“The widow of the founder of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden … was well known as an exuberant, energetic and enthusiastic art patron, philanthropist and collector in her own right.”
Tag: 10.04.15
Why Creative People Tend To Be Lonely
it’s not that creative people are simply hopeless at relationships — or at least it’s not only that. “When you read the big headlines about creativity, it’s touted as the golden key to success for businesses, whether it’s small entrepreneurial ventures or the big behemoths. But there’s a cost, and the cost is that because you’re so infatuated by the limitless potential or ideas at the beginning of development . . . you’ve chewed up a lot of brain space.”
Times Square, New York City’s Id – And Right Now That Id Is Getting Weird
“Throughout New York’s history, Times Square has served as a bellwether of … perceptions of the city, both for those who live here and those who don’t.” High glamour in the 1920s, bawdy burlesque in the ’30s, grime grit and vice in the ’70s, cleaned-up and “Disneyfied” through the ’90s and ’00s. And in 2015? Cartoon characters and topless women in body paint hustling endless hordes of tourists for selfies (and tips), and those tourists taking pictures of the selfies they just took, transmitted onto a billboard.
In The Age Of Memoir, What’s The Legacy Of The Confessional Mode?
“Leslie Jamison and Charles McGrath discuss whether, 50 years after Sylvia Plath’s ‘Ariel’ was published, the confessional mode has been co-opted by the memoir.”
Matthew Bourne: Why Should The Dance World Be So Snobby About Reality TV?
“A few years back ballet was on the way down as an art form. There was a book written about it by Jennifer Homans, and she made this statement that ballet is dead. Everyone got a little upset. But in a sense she was on to something. Since then things have changed.”
Indie Comics Want In On The TV Show And Movie Action
“‘We are not really a comics company,’ Mr. Richardson said. ‘We are a content company, and we have a great content engine.'”
The Earliest Photos Of Ancient Palmyra, Long Before ISIS Destroyed Much Of It
“The images were taken by French naval officer Louis Vignes during his journey through the area in 1864. Vignes was trained in photography by the renowned Charles Nègre, an early pioneer in the form. And it was Nègre who created the extraordinarily well-preserved prints — which capture Palmyra’s remarkable architecture.”
The Lawyer Who Defends Brooklyn’s Underground Arts Scene
“I see the potential in my clients. They are becoming very well-respected brands. I think the other attorneys who are working in entertainment might have vast experience in the world, but they’re not from the same generation, whereas I am my clientele. The demographic I’m involved in is who I am as a person.”
St. Ann’s Warehouse Gets A Permanent Home
“The pliancy of the space was essential to Ms. Feldman — keeping the Civil War-era warehouse wide open, using curtains to adjust the stage into different shapes and sizes. ‘We wanted to recreate that same flexibility that seemed to be the thing that made St. Ann’s useful for the last 36 years in New York,’ Ms. Feldman said.”
Ai Weiwei Returns To China And His Studio, Where He Finds ‘Listening Devices’
“In a video posted on Instagram, someone sets off firecrackers in a bin next to the device. The accompanying text reads: ‘Can you hear this?'”