The 69-year-old, “one of Britain’s best-loved actors, known for his gruff bonhomie, has been working for more than 30 years. He first found fame on the small screen in Dennis Potter’s Pennies from Heaven, and then in cinemas” in such titles as The Long Good Friday, Brazil, Mona Lisa, Mermaids, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.
Tag: 08.08.12
Art Exhibitions We Thought We’d Never See: A Show In Tehran About Human Rights Abuses And Catholic Iconography
“In a surprise move, an exhibition focusing on human rights abuses is due to open at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art next month. The show, dedicated to the German sculptor and kinetic artist Günther Uecker, includes … the series ‘The Human Abused: 14 Pacified Implements’, … [which is] based on the Stations of the Cross.”
A Ballet Not Merely By, But About Tchaikovsky
Boris Eifman “has mined the drama of the Tchaikovsky symphonies to create a ballet biography of the composer -Â a life told in dance, entitled simply Tchaikovsky. According to Eifman, Tchaikovsky was an artist consumed by a conflict between his orthodox faith and his sexuality.”
Here’s Another Thing Ballet Training’s Good For: Olympic Hammer Throw
“Hammer thrower Sophie Hitchon reached the Olympic final yesterday” – setting a new British record in the process – “and then credited her years of ballet training for helping her deal with the 80,000 crowd cheering her on. … Amazingly, the blonde haired thrower said ballet and hammer throwing had actually complemented one another.”
John Steinbeck’s Son Slams Texas Over Death Row Definition
“The son of John Steinbeck has excoriated the state of Texas for using the mental disability of the Nobel prize-winning author’s fictional creation Lennie Small to define learning difficulties and thus to justify its execution of Marvin Wilson yesterday.”
The iPhone App That Intends To Make Everyone Musical
“The goal was to make music creation accessible to people who don’t have the ability to take music lessons. Our belief is that every human is musical.”
Edinburgh Airport Covers Up Nude Picasso, Then Uncovers It After Complaints
“Nude Woman in a Red Armchair was advertising the Picasso and Modern British Art exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art. However, the airport decided to cover the image after several complaints from passengers in international departures. After gallery chiefs branded the move “bizarre”, the airport has backed down and removed the cover.”
Ashmolean Museum Raises $8 Million To Keep Manet In UK
“Portrait of Mademoiselle Claus” was sold to a private foreign buyer last year, but the British government blocked the sale under rules that allow public institutions the chance to buy works “of outstanding cultural importance” at knock-down prices.
The Mess That Is The Olympic Logo Design
“The fractured design of the logo certainly invites discord. It doesn’t piece together, like a puzzle that doesn’t fit, and that drives brains crazy. A light pointed at the logo could never cast the shadow you see behind it. Yes, it’s made to be young, and graffiti-inspired. But love it or hate it, the real genius is in how the logo screws with your sense of taste and your perception of what it should and shouldn’t look like.”
So What Is Neo-Nazi Hate Music?
“The existence of this music subculture surprised many Americans, but law enforcement agencies and civil rights organizations that monitor hate groups have been paying attention to these groups and their followers since the genre began to emerge in the United States in the early 1980s.”