“By Sunday, the third and final day of Shepton Mallet, exhibitors outnumbered visitors and mutterings of “it’s been terrible” and complaints about the poor sales could be overheard above the clutter of unsold porcelain and glass ornaments.”
Tag: 07.08.16
The Large-Scale Trolling Of The Berlin Biennale
“Their plan to embody and exacerbate the present (DIS calls our period ‘post-contemporary’) is a funeral with neither corpse nor mourners: the curators deliver, under the sign of a provocative ‘re-presentation’ without expertise, an ultimately inaccurate, homogenised and universalist account of what our epoch entails, such that their embodied present is virtually meaningless.”
This English Theater Told A Woman Her Gender Ruled Her Out For Directing A Play
“There was nothing to misunderstand – those are the words they wrote; they wrote that a male was better.”
Scientists Store Music, Books On DNA
In a University of Washington lab test tube, researchers stored an HD video of the song “This Too Shall Pass” by OK Go. They also stored the text of 100 books, and the Declaration of Human Rights in multiple languages.
A-List Art And The Value Of Architecture
While developers do not feel an absolute competitive imperative to have A-list art, many believe that great art can help make an already distinctive building an enduring one (and, one assumes, a profitable one).
For Eid Ul-Fitr, Check Out These Panoramic Photos Of Gorgeous Persian Mosques
Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji, a physics student turned photographer, is becoming famous for his images of the intricate, geometric, colorful religious architecture of his native Iran. Here are rotating 360-degree views of five spectacular sites.
Don Friedman, 81, Jazz Pianist Equally At Home In Modern Mainstream And Avant-Garde
“Mr. Friedman had a crisp, fluid technique and an adventurous approach to harmony, which made him a desirable sideman over a career that lasted more than 60 years. He worked for decades with the trumpeter Clark Terry, a popular emblem of swinging ebullience, and also commingled with pioneers of free jazz like the alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman.”
Brooklyn Museum Closes As Air Conditioning Blows Out
“‘Our team is working around the clock to replace the damaged systems during this time. All museum collections are being constantly monitored and sensitive materials are being moved to climate controlled spaces,’ the museum wrote in a press statement.”