January 2010
Before El Greco Became El Greco →
“The stunning 1983 discovery of the signature of Domenikos Theotokopoulos on an exquisite Byzantine icon dramatically enlarged our knowledge of the enigmatic painter far better known as El Greco.” An…
The Collapse And Rebirth Of The Indie Film... →
“[Even] as the studio-indie model disintegrates, a new nonstudio model appears to be emerging from the rubble. In recent years, for instance, novice filmmakers and longtime independent insiders have…
How Low Are Classical Album Sales? This Low. →
“The dirty secret of the Billboard classical charts is that album sales figures are so low, the charts are almost meaningless. Sales of 200 or 300 units are enough to land an album in the top 10….
Why Do Late-Night Talk Show Hosts Always Sit On... →
“Because it makes them seem powerful. In Western culture, we read from left to right, and we watch theater and television that way, too.
In the theory of stagecraft, it’s understood that a…
What Shakespeare's Audiences Snacked On →
The Elizabethan equivalent of movie-house popcorn was evidently oysters -“oysters by the cartload, crab and other shellfish like mussels, whelks and periwinkles. Dried raisins and figs, hazelnuts,…
Arts Funding: Good Politics As Well As Good... →
The British Columbia government slashed arts funding last year, and the province’s arts community expects the cuts to remain in place. But some advocates are adding another point to the usual…
Dance Review: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company at... →
In its Southern California debut, the young modern troupe nudges outward toward the edges while heeding a cultural gravitational pull toward the center,
Opera review: 'La Boheme' at San Diego Opera →
In his premiere with the company Piotr Beczala shines as Rodolfo
Competition, National Happiness, And The Bagging... →
What the National Grocers Association’s Best Bagger Championship “illustrates most is how the recognition for doing something well, and the desire to do it even better that that recognition prompts,…
Bloomington, Ind. Eliminates Staff At Arts Center →
“The Bloomington Area Arts Council has laid off the entire paid staff at a financially struggling arts center. The five employees at the John Waldron Arts Center were told about the layoffs…
Vancouver Symphony Keeps MD Bramwell Tovey For... →
“After a decade of Tovey’s directorship, the VSO is a confident, key player on the arts scene. This has happened at a time when things have never been worse for orchestras
By contrast, the…
A First At Prix De Lausanne Competition: More Boys... →
“This year sees more boys - 36 to the girls’ 34 - taking part for the very first time in the event’s 38-year history.
In all, 70 dancers from all over the world and aged between 15 and 18, have…
The World's Most Stunning Quaker Meeting House →
One wouldn’t expect to apply the word “stunning” to an architectural style so pointedly spare as that of the Quakers. But an 1832 meeting house known simply as The Temple, located about an hour north…
A Mashup Of Live Theatre And Video Gaming →
“An audience of 200 people sits in the Historic Theatre at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Each audience member is given a hand-held gaming controller and, on a big screen, an avatar - a small…
The Problem With Mourning J.D. Salinger →
“[When] the news came this week
it was hard to know how to react. How can you grieve for a writer who has been, for all practical purposes, dead for half a century - one defined by his refusal to…
Will The NY Times Paywall Be Revenue-Neutral? →
That’s what the newspaper’s top execs reportedly think. So why bother with it? “The answer is that a paywall comes with a certain amount of option value. Once it’s implemented, nytimes.com will have…
Cultural… →
Cultural Capital If you are a fan of live performances, arts events and cultural programs, then you should know about CultureCapital.com, The Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington’s Arts &…
@abstanfield Bi-Tweekly →
Is it just me or does this bi-Tweekly have more juice in it than usual? I may be on a roll! If you weren’t watching your Twitter screen 24/7 over the last two weeks–and let’s face it,…
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Video: Tracey Emin, Paula Rego and Mat Collishaw at the Foundling Museum | Art and design | guardian.co.uk
Britain’s first home for abandoned children, now the Foundling Museum in London,…
Baltimore Ballet Turns Ten →
“Rightly or wrongly, Baltimore has a reputation as being inhospitable to dance.
Troupes with national profiles have tried and failed to find a large enough audience here to support them. So when…
Gallery… →
Gallery moves Washington Printmakers will move to their new home at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center tomorrow. Their inaugural opening reception for their 25th Anniversary Reunion Show will be…
Could Escondido's Arts Center Become A Shopping... →
“Escondido’s performing arts center might become a conglomeration of government offices and retail businesses if city officials follow through on a budget-cutting plan that would shut down the…
The World's Most Depressing New Opera, Now Playing... →
“Let’s see, now: In the first part of the opera a blood-soaked violinist dies from gunshot wounds and a child’s father is casually murdered by a self-centred, red-haired woman provocatively dressed…
Pasadena Playhouse's impending closure brings... →
Patrons and staff react to the news that the theater will shut its doors Feb. 7 as a result of financial hardship. When the five-minute bell rang Friday evening in the courtyard of the Pasadena…
January 30, 2010 →
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Intense Seeker of Powerful Elegance →
The very particular artist Steve McQueen gives up the fight and agrees to discuss his new work.
