“Beyond trying to confirm the losses, antiquities guardians around the world are asking themselves this question: Is it better to raise the alarm about what’s in harm’s way – or keep quiet to avoid the militants’ gaze?”
Tag: 10.05.14
Rebuilding The Tapestries Of The ’60s At The Ford Foundation
“It is far from common for an artist to revisit the site of a commission to recreate the work of decades past. In [Sheila] Hicks’s case, the effort is particularly unusual. She turned 80 in July. She lives in Paris. She had to finance much of the project herself. And at this stage in her career, she had nothing to prove.”
‘About A Boy’ Author Nick Hornby Says Just Ditch The Classics If You Can’t Get Into Them
“Hornby argued reading should be seen more like television or the cinema, and only undertaken as something people ‘want to do.'”
The Experimental Theatre Director Fled The USSR But Returned In Triumph To Russia
Yuri Lyubimov has died at 97 after an intensely dramatic life. “The Taganka Theater in Moscow, which Mr. Lyubimov founded in 1964, was known for breaking rules. Its flashy, fast-moving productions included song, dance, poetry and provocation. Actors spoke directly to the audience, sometimes even when the script didn’t call for it.”
Gustavo Dudamel’s First Film Score Gets A Rousing Debut
Dudamel “and the film’s director, Alberto Arvelo, go way back to their days growing up in Venezuela, and that’s where they first developed an appreciation for the film’s central character.”
Top AJBlogs From 10.05.14
Albright-Knox: Making The Case For Expansion
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts
Garth Fagan’s Ancient, Electric Storms
AJBlog: Fresh Pencil
“The Chasm Between Doing Music and Thinking About It”
AJBlog: Unanswered Question
Another Corcoran Outrage: The Archives
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts
Are We Really in a Gutenberg Moment?
AJBlog: CultureCrash
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