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Please try again later. Culture - International Herald Tribune Baryshnikov leaps behind the lens in a bold new turn (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) As photographer, Mikhail Baryshnikov's images reveal an entirely unorthodox style, as the title of his new exhibition at 401 Projects in New York, "Merce My Way," reveals. His subject is the equally unorthodox work of another dance artist, Merce Cunningham. Lee Isaac Chung transcends linguistic borders (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The Korean-American director made his film "Munyurangabo" in Rwanda's native language of Kinyarwanda as a way of making a film for and about Rwandans. It's all in the (Chanel) bag: Art meets fashion (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The exhibition Chanel Mobile Art in Hong Kong until April 5 is showcasing the work of 20 international artists. The show will move to Tokyo in July and New York in September. In 2009, it will be shown in London, Moscow and Paris. A passion for Chinese works drives New York sale (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Christie's sold $26.3 million of Chinese art on Wednesday. The rage that drove buyers, half of whom came from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, astonished professionals. Store in a cool, fertile place: 1950s California (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) California cool, as seen at the show at the Addison Gallery of American Art, is laid back yet cleanly articulated, impersonal yet intimate, and seriously playful. 'Horton' hears too much clowning, but its animation soars (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The animation in " Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" is free, supple and brightly colored. But the star whose presence is clearly meant to be its gold-plated guarantee of success - Jim Carrey as Horton - is also the source of its most egregious failure. Black audiences: The new Broadway touchstone (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The all-black Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" last week sold nearly $700,000 in tickets. The audience was estimated to be 70 to 80 percent black. The hard facts are coming in that black theatergoers are "a viable audience" for Broadway "that can sustain a production." Dan Ariely: Learning to ward off those bad decisions (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) A behavioral economist at MIT, Ariely is author of the new book "Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions." In it, he explores the varieties of nonsensical economic thinking. The terrible toll of art anxiety (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Many would-be art buyers are intimidated by galleries, worried about making unfashionable choices or otherwise unable to commit to a purchase. British memoirist Sebastian Horsley is denied U.S. entry (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Sebastian Horsley, a British author who has written an eyebrow-raising memoir detailing a life of rampant drug use and voluminous encounters with prostitutes, was turned back at Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday. Whitney museum to receive $131 million gift (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Leonard Lauder, the cosmetics executive and chairman of the Whitney Museum of American Art, said on Tuesday that his art foundation would give the museum $131 million. Anthony Minghella, 54, Oscar-winning director, dies (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Minghella, a British filmmaker, won the Academy Award for "The English Patient." His films also included "Breaking and Entering," "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain." Eddie Izzard really wants to act (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Eddie Izzard, the surreal wit who may be the the most brilliant stand-up comedian of his generation, veils a methodical determination to be taken seriously in drama. Bertelsmann mulls sale of its global book, music club business (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Media group Bertelsmann AG on Tuesday reported a sharp decline in 2007 profit and said it was considering all options for its struggling Direct Group book and record clubs, an acknowledgment that the popularity of digital media has dented demand for CDs and books. 'Young Frankenstein': A 'bold' backpedaling from premium ticket prices (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) When "Young Frankenstein," the new Mel Brooks musical, opened on Broadway last year, it became almost shorthand for sky-high ticket prices. Now, with sales falling, it's the only commercial production there selling all tickets at or below face value. Book Review: Our Daily Meds (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) "Could drugs be killing people but escaping all blame?" Melody Petersen asks in "Our Daily Meds." Given the information that her book uncovers, this a purely rhetorical question Phyllis Spira, 64, Cape Town ballerina, dies (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Spira won international renown during her three-decade career with the Capab Ballet and co-founded Dance for All to spread dance classes into the townships. Alice Rawsthorn: Video game, the ultimate design fantasy (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Video games create entirely artificial environments where everything is conceived and constructed by the development team, which not only determines how the characters, buildings, landscapes and props will look, but what they'll do, and how they'll do it. People: Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz, Aretha Franklin, J.K. Rowling (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The former wife of the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has remarried at the Rainbow Room in New York's Rockefeller Center, French newspapers reported Monday. Though details