This is my first post of the thomaswornall.com art blog. This is a test to make sure that everything is working and the CSS is all functional. This blog will have a heavy focus on modern art verse the old masters. It will be about what happened to art to change it to what it is today, what it is today and where it is going. Most of the artist I critique will come from Cristie’s auctions publications and recommended artists. Please feel free to let me know if the page is working for you or not and if you have any recommendations. (more…)
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The New Yorker
- Silvia Killingsworth: Atera in Tribeca review.paragraph class="noindent">New York has seen cupcake and fried-chicken fads, but the city’s current food idol is the ramp, a limp and unassuming wild onion harvested in early spring. Ramps are featured in several dishes at the forager chef Matthew Lightner’s Atera, in Tribeca . . .
- Lorrie Moore: Richard Ford’s terse poetry in “Canada.”Richard Ford is a writer of jangling personal fascination to many in the literary world. Charming and charmed, he is an embodiment of interesting and intimidating contradictions: a Southern childhood, a Midwestern education, a restless adulthood occurring not just in New York and New Jersey but in seemingly every state . . . (Subscription required.)
- James Wood: Laurent Binet’s “HHhH” and historical fiction.The American Ambassador’s residence in Prague was built in the late nineteen-twenties by Otto Petschek. The Petscheks were among the wealthiest families in Czechoslovakia, and the mansion was lavish: long curving corridors, ornate bathrooms, a swimming pool in the basement. The Petscheks were also German-speaking Jews . . .
- Hilton Als: Nathan Lane in Robert Falls’s “The Iceman Cometh.”Is Nathan Lane his generation’s Ethel Merman? While watching him take on the role of Theodore (Hickey) Hickman in Robert Falls’s complicated, intellectually bracing staging of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh” (at the Goodman, in Chicago), I kept imagining Lane . . . (Subscription required.)
- Goings on About Town: The TheatrePageBreak -->OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. COCK The Royal Court produced this play by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald, about a man who breaks up with his boyfriend and falls in love with . . .
- Goings on About Town: Readings and TalksgoatTitle-->WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART The German filmmaker Werner Herzog talks about contemporary art, as well as his contribution to the Biennial, with the co-curators Elisabeth Sussman and Jay Sanders. (945 Madison Ave., at 75th St. 212-570-3600. May 17 at noon.) BOWERY POETRY CLUB Marion . . .
- Goings on About Town: On the HorizonCLASSICAL MUSIC DONE AND DONE May 29 Late spring isn’t exactly a bustling time for Carnegie Hall, as the venue winds down for the off-season. But there is one big feast of music left, offered by Lang Lang, who brings his dashing style and prodigious technique to . . .
- Goings on About Town: Night LifePageBreak -->ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to check in advance to confirm engagements. BEST BUY THEATRE Broadway at 44th St. (800-745-3000)—May 17: The Adicts are a long-running British punk band whose look is . . .
- Goings on About Town: MoviesPageBreak -->OPENING AMERICAN ANIMAL Matt D’Elia directed and stars in this comedy, about a terminally ill man who goes wild when his roommate (Brendan Fletcher) abandons him. Opening May 18. (In limited release.) BATTLESHIP An action thriller, based on the board game . . .
- Goings on About Town: DancegoatTitle-->NEW YORK CITY BALLET In addition to repeat performances of the season’s new ballets—Benjamin Millepied’s “Two Hearts” and Peter Martins’s “Mes Oiseaux”—this week brings the return of Balanchine’s rapturous “Liebeslieder Walzer . . .
- Goings on About Town: Classical MusicPageBreak -->OPERA NEW YORK CITY OPERA To round out City Opera’s first season away from Lincoln Center, George Steel has come up with a true novelty—“Orpheus,” a work by the Baroque master Georg Philipp Telemann, staged at a new venue . . .
- Goings on About Town: ArtPageBreak -->MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Tomás Saraceno: Cloud City.” Through Nov. 4. | “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversation.” Through Aug. 19. | “The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde.” . . .
- Goings on About Town: Above and BeyondgoatTitle-->SACRED SITES OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND The New York Landmarks Conservancy has arranged for a number of houses of worship to receive visitors. They include the Temple Emanu-El (the world’s largest synagogue), the Church of the Incarnation (featuring windows by William Morris, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and . . .
- Emily Nussbaum: How Shonda Rhimes’s “Scandal” portrays race.8220;Scandal,” the new ABC series created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, is the first network TV drama with a black female lead character since 1974. That was the year of “Get Christie Love!,” a blaxploitation-inflected crime series starring Teresa Graves—best known . . .
