Art and Culture

When someone tells me they're finally writing the book, my first question isn't about the book. It's about what happens in month four, once the launch posts have stopped. The numbers…
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Beyond specific formats, Nolan and “The Odyssey” are part of a broader revival of physical film after the digital revolution seemed to have left it for dead.  – The New York Times Source link
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Koons the pop culture figure is often at odds with Koons the artist, causing some deep ambivalence among the art establishment. He’s at once an esoteric conceptualist and a marketing genius rivaled only by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí.…
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The South African poet Sinclair Beiles said that “poetry is a way of committing suicide.” It sounds extreme but has deep resonance for me. My own conviction is that great beauty from great despair unbends the mind, which is every poet’s…
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Is it possible to make qualitative judgements in an unbiased way? Maybe not. Some people feel that the whole idea of making judgements is just another form of cultural oppression. On one level, aesthetic preferences are all cultural.…
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Wearing a Bob Mackie garment, as described by “Charlie’s Angels” star Cheryl Ladd, was a “serene experience.”“There are some bones and things holding it up and underneath there are weights to keep it down.” Ladd described to The Times…
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Organization Located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles along the city’s renowned Grand Avenue cultural corridor, Colburn is an internationally recognized performing arts institution dedicated to providing the highest quality…
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At 7:25 p.m., leaders of the opera walked onstage and told the patrons settling into their seats for an 8 p.m. performance that the opera had been canceled. An outdoor performance set for Sunday at Golden Gate Park, part of the opening…
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