Is It Time To Break Up Overcrowded Museums?
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-09-05
Universal mother
AJBlog: Performance Monkey | Published 2014-09-04
So you want to see a show?
AJBlog: About Last Night | Published 2014-09-04
James Ellroy: The Demon Dog is Back
AJBlog: CultureCrash | Published 2014-09-05
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“TIFF’s move has cast a shadow over the fall festival season, prompting anxiety among distributors who feel they need as much critical attention for their films as they can get, while offering a rare glimpse at the sharp elbows and gritted teeth behind the red carpet smiles.”
“A decision by the Sydney Morning Herald to use the much-maligned font Comic Sans on its front page has made it the focus of much attention, and ridicule, on social media.”
But nobody told Gehry – who, when notified by a reporter, said of the center’s CEO, “She says I build models. She doesn’t have a clue as to what I do or how I do it. It’s fine. It’s a new group. They should do what they want. I don’t want to go where I’m not wanted.”
He said so himself, in notes he made on a Simpsons script to which he (yes!) contributed: “Sorry, guys. Homer’s my role model and I refuse to speak ill of him.” (includes image of script)
“When the state appointed him president in June and dispatched him on this emergency mission, French headlines hailed [Laurent] Le Bon in the name of that fictional masked outlaw who battled tyrannical officials. And riffing on an English translation of his last name and his reputation for diplomacy, curators in the international art world called him Larry the Good.”
“Changing people’s perceptions of mental illness has been a longtime mission for Dario D’Ambrosi, an Italian avant-garde actor and author. For the past five years, he has led Teatro Patologico, or the Pathological Theater, an innovative drama school here that offers classes to people with mental disabilities. Now Mr. D’Ambrosi is trying to turn his school into a full-fledged university.”