- David Denby: Jean Cocteau’s “Orpheus” at Anthology Film Archives.Jean Cocteau’s “Orpheus,” from 1950 (at Anthology Film Archives May 19-20), is a magical feast made at a time when magic was produced by nothing more than the malleability of the human body and by the (now peculiar) properties of the film medium, with its twenty . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Wenguang Huang’s “The Little Red Guard” review.Humor is not the first thing one expects from a memoir that occupies itself with burial rites, but this lively chronicle of a Maoist-era family and its contraband coffin inspires as many laughs as it does tears. Huang begins his story in 1973, when, at the age of nine . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: David Vann’s “Dirt” review.Though set in the nineteen-eighties (with cassette tapes and “Bonanza” reruns but no cell phones or e-mail), this California-gothic novel essentially takes place in the realm of myth. Galen, the twenty-two-year-old antihero, lives with his mother in the sequestered walnut orchard where . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Anuradha Roy’s “The Folded Earth” review.Secret romances abound in this novel of life in a Himalayan hill station. The narrator, a young widow, slips into a relationship with an enigmatic trekking guide. A village girl runs away from her forbidding grandmother to find the cook who charmed her and then moved to the city with . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Anne Enright’s “Making Babies” review.8220; ‘MARRIED WOMAN HAS CHILDREN IN THE SUBURBS’—it’s not exactly a call to arms,” Enright acknowledges at the start of this collection of wry memoir pieces on motherhood. Apart from a few gestures toward gender politics (“Why should your time, as a . . . (Subscription required.)
- Ben Greenman: Father John Misty on tour.Though Josh Tillman is best known as the drummer for the indie-folk outfit Fleet Foxes, he is also J. Tillman, a solo act responsible for such fragile, desolate records as “Cancer and Delirium” and “Singing Ax.” Earlier this year, Tillman left Fleet Foxes to focus . . . (Subscription required.)
- Anthony Lane: “Dark Shadows,” “Hysteria” reviews.The new Tim Burton film, “Dark Shadows,” stars Johnny Depp, but then it’s hard to think of a Burton film that doesn’t. The pact between them makes Dietrich and von Sternberg seem like passing acquaintances, and one wonders if there is any character, historical . . . (Subscription required.)
- Sasha Frere-Jones: Pedrito Martinez Quartet’s clave rhythm.The Cuban-born percussionist and singer Pedrito Martinez does not look much like a priest or a bearer of ancient culture. With his high cheekbones, dazzling smile, and gently tapered Mohawk, the thirty-eight-year-old looks about half his age, and has the charisma of a mainstream star, which . . . (Subscription required.)
- Joan Acocella: Henry Hitchings on proper English.For a long time, many English speakers have felt that the language was going to the dogs. All around them, people were talking about “parameters” and “life styles,” saying “disinterested” when they meant “uninterested,” “fulsome” when they meant “full . . .
- Joan Acocella: Doug Fullington performs Marius Petipa at the Guggenheim.At most performances of “Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty,” you’ll see the words “after Petipa” in the program. That’s Marius Petipa, who headed Russia’s Imperial Ballet in the second half of the nineteenth century. As for the . . . (Subscription required.)
- Hilton Als: Cecil Taylor at the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival.The eighty-three-year-old jazz pianist Cecil Taylor is an utterly brilliant and unique American artist, which doesn’t mean that he budges an inch in terms of seducing us into accepting his greatness. For the most part, our monumental poets and musicians and performers make little or . . . (Subscription required.)
- Hannah Goldfield: Thirstbaràvin in Prospect Heights review.paragraph class="noindent">Scientists have suggested that food tastes better when you have to work for it. In an experiment at Johns Hopkins, in 2010, mice were confronted with two levers, one that dispensed a treat after being pressed only once, another that required fifteen presses before it released a . . .
- Goings on About Town: The TheatrePageBreak -->OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. COCK The Royal Court produced this play by Mike Bartlett, directed by James Macdonald, about a man who breaks up with his boyfriend and falls in love with . . .
- Goings on About Town: Readings and TalksgoatTitle-->“ARTS IN MIND” This series, about creativity and mental health, continues on May 9 at 8 with the comedian Maria Bamford, who will discuss the inner lives of comics with the writers Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and Joshua Wolf Shenk and the psychiatrist Donald Rosen. (New School . . .