about the nuptials have been kept under wraps, Le Figaro and Liberation said Cécilia Ciganer-Albéniz, the former first lady, married Richard Attias, an events planner, Sunday night. The wedding ceremony and reception on the 65th floor Rainbow Room, which offers panoramic views of New York, culminated three days of private festivities, Le Figaro said on its Web site. The ceremony was scheduled to draw 150 guests, and festivities began with a party Friday at Attias's house in Connecticut, the report said. Ciganer-Albéniz and Attias on Saturday attended the Abba-inspired musical "Mamma Mia!" at a Broadway theater. The marriage will be the third for Ciganer-Albéniz, 50. Attias, 48, a Moroccan-born multimillionaire, is the president of the Paris-based Publicis Events Worldwide. Ciganer-Albéniz had tried to keep her wedding plans secret but word leaked out this month when Versace announced that the couple had chosen the Milan fashion house to dress them for their nuptials. She reportedly canceled the order and requested a new couturier following the announcement. B-52s new album jumps back to the future (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) On the eve of "Funplex" (Astralwerks), the band's first studio release in 16 years, the B-52s are reckoning with a new frontier that barely resembles the one they imagined on optimistic tracks like their 1983 single "Song for a Future Generation." The French director Sciamma's portrait of teenage love (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Céline Sciamma's "Naissance des pieuvres" (Water Lilies), starring Adèle Haenel, Pauline Acquart and Louise Blachère, is a cunningly plotted coming-of-age story of teenage girls in the bedrock of awakening passions. A fond look at Lennon's 'Lost Weekend' (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) May Pang's new book, "Instamatic Karma," is a 140-page collection of casual photos that Pang took during her time with John Lennon. Pushing 'Batman' into new and darker directions (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Can the director Christopher Nolan's vision of Batman in "The Dark Knight" maintain its hold on comic fans and critics and, at the same time, expand its reach to a wider audience? 'The Bank Job' revisits the walkie-talkie gang's robbery (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The film, directed by Roger Donaldson and starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows, fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London vault cleanout labeled the walkie-talkie robbery. In a torrent of creativity, Erykah Badu is back (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) "New AmErykah, Part One (4th World War)" is the first full-length album in eight years for the R&B singer Erykah Badu. She is also planning a sequel record, due in the summer, and an unrelated retro-minded album, "Lowdown Loretta Brown," scheduled for the fall. "Tootsie": A comedy made to be memorized (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) A large part of the enjoyment of "Tootsie" is the happy anticipation of trying out the material on your own stage. And that's what makes it great. Movie Review: 'The Other Boleyn Girl' (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) More slog than romp, "The Other Boleyn Girl" tells the salacious story of two hot blue bloods who ran amok and partly unclothed in the court of Henry VIII. Art Review: 'Be Kind Rewind' (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Michel Gondry's current exhibition at Deitch Projects is a serious but flawed effort to carry over into the real world the do-it-yourself creativity behind his film, "Be Kind Rewind." 'Semi-Pro': An alpha-male's quest for center-court glory (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) "Semi-Pro," Will Ferrell's latest star vehicle, isn't as tenderhearted as "Elf," nor does it hit the surreal peaks of "Anchorman," but it finds the sweet spot between sports melodrama and parody, and hammers it for 90 diverting minutes. Remembering (only) the horrors (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The first large-scale scientific test of family planning took place in Khanna, India, beginning in the early 1950s. Backed by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers asked 8,000 villagers how often they had sex, whether they wanted to conceive and the details of the women's menstrual cycles. The researchers met the villagers monthly and provided contraceptives, while closely monitoring another group that was given no contraceptives. After five years, the women given contraceptives had a higher birth rate than those who hadn't received any assistance. The East-West divide: The roots of enmity (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) When Napoleon Bonaparte led his army into Egypt in 1798, he had more than military conquest on his mind. Along with 30,000 soldiers, his entourage included what amounted to a mobile university, complete with economists and poets, architects and astronomers, a balloonist, and a baritone from the Paris Opera. They carried with them a library of a thousand books, featuring Montesquieu and Rousseau, Montaigne and Voltaire, and other classics of the Western canon. Impressionism in a softer, domestic light (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt has grouped roughly 150 works by four women Impressionists - Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, Eva Gonzalès and Marie Bracquemond - into an exhibit that has the feel of a retrospective. A sense of urgency drives Maastricht art fair (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, which closes on Sunday, has been a huge success, demonstrating yet again that no serious collector can afford not to be present. Peter Mark Roget: Bringing order to world of words (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The "categorical imperative" means something quite different, but it does sound like the right term for the self-protective psychological urge that drove Peter