“A cartoon depicting the Danish royal family taking part in an orgy has led to the cancellation of a retrospective of works by satirical Danish artist duo Surrend (consisting of Jan Egesborg and Pia Bertelsen).”
Tag: 10.18.10
HELLO! – The Internet Isn’t Killing Your Attention Span
“When it comes to attention spans, to the giddying, exhausting misery that can come over you when you find you have spent three hours “researching” nothing in particular on Google … well, the answer there is probably: try not to spend three hours wasting time on Google.”
November Is National Novel-Writing Month. So…
“If writing an entire novel in 30 days strikes you as damn near impossible, just head over to the NaNoWriMo website and check out how many people have actually done it: More than 165,000 people participated in 2009, and more than 30,000 managed to crank out the 50,000-word goal.”
Director Attacks Critics In The Audience
“Wagging his finger at me, he said– exact words– ‘No review from you.’ Then he spent five minutes berating both of us about our past reviews of his company. Waving his arm toward the now-empty stage, he wailed, ‘Why would you want to harm them?’ “
Will Cunningham Technique Live On After Merce?
Controversy and online protests have arisen over rumors of a plan by the Cunningham Trust to close, or drastically shrink, the Cunningham Studio next June, as the Merce Cunningham Dance Co. winds down its existence. Current and former Studio students argue that Cunningham technique is valuable in itself, whether or not there’s a professional all-Cunningham company.
Chelsea Art Museum Repossessed by Lender
“The survival of the Chelsea Art Museum is in doubt amid a battle over control of its home, with a lender and the owner each claiming the right to sell the property. The lender … took over the deed to the West 22nd Street building last week after the owner failed to meet a bankruptcy-court deadline, public property records show.”
Adonis, the Poet Who ‘Ruined Arabic Poetry’
While his name is unfamiliar in the US, in the Arab world he “is a renowned figure, if not everywhere a beloved one. He is an outspoken secularist … and a poetic revolutionary of sorts who has tried to liberate Arabic verse from its traditional forms and subject matter. Some of his poems are immensely long and immensely difficult and resemble Pound’s Cantos at their most impenetrable.”
Angelina Jolie Gets Go-Ahead to Resume Filming in Bosnia
“Angelina Jolie has been given back a permit to film in Bosnia that was briefly withdrawn because of rumors that her movie featured a rape victim who falls in love with her assailant.”
NY’s Museum of Arts & Design Plans Aroma-Only Exhibit
“‘The Art of Scent: 1889-2011’ will present examples of more than a dozen perfumes that have helped to define the lucrative aroma industry. The scents will be wafted around the museum’s second-floor galleries by atomizers” in a specially designed gallery space.
Director Mike Leigh Stirs Argument Over Cancelled Israel Visit
The English filmmaker, who is Jewish, has cancelled a series of workshops he was to lead in Jerusalem. Leigh’s decision, made in protest over several recent Israeli government policies, has drawn a sharp public rebuke from the head of the film school that invited him.