- Goings on About Town: On the HorizonCLASSICAL MUSIC ICE CAPADES May 24 The Metropolitan Opera finishes its season this week, and the countdown to summer begins. Miller Theatre’s lineup concludes with the International Contemporary Ensemble (known, to one and all, as ICE), performing music by the contemporary Greek iconoclast Georges Aperghis, including . . .
- Goings on About Town: Night LifePageBreak -->ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to check in advance to confirm engagements. BEST BUY THEATRE Broadway at 44th St. (800-745-3000)—May 12: Overkill might not be able to count itself among thrash metal’ . . .
- Goings on About Town: MoviesPageBreak -->OPENING A BAG OF HAMMERS Jason Ritter and Jake Sandvig star in this drama, as a pair of car thieves who raise a neglected young boy. Directed by Brian Crano; co-starring Rebecca Hall. Opening May 11. (In limited release.) DARK SHADOWS A . . .
- Goings on About Town: DancegoatTitle-->NEW YORK CITY BALLET This year’s spring gala has an extra sheen of glamour, with its chic “à la française” theme, costumes by Gilles Mendel and Rodarte, and Natalie Portman as honorary chair. Even Balanchine’s wondrous “Symphony in C . . .
- Goings on About Town: Classical MusicPageBreak -->OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA The Met wraps up its “Ring” cycle, and its season, this week. “Siegfried,” which earned some of the best reviews of Robert Lepage’s four productions, features a strong cast (including Deborah Voigt, Stephen Gould, and Bryn . . .
- Goings on About Town: ArtPageBreak -->MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde.” Through June 3. | “Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition.” Through July 8. | “Rembrandt at Work: The Great Self . . .
- Goings on About Town: Above and BeyondgoatTitle-->BROOKLYN HEIGHTS HOUSE AND GARDEN TOUR The Brooklyn Heights Association’s annual self-guided tour, which includes five historic residences, is scheduled for May 12, from 1 to 5. (For more information, call 718-858-9193, or visit thebha.org.) “SONGS FOR UNUSUAL CREATURES” The composer . . .
- Books: Paul Preston’s “The Spanish Holocaust” review.Barely a month into the military coup that sparked the Spanish Civil War, in 1936, the caretaker of a Granada cemetery was driven mad by the executions being carried out there. His replacement soon had to move away from the site, “because the shots and the cries and screams . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: John Sutherland’s “Lives of the Novelists” review.Billed as “A history of fiction in 294 lives,” this chatty, companionable, undogmatic tome of capsule biographies is arranged chronologically, from John Bunyan (1628-88) to Rana Dasgupta (1971-). Like David Thomson’s “Biographical Dictionary of Film,” this prose brick is designed to be skimmed, dipped . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Herta Müller’s “The Hunger Angel” review.Written in terse, hypnotic prose, this moving novel by a recent Noble laureate is set in a Russian Gulag at the end of the Second World War. The narrator, Leo Auberg, a member of Romania’s German-speaking minority, arrives at the age of seventeen and remains for five . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Aimee Phan’s “The Reeducation of Cherry Truong” review.Propelled by the need to understand her splintering, sprawling Vietnamese family, the eponymous protagonist of this début novel stitches together a multigenerational account drawn from the clandestine correspondence among her parents and grandparents. The journey of the Truongs from war-torn Vietnam to the West is beset by . . . (Subscription required.)
- Alex Ross: The Nashville Symphony plays Charles Ives.Of all the otherworldly sounds that composers invented in the twentieth century, nothing quite matches the cosmic shudder of the opening of Charles Ives’s unfinished “Universe Symphony,” in which nineteen percussionists and a piccolist, each playing in a different meter and at a different tempo, generate . . . (Subscription required.)
- Anthony Lane: “The Avengers,” “Headhunters” reviews.If you are a Marvel fan, then “The Avengers” will feel like Christmas. Thanks to the merry doings of the director, Joss Whedon, all your favorite characters are here, as shiny and as tempting as presents under the tree. You get Tony Stark, better known as Iron Man . . .
- Thomas Mallon: John Irving’s “In One Person.”Readers looking for bears—often seen riding motorcycles or being set free from zoos in John Irving’s fiction—will find only a human, subcultural variant of the species in his new novel, “In One Person” (Simon & Schuster). Bill Abbott, the earnestly bisexual narrator . . . (Subscription required.)
