“The Westfries Museum in Hoorn, 50km north of Amsterdam, said on Monday it suspected members of the Ukrainian state security service, SBU, the far-right Svoboda (Freedom) party, and ‘art criminals with contacts … at the highest political level’ might also be involved in the attempt to sell the canvases.
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Marina Abramović Turns Sitting Still And Listening To A Classical Concert Into An Art Installation
“Upon entering the Armory, ticket-holders will be presented with numbered keys, which will lead to individual lockers [for cell phones, watches, etc.] … And for 30 minutes, listeners will be required to wait, in silence and near-darkness. … When the centimeter-by-centimeter approach of the musician and his instrument is complete, listeners will remove their headphones” and listen to the Goldberg Variations.”
Memes, Dreams And Themes: A Taxonomy Of Ideas
“We have ideas, many of them, every day. We have them, but we don’t often reflect on them. Mostly they just come and go. How many ideas did you have today? What was their character? Some you might describe as big or small, simple or complex. Is it possible to gain a better understanding of ideas, their types and value to us? Is it possible to establish a taxonomy of ideas?”
Former Warhol Superstar Holly Woodlawn Dead At 69
“‘I was very happy when I gradually became a Warhol superstar. I felt like Elizabeth Taylor! Little did I realize that not only would there be no money, but that your star would flicker for two seconds and that was it. … You live in a hovel, walk up five flights, scraping the rent. And then at night you go to Max’s Kansas City where Mick Jagger and Fellini and everyone’s there in the back room. And when you walked in that room, you were a STAR!”
The Linguistics Of ‘YouTube Voice’
One linguist calls it “‘intellectual used-car-salesman voice.’ You get the same kind of thing in other high-energy sales pitches. I guess the purest form of this style is the carnival barker.”
‘Carol’ Cinematographer On Creating Specific Styles – And Providing A Foil To ‘Far From Heaven’
“Yes, we actually looked at mid-century photographers who were photojournalists. A large part of them happened to be women, people like Ruth Orkin, Esther Bubley, Helen Levitt and then later Vivian Maier. These were photographers who were starting to experiment in color. So that gave me the idea of trying to reference a visualization of, let’s say, early Ektachrome, rather than Kodachrome, rather than color negative. And that’s why the colors have this kind of coolness/warm mixture.”
The Pattern Of Classical Grammy Nominations
“One development in the classical-music Grammys during the last several years has been the inclusion of more diverse corners of this vast field. For many, that is a good thing — better than having Georg Solti (still the all-time Grammys champ), Vladimir Horowitz or the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra dominate year after year, as in the past. Yet patterns sometimes persist.”
Is Moss The Future Of Architecture?
“Building materials are designed specifically to resist growth, and much research has been done to develop paint treatments and biocides that make sure the concrete and wood and bricks that sheath a building aren’t colonized by living things. But a new group is trying to change all that. Instead of developing surfaces resistant to moss and lichen, the BiotA lab wants to build facades that are ‘bioreceptive.'”
Does Netflix Actually Have The Most-Watched Show On Non-Network TV?
“When the moderator at a conference panel asked Sarandos if he was happy with the fact that a recent survey showed Netflix would have the second-biggest show on cable if its viewers were traditionally measured—right behind Thrones—Sarandos evasively asserted that internal research suggests a Netflix show would actually take that number one slot.”
Early Music Pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt Announces His Retirement
“‘Dear audience,’ Mr. Harnoncourt wrote in the letter, which was in German. ‘My bodily strength requires me to cancel my future plans.’ He wrote of the ‘unbelievably deep relationship has developed between us on the stage and you in the hall,’ added that ‘we have become a happy community of pioneers,’ and urged audiences to remain faithful to that spirit.”