Crisis
As desperate refugees fleeing African and Middle Eastern war zones drown in the Mediterranean and flood Italy, Greece, and Malta, a director uses Syracuse’s ancient Greek amphitheater to stage The Suppliants, about a much earlier group of Egyptians seeking asylum.
Four Ways Women Get A Raw Deal In Hollywood: A Female Producer Explains
Mynette Louie: “I spoke to some of those filmmakers to get a better sense of the forms of discrimination they typically face; these four examples were the ones most commonly cited.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.07.15
Values and What We Do
AJBlog: Field Notes Published 2015-07-07
Milking Time Milked: Delaware Museum’s Failed Deaccession Gambit
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2015-07-07
Monday Recommendation: Sam Most
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-07-06
Lookback: on the solitude of the out-of-town singleton
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-07-07
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Classic Hollywood Producer Jerry Weintraub, 77
“The Brooklyn-born son of a Bronx jeweler, Weintraub rose from the mailroom of a talent agency to become a top concert promoter before shifting into a decades-long career as a top Hollywood producer. Along the way, Weintraub worked with the most famous of stars — Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, George Clooney, Brad Pitt — and was a close friend of former President George H.W. Bush. He relished his insider status, just as they savored the stories that eagerly poured out of him.”