- Richard Brody: Shirley Clarke’s “The Connection” at IFC Center.In 1961, the director Shirley Clarke transformed Jack Gelber’s Off-Broadway play “The Connection”—about a quartet of jazz musicians and their junkie friends waiting for their heroin dealer in a run-down loft—into a disturbing meta-movie. (It opens May 4 at . . . (Subscription required.)
- James Wood: Hilary Mantel’s “Bring Up the Bodies” and Thomas Cromwell.Anthony Powell, in wise-facetious mood, once quoted an English publisher on how to write “a good Jewish novel”: write a good novel, then change all the names to Jewish ones. The joke came to mind while I was reading Hilary Mantel’s “Bring Up the . . .
- Hilton Als: “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” “The Columnist,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” reviews.Nostalgia can be such a comfort, reversing time and washing away the years of regret, loneliness, weight gain, and bad investments. “Nice Work If You Can Get It,” a new musical, with a book by Joe DiPietro (at the Imperial), is nostalgic not only for the classic American . . . (Subscription required.)
- Goings on About Town: The TheatrePageBreak -->OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. THE CARETAKER Jonathan Pryce stars in the 1960 Harold Pinter play, in which two working-class brothers in West London take in a homeless man. Christopher Morahan directs . . .
- Goings on About Town: Readings and TalksgoatTitle-->BOOKCOURT Peter Kaminsky discusses his new book, “Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well).” (163 Court St., Brooklyn. 718-875-3677. May 1 at 7.) WHITE SWALLOW READING SERIES Marie Howe, Dorothea Lasky, and Alex Dimitrov read from their poetry. (Cornelia Street Caf . . .
- Emily Nussbaum: “Game of Thrones” review.For critics, sorting through television pilots is an act of triage. Last year, when “Game of Thrones” landed on my desk, I skimmed two episodes and made a quick call: we’d have to let this one go. The HBO series, based on the best-selling fantasy . . .
- Books: William Boyd’s “Waiting for Sunrise” review.In 1913, when this novel opens, the improbably named protagonist, Lysander Rief, has one main concern: his psychosexual blockage. The dilettante actor has moved to Vienna to begin—with the help of an analyst there—a wholesale excavation of his past. (At one point, Rief consults Sigmund Freud . . . (Subscription required.)
- Books: Victor Cha’s “The Impossible State” review.8220;Industrialized,” “urbanized,” and “high tech” are not words one typically associates with North Korea. Yet, in the wake of the Second World War, as China and the U.S.S.R. vied for influence in the Korean peninsula, it was just that. Since then, political paranoia, economic . . . (Subscription required.)
New York Times
- Arts | Long Island: ‘The Persistence of Pollock’ Is at the Pollock-Krasner House“The Persistence of Pollock,” at the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, showcases 13 pieces that reflect the enduring influence of Jackson Pollock, who was born 100 years ago.
- Arts | New Jersey: ‘Canutopia’ Exhibition, by Ming Fay, at the Grounds for SculptureMing Fay as he put the finishing touches on his show, “Canutopia.”The sculptor Ming Fay, who has been interpreting nature for decades, has an exhibition, “Canutopia,” at the Grounds for Sculpture through February 2013.
- Arts | Westchester: ‘The Westchester Biennial 2012’ Showcases New and Diverse Art
“Just a Taste,” by Galina Dargery, is on display in the “Westchester Biennial” exhibition.Every two years since 1998, the Castle Gallery at the College of New Rochelle has presented a juried exhibition of works of artists based in Westchester County. This year, 21 artists are represented.
- ArtsBeat: Gehry Changes Design for Eisenhower MemorialThe changes came in response to concerns that a youthful statue failed to represent the former president’s significant achievements.
- ArtsBeat: Knoedler Seeks to Have Lawsuit Over Disputed Painting DismissedA collector says he was sold a fake Jackson Pollock painting.
Times Magazine
- Robin Gibb, Bee Gees Co-Founder, Dies at 62The last photographs of Robin Gibb, who died in London on May 20 at the age of 62 from cancer and intestinal problems, show a man almost too frail to support the weight of his trademark blue-tinted glasses. Yet throughout his long illness and even after he slipped into a coma earlier this year, friends [...]

- Robin Gibb, 1949-2012: Remembering the Bee Gees Co-FounderThe Bee Gees founding member died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 62.

- Unstoppable Avengers Sinks Battleship, Ousts The DictatorSomebody Tweet Loki. At least the Nordic nerd-god was able to make trouble for a half-dozen superheroes, and practically wreck Planet Earth, over the two hours-plus of The Avengers. But none of the films that have opened since the Marvel maxi-movie touched down in America on May 4 have mounted even the puniest challenge to [...]

