“Parviz Tanavoli, whose passport border officials confiscated last week at Tehran’s international airport, said … ‘I learnt this morning in court that the police had accused me of publishing false information and disturbing the public peace. They told me my sculptures are examples of disturbing the public peace.'”
Tag: 07.11.16
The Time James Baldwin Trolled The FBI (It Totally Worked)
“In July of 1964, the FBI got ahold of a document which contained incontrovertible evidence of a plot against them – the latest issue of Playbill.”
World’s Largest Orchestra, With More Than 7,500 Players, Performs In Germany
“On Saturday, 7,548 musicians assembled in a Frankfurt sports stadium to smash the world record for largest musical ensemble. … The orchestra performed the 9th symphonies of Dvorak and Beethoven, as well as lighter numbers by Andrew Lloyd Webber and pop music composer John Miles.” (includes video)
What It’s Like To Get Naked And Turn Blue For Spencer Tunick
“I was silently bombarding myself with questions: ‘Did I remember to shave my armpits?’, ‘Will people notice the freckle on my bum?’ and the big one: ‘What if I’m dyed Avatar blue forever?’ As it happens, my fears were totally unfounded; it was the best and most surreal morning of my life.”
This Company Doesn’t Make Forgeries Of Great Art, It Makes ‘Clones’
Artevera “promises to produce ‘clones’ of any work of art ‘with stunning accuracy’ according to their full-color brochure. … Such an audacious business plan could only originate in the state of the Home Shopping Network and the birthplace of schemes for fleecing retirees: Florida.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.11.16
Do Artists Have A Vision For The Future?
Around the beginning of the 20th Century, several French artists were asked to design a series of cards that would imagine what life would be like 100 years in the future in the year 2000. … read more
AJBlog: diacritical/Douglas McLennan Published 2016-07-10
Today in mathiness
Suppose I suggested that we can think about how the plot of a work of fiction is progressing according to whether the emotional valence is rising or falling. … read more
AJBlog: For What It’s Worth Published 2016-07-11
I’m Back — With A Masterpiece
Caspicara. Never heard of him? He was an indigenous artist of whom Spanish King Charles II once said, “I am not concerned that Italy has Michelangelo; in my colonies of America I have the master Caspicara.” … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2016-07-11
A visit to the memory hole
In December of 1969, Esquire invited twenty-five venerable celebrities to offer end-of-the-decade advice, most of it predictably platitudinous, to the magazine’s younger readers. … read more
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2016-07-11
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Midgette: This Performance At Wolf Trap Should Have Easily Sold Out. Why Didn’t It?
“The people who were there, and there were quite a lot of them, screamed and yelled with whole-hearted appreciation. And there were plenty of younger faces among the picnickers on the lawn. But it was far from a capacity crowd. Fewer people than in the past view the chance to hear a star soloist, rising conductor and orchestra in popular repertoire on a warm summer night as a can’t-miss event.”