Lyon Biennale - The ex-sugar factory →
Paintings on silos, a new capital of Asia, typographic wallpapers, replica of Shanghai hardware store, EU Green card lottery and porcelain human bones for a biennale that celebrated…
AO Auction Results: Old Master’s Week at... →
Diana and Callisto, Gaetano Gandolfi. Estimate: $800,000 – $1,200,000. Price Realized: $4,114,500
After the success of London’s ‘Old Master Week’ that took place in December 2009,…
Scarlett Johansson finds herself on a new stage --... →
The experienced film actress but theater neophyte is starring in Arthur Miller’s ‘A View From the Bridge.’ Scarlett Johansson started acting early — although she’s just 25 years old, her…
Composer Michael Daugherty hears the sounds of... →
His newest work, for the American Composers Festival, is inspired by Mt. Rushmore. The place reminds him of family vacations. Imagine a postmodern Aaron Copland or Charles Ives with a pop cultural…
Lula Washington: A life changed by dance →
From creating steps for her dance troupe to moves for ‘Avatar’s’ Na’vis, the African American choreographer has done it all. “There is no gum chewing allowed anywhere inside Lula Washington Dance…
Go See – New York: Damien Hirst’s ‘End of an Era’... →
End of an Era (2009) by Damien Hirst, via the Gagosian Gallery
Currently on view at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue are new sculptures and paintings by Damien Hirst….
Borinage 1959 Jeanloup Sieff Black Smoke Magnum... →
Sieff, Jeanloup Borinage - 1959. [Introduction: George Vercheval; Text: Jeanloup Sieff, Léon Fourmanoit]. Ausstellungskatalog, Charleroi, Musée de la…
Opportunity for Artists →
Opportunity for Artists Deadline: Feb 28, 2010 The M-NCPPC space in the Gateway Arts Center is actively seeking both exhibition proposals for the 2010-11 season, as well as craft artists…
A Sculpture that sells itself →
A Sculpture that sells itself (Via artdc.org) Check this out - almost too brilliant to believe.
Sixth Annual Bethesda Painting Awards →
Sixth Annual Bethesda Painting Awards Deadline: Friday, February 26, 2010 The Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District is currently accepting applications for the sixth annual Bethesda Painting…
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On Friday, symposium panelists invite you to learn about do-it-yourself biology, open source science, at home medical genetics, bio-art and DNA chemistry, citizen…
January 29, 2010 →
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Pasadena Playhouse: a time to rethink fundamentals →
Critic’s notebook: The news that the theater will close is sad news all around. Artistic diminishment of this kind is a spiritual loss.
Go See – Los Angeles: Art Los Angeles Contmporary... →
The first Art Los Angeles Contemporary annual international contemporary art fair kicked off last night at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California. Open through January…
Mini-reviews of some top DC area shows →
Dawson on local shows Jessica Dawson has some good mini-reviews of some top DC area shows here.
That's a Richard Misrach Photo on the iPad →
Have you seen all the photos of the new Apple iPad? That landscape photo shown on the screen is an image fine-art photographer Richard Misrach iicensed to Apple in a five-year…
Architecture: Inhabiting a Piece of Art: It’s Not... →
Four films by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine exploring the difficulties of living with architectural masterpieces are on view at the Storefront for Art and Architecture through Feb. 27.
Pasadena Playhouse will close Feb. 7 →
Financial woes forced the decision. Bankruptcy filing is among the options under consideration. The Pasadena Playhouse will close Feb. 7 after the final performance of its current production of…
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Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin - International Center Of Photography
In their “Forest” series, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin explore the politics of landscape in Israel. Since…
Artists Rights Act Applies in Dispute, Court Rules →
A panel found that a 2007 decision favoring the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in a case against the artist Christoph Büchel was wrong.
L.A. says Petersen Automotive Museum owes $121,000... →
The city last month sued the Wilshire Boulevard museum to collect $92,000 in taxes, plus interest and penalties that it says are owed from 2004-2007. The city last month sued the Wilshire…
Using Twitter to enhance your search-engine... →
Guest Blogger: Leonard Olson
I recently discovered something interesting about Google and using social media.
First, a little background.
I am the village kaleidoscope maker in a…