- Community Without Dan Harmon? Suits Axe Auteur, and Fans LoseHarmon was one of a small but growing number of TV creators who are inseparable from their shows. He was also, admittedly, a royal headache of an employee. But by making the show without him, the studio and NBC may be punishing the audience most.

- Lawless: A Crime Drama That's Remorseless—and Often LifelessForrest Bondurant (Tom Hardy), leader of the most powerful moonshining family in Franklin County, Virginia, wears the indestructible armor of legend. His parents died in the 1919 flu epidemic; he survived. He took a few bullets in the course of his rough business and kept going. One night some thugs slit his throat and, folks [...]

Boston Globe
- Judge gives boost to ex-stunt man at 'Spider-Man'Producers of Broadway's "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" were ordered Thursday to turn over any relevant information to a stuntman who claims he suffered a concussion, whiplash and two holes in his knees while performing as the comic book hero.
- Musical of 'Bring It On' leaps to BroadwayCheerleaders are coming back to Broadway. Producers announced Wednesday that "Bring It On: The Musical" will form a complex pyramid in New York as part of the show's 13-city national tour. Its new 12-week stand at the St. James Theatre is set to begin July 12 with an official opening planned for Aug. 1.
- 'Death of a Salesman' recoups its investmentThe revival of "Death of a Salesman" might be terribly sad, but producers are very happy.
- The wild bus ride of Broadway's 'Priscilla' to endThe wild -- and exuberant -- ride of "Priscilla Queen of the Desert" is coming to an end on Broadway.
- 'Water by the Spoonful' to land in New YorkQuiara Alegria Hudes's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Water by the Spoonful," about an Iraq war veteran struggling to find his place in the world, will land in New York in December.
ARTINFO
Lexington Hearld Leader
- Aboriginal artist's message is unmistakableRichard Bell's art makes a big, bold statement before you even walk through the doors of The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky.
- Fash Food: Paint your nails blueWhen the Wildcat faithful adorn themselves in UK colors for Saturday's Final Four action, they'll be wearing one of the hottest hues for spring and summer blue.
- Fash Food: Louisville native launches online boutiqueLouisville native Lisa Griffin has lived in New York for the past three years, working as a model, at a beauty company and for a small handbag designer. Earlier this month, Griffin, 24, launched an online boutique called In Dramatic Fashion Shop, selling limited-edition collections from emerging New York designers. The first exclusive collection, available now, features handmade hats produced with Derby and Keeneland in mind by New York milliner la t te.
- Rich Copley: Prison inmate puts his time to artistic useInstitute 193 director Chase Martin marvels at the intricacy of Marvin Francis' work.
- Merlene Davis: Transy art project a gift to Limestone neighborhoodSometime in April, 1,000 dolls will be placed along Limestone Street between the University of Kentucky and New Circle Road. Anyone finding one may keep it.
- Photographer Jerry Spagnoli's images take viewer back to the presentWalk into most exhibits of the Robert C. May photography series at The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky and you see images of similar styles and sizes. But the current exhibit by Jerry Spagnoli offers a trio of image types: small 19th-century silver plates, large color images and nearly floor-to-ceiling prints that look like images from a surveillance satellite.
- Rich Copley: Transy grad returns to the start of his artistic careerThe first time Trevor Martin created a performance-art piece, it was on a dare.
- Barn of kid-friendly exhibits opens at Kentucky Horse ParkChildren have replaced draft horses at the Kentucky Horse Park, at least at the new interactive Kids' Barn.
Arts Journal
- New York Finally Hears A Star Soprano Who's Rarely In Town"New York likes to think of itself as being the classical music capital of the world. Yet every so often it falls off the flight path of certain eminent musicians. Cecilia Bartoli, Carlos Kleiber, Birgit Nilsson and Brigitte Fassbaender are just a few of the great artists who have skipped New York for long stretches. The same goes for the superb Nina Stemme, widely considered the world's reigning dramatic soprano."...
- Taking Another Look at Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion"Grand Illusion repeatedly shows such examples of the potential for human feelings to bridge national boundaries. It is also a stunning example of Renoir's skillful melding of realism and glittering artifice."...
- As Phantom Tollbooth Turns 50, A Talk With Its Creator"'I started thinking about it,' Norman Juster explains, 'and I came to the conclusion that this kid had gone into a world where everything was correct but nothing was right. That was a feeling I understood.'"...
- Vandals Steal Public Art And Replace It With Dog Poo"Lynn Bennett-Mackenzie had placed 200 small wood houses in 19 locations along a forest trail at Inverewe Gardens, owned by the National Trust of Scotland. But a large part of her work in Wester Ross has been stolen - with bags of dog waste being put in its place among trees nearby."...
- Hey UK, Let's Send The Vestal Virgins Of The Parthenon Back To Greece"To weigh the issue, you need only ask yourself if Elgin's behaviour would be acceptable today. Of course it wouldn't, and nor would we expect to keep the result of such looting. So why do we hold on to these ill-gotten sculptures now?"...
- Yes, There's A Way To Love Going To The Movies Again"I have learned to adore the midnight show as a moviegoing experience. It has become the one lure that draws me unhesitatingly back to the theater. It's not just a raucous party to be endured. It's the one way in which movie theaters can still reliably fulfill their most sacred function."...
- Turkey Called. It Wants Its Cultural Hegemony Back - NowTurkey is building new museums and throwing a lot of money toward visual art and archaeology. "Turkey's cultural plans at home are coupled with an unprecedentedly bold campaign to bring back treasures that it believes were stolen, which now sit in Western museums. These plans enjoy political support across the spectrum and the backing of all Turkey's museum directors. The campaign targets many more objects and museums than the government has so far let on."...
- If Your Writing Life Was About Drugs, And You Stop Doing Them, Then What? "Fun, of course, is something [Jay McInerney has] long been interested in. He had lots of it upon arriving in New York in the early 80s, when he spent his time going to gritty night clubs, snorting coke and squiring various models. These experiences formed the basis for his scabrous debut, Bright Lights, Big City, which was an immediate success when it appeared in 1984, making him both rich and famous. He was soon a member of the literary 'brat pack' - its two other chief members were Bret Easton Ellis and Tama Janowitz - and continued moving in glamorously debauched circles, plundering his life in his fiction."...
- Losing What Makes Philadelphia Itself - Yes, We're Still Talking About The BarnesSure, more people will come to Philly to see the new Barnes. But "the repackaging of the Barnes may also be seen as the latest in a string of changes to Philadelphia that dilute its special character -- advancements that bring Philadelphia into conformity with what visitors from other places may expect, but that also render the city more generic."...
- Adam & Eve + Milton + Global Warming = Jonathan Dove's New OperaJonathan Dove's new "church opera" came about because he took a trip to the Arctic - and decided to make art out of climate change. "I thought Adam and Eve could make a journey down the nave of Salisbury Cathedral that lasted 45 minutes. ... It would cover the time between them being banished from the Garden of Eden and actually walking out of the gate. It would go through their different emotions, remembering how wonderful Eden was and the things they'd lost, but also offering some hope for the future."...
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Modern Kicks
- my world’s grown tired and sickYou know, just to show some variety and range.
- it continuesYou can write me off as white trash.
- the new breed thingIs this now a blog devoted to Lydia Loveless? Could be, could be.
- Testing, one, two, three, this is a test.
- girl troubleI'm not exactly a fan of Dave Hickey, so I've been enjoying the comments here in which he gets roundly criticized, even if it did make me think, "Y'all postin' on a troll video." While I haven't had a chance...
- can you relate?Apropos of nothing, I was struck by this passage from an interview with Hal Foster (via): OH: Yet I think the problem is raised anew by new social art practices and relational aesthetics, art practices that are still very much...
- a heartfelt sentimentPerhaps a bit misogynistic, but impossible not to like: We've all been there.
- recent rotationSeveral months ago a friend at work brought in a compilation of 1970's Philadelphia soul (this one, if I remember correctly.) A lot of it was more than familiar--like listening to my childhood--though none the less welcome for it. The...
Chasing Vincent
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Art for Arts Sake
Christies
Press Releases
- RELEASE: 19th Century European Art including Orientalist Paintings - London, 12 June 2012Release date: 5/18/2012
- RELEASE: Rarest Glenfiddich ever released on offer at Christie's London in June Release date: 5/17/2012
- RESULTS: Magnificent Jewels - Geneva, 16 May 2012Release date: 5/17/2012
- RELEASE: CHRISTIE'S WEEK OF AUCTIONS IN GENEVA TOTALLED US$ 145.7 MILLION - THE HIGHEST RESULT EVER FOR THE SALEROOMRelease date: 5/17/2012
- EXPLORE THE FINER POINTS OF WINE, OPERA AND MODERN ART WITH THE EXPERTS THIS SUMMER IN CHRISTIE’S EDUCATION SHORT COURSES Release date: 5/16/2012
- CHRISTIE’S EDUCATION SUMMER COURSES DELVE INTO TRENDS DRIVING RECORD CONTEMPORARY ART PRICES, AND HOW TO BE A SMART COLLECTORRelease date: 5/16/2012
- RESULTS: Post-War & Contemporary Art - Amsterdam, 16 May 2012Release date: 5/16/2012
- RESULTS: Photographs - London, 16 May 2012Release date: 5/16/2012
- RESULTS: Jewels for Hope: The Collection of Mrs Lily Safra - Geneva, 14 May 2012Release date: 5/15/2012
- POST-SALE RELEASE: ‘JEWELS FOR HOPE : THE COLLECTION OF MRS. LILY SAFRA’Release date: 5/15/2012
- RESULTS: Important Watches - Geneva, 14 May 2012Release date: 5/15/2012
- RESULTS: FINE and RARE WINESRelease date: 5/15/2012
- RELEASE - JEWELS PARIS - June 6 2012Release date: 5/14/2012
- RESULTS: CHRISTIE’S DOMINATES THE WATCH MARKET: GENEVA SPRING AUCTION TOTALS US$32.7 MILLION / SFr. 30.3 MILLIONRelease date: 5/14/2012
- RESULTS: Geneva Important WatchesRelease date: 5/14/2012
- RELEASE: DISCOVERIES OF THE LOST WORLD AT CHRISTIE’S SOUTH KENSINGTONRelease date: 5/11/2012
- RELEASE: IMPORTANT PRINTED BOOKS AND AMERICANA FROM THE ALBERT H. SMALL COLLECTION AT CHRISTIE’S NEW YORKRelease date: 5/11/2012
- RESULTS: London – The auction of Fine and Rare Wines featuring an outstanding single owner collection held on 10 May 2012 Release date: 5/10/2012
- RELEASE - A JOAN MIRO PAINTING FROM DEPARDIEU'S COLLECTION - 23 May 2012Release date: 5/11/2012
- RELEASE: CHRISTIE’S EVENING SALE OF POST-WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART IN NEW YORK TOTALS $388.5 MILLION (£240.9 MILLION/ €299.1 MILLION) Release date: 5/9/2012
- RESULTS: Old Master & 19th Century Paintings - Amsterdam, 8 May 2012Release date: 5/9/2012
- RELEASE: Russian Art - London, 28 May 2012Release date: 5/9/2012
- RESULTS: South Kensington – The Old Masters and British Paintings sale held at Christie’s South Kensington on Friday, 4 May 2012 .Release date: 5/4/2012
- RELEASE: ELEGANCE AT CHRISTIE’S - Vintage and Modern Hermès Handbags to Suit Every StyleRelease date: 5/8/2012
- RESULTS: Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening SaleRelease date: 5/8/2012
- RESULTS: 20th Century Decorative Art & Design - London, 3 May 2012Release date: 5/4/2012
- RESULTS: South Kensington – The Jewellery sale held on Wednesday, 2 May 2012 Release date: 5/2/2012
- RELEASE: HOUSE OF CARDS- Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, 26 May- 28 October 2012Release date: 5/3/2012
- RELEASE: CHRISTIE’S HONG KONG PRESENTS:Unprecedented Collecting Opportunites at SPRING 2012 IMPORTANT WATCHES AUCTIONRelease date: 5/3/2012
- RELEASE: THE VAN CLIBURN COLLECTIONRelease date: 5/3/2012
- RELEASE: 20th Century Decorative Art & Design - London, 3 May 2012Release date: 5/2/2012
- RELEASE: Dipinti Antichi - Milan, 30 May 2012Release date: 5/2/2012
- RELEASE: Milano Gioielli- Milan, 31 May 2012Release date: 5/2/2012
- RELEASE: Arte Moderna e Contemporanea- Milan, 29 and 30 May 2012Release date: 5/2/2012
- RESULTS: Impressionist & Modern Art Day and Works on Paper SalesRelease date: 5/2/2012
- RELEASE: ITALIAN FOCUS - Masterworks of Italian Photography 1945-1975 from the Collection of Paolo MorelloRelease date: 5/1/2012
- RELEASE - IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN ART SALE - PARIS, 23 MAY 2012Release date: 5/1/2012
- RELEASE: A Celebration: The studio of Alberto Morocco and Binrock House, DundeeRelease date: 5/1/2012
- RELEASE: Centuries Of Style; Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes - London, 30 & 31 May 2012 MAYRelease date: 5/1/2012
- RELEASE: CHRISTIE’S LATIN AMERICAN SALE PRESENTS MASTERPIECES BY MATTA, CARRINGTON, PORTINARI & BOTERO ON MAY 22-23Release date: 5/1/2012
- RESULTS: Impressionist & Modern Art Evening SaleRelease date: 5/1/2012
- CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER PROPERTY FROM THE VERTICAL ART COLLECTION™ : WALKING STICKSRelease date: 5/1/2012
- Christie’s Hong Kong Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art presents MILESTONES IN ASIAN ART Release date: 4/30/2012
- RELEASE: FREEDOM:The Art of Stephen Scott YoungRelease date: 4/27/2012
- RESULTS: London – The sale of Antiquities and The Groppi Collection held at Christie’s South Kensington on Thursday, 26 April 2012Release date: 4/26/2012
- RESULTS: A Private Collection Donated To Benefit The University Of Oxford - London, 26 April 2012Release date: 4/27/2012
- RESULTS: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds - London, 26 April 2012Release date: 4/27/2012
- RELEASE: Christie’s Hong Kong presents:Spring 2012 Chinese Imperial Ceramics & Works of Art salesRelease date: 4/27/2012
- POST-SALE RELEASE: London Islamic Week achieves £9.2 million / $13.7 millionRelease date: 4/27/2012
- RESULTS: Islamic & Indian Works of Art & Textiles - London, 27 April 2012Release date: 4/27/2012
Calendar of Events
- Sale 2563: Latin American SaleTuesday, May 22, 2012, 6:30pm, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
- Sale 3528: Ancienne Collection Jeanne et Fernand Moch + Importante Collection Particulière EuropéenneTuesday, May 22, 2012, 7pm, Paris
- Sale 6097: Christie's Interiors - Style & SpiritTuesday, May 22, 2012, 10am, London, South Kensington
- Sale 2563: Latin American SaleWednesday, May 23, 2012, 10am, New York, Rockefeller Plaza
- Sale 3505: Art Impressionniste et ModerneWednesday, May 23, 2012, 4pm, Paris
- Sale 5324: 20th Century British & Irish Art Evening SaleWednesday, May 23, 2012, 6:30pm, London, King Street
- Sale 5327: The English Collector - 500 Years: Decorative Arts EuropeWednesday, May 23, 2012, 2pm, London, King Street
- Sale 6104: Maritime ArtWednesday, May 23, 2012, 1pm, London, South Kensington
- Sale 6258: Mount Congreve: The London SaleWednesday, May 23, 2012, 10:30am, London, King Street
- Sale 5325: 20th Century British & Irish Art Day SaleThursday, May 24, 2012, 2pm, London, King Street
- Sale 2903: Fine and Rare Wines: The Property of a Gentleman Part IISaturday, May 26, 2012, 10:30am, Hong Kong
- Sale 2905: Asian 20th Century & Contemporary Art (Evening Sale)Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 2906: Asian 20th Century Art (Day Sale)Sunday, May 27, 2012, 10am, Hong Kong
- Sale 2907: Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)Sunday, May 27, 2012, 3pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 2910: Fine Chinese Classical Paintings and CalligraphyMonday, May 28, 2012, 2:30pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 5331: Russian ArtMonday, May 28, 2012, 10:30am & 2:30pm, London, King Street
- Sale 1500: Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaTuesday, May 29, 2012, 7pm, Rome
- Sale 2911: Fine Chinese Modern PaintingsTuesday, May 29, 2012, 10am & 3pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 2912: Grandiose and Mysterious - Magnificent Paintings by Cui RuzhuoTuesday, May 29, 2012, 2:30pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 2918: Hong Kong Magnificent JewelsTuesday, May 29, 2012, 1:30pm, Hong Kong
- Sale 6106: Christie's InteriorsTuesday, May 29, 2012, 10am, London, South Kensington
- Sale 1500: Arte Moderna e ContemporaneaWednesday, May 30, 2012, 3pm, Rome
- Sale 1501: Dipinti AntichiWednesday, May 30, 2012, 6pm, Rome
- Sale 2913: The Imperial SaleWednesday, May 30, 2012, 11am, Hong Kong
- Sale 2915: Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of ArtWednesday, May 30, 2012, 2:30pm, Hong Kong
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