Mark Roget, creator of the Thesaurus, to classify and categorize all manner of things over a long lifetime. Early glimpses of Némirovsky's talent (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) There are few sadder or more frantic pieces of literary exegesis than the surviving draft of a letter written by Michel Epstein to the German ambassador in occupied France on July 27, 1942 - two weeks after the arrest of Epstein's 39-year-old wife, the novelist Irène Némirovsky. Getting to the heart of the gender divide (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Why do girls on average lead boys for all their years in the classroom, only to fall behind in the workplace? Do girls grow up and lose their edge, while boys mature and gain theirs? Ten years ago, no one would have thought to ask. Anchoring Edo Japan, a 'floating world' of pleasure (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) An exhibition at the Asia Society in New York through May 4 traces the rise of ukiyo-e, the paintings and woodcuts that depicted the "floating world" of leisure and luxury in urban Japan during the 17th and 18th centuries. Is Whitney's subdued biennial a sign of the times? (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The Whitney art show this year takes lowered expectations - lessness, slowness, ephemerality, failure (in the words of its young curators, Henriette Huldisch and Shamim Momin) - as its theme. It is the smallest edition in a while and is an unglamorous, even prosaic affair. At art fair, the A-list includes Rembrandt (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) Collectors, curators, museum directors and auction house experts have flocked to Maastricht in record numbers in recent days, yet so far sales at the European Fine Art Fair have been mixed, many dealers said. Vanity Fair's iconic images, from soulful to glossy (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) "Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008" at the National Portrait Gallery in London (until May 26) is a glamorous record of social, political and show business history, with images by photographers from Edward Steichen and Man Ray to Michael Thompson and Annie Liebovitz. A homecoming of sorts for Keith Haring in Lyon (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The largest retrospective ever devoted to the artist includes paintings, drawings and sculptures. The exhibit, which runs through June 29, fills the entire Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon. From gems to duds, Charles Gillot's collection kills a myth (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:50:40 GMT) The 455 works of art, ranging from Ancient Egypt to Medieval Europe to Japan, from Gillot's collection that Christie's sold on Tuesday and Wednesday for nearly €18 million, or $27.28 million, ranged from brilliant to third-rate. Los Angeles Times - The Arts Live: 'Culture Clash in AmeriCCa' (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The trio's latest show rolls out the snapshots of human behavior, taking an amusing look at the nation's differences and shared values.
Laughter is a great unifier. It's a principle that Culture Clash well understands. For 23 years, this trio of comedian-actor-activists has gleefully tipped sacred cows, passed around some very amusing snapshots of human behavior and, above all, instilled the hope that, one day, we'll all finally notice the beautiful, intricate web of shared values that exists beneath our surface differences. Live: Double Edge (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The two-piano duo performs Messiaen for Santa Monica's new-music series, Jacaranda.
Easter eve. Spring's second day, and Purim's. The moon, coming off full, hangs over Santa Monica Bay. The weather is balmy. Night-blooming jasmine perfumes soft air. Lovers walk hand in hand. Beyond the song and dance (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Priscilla Lopez, a featured player in the original 'Chorus Line,' inspired her current Broadway costar.
NEW YORK -- It was nearly 35 years ago when Priscilla Lopez sat in a circle with a group of other Broadway dancers and told her life story to director and choreographer Michael Bennett. The meeting became the stuff of Broadway lore. 'Women and War' at Highways Performance Space (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Moments of intrigue and wit to savor.
The relationship of gender to geopolitics was the premise for the timely, eclectic showcase "Women and War" at Highways Performance Space on Friday night. Curated by Samantha Giron, the program highlighted emerging female choreographers from Northern and Southern California. REDCAT reveals a shift in graphic design. (Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Works by Geoff McFetridge and Ed Fella shows how lines between commerce and creativity have blurred.
SITTING on Geoff McFetridge's work table in an Atwater Village studio, there's a man holding a trombone that's turning into a chair. A dog's face bursts from the hoodie of a phantom figure. An umbrella shelters a man holding an ice cream cone, a half-circle and triangle forming a spare ink-black silhouette. The caption awaits. A full dance card at 'Success' academy (Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Students at the Inglewood win LA Ballroom 2008.
IT was a mad hot ballroom last Sunday at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles as 60 students from six L.A. area schools strutted their stuff to the merengue, rumba, tango, fox trot and swing at LA Ballroom 2008. The team from the Culture and Language Academy of Success in Inglewood took home the first-place trophy. 'Famous Puppet Death Scenes' (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The Canadian group visits Orange County with a lively bunch of puppets contemplating mortality.
Puppets don't bleed. At least not real blood. This anatomical axiom means the violence in "Famous Puppet Death Scenes" is safe enough for children -- with some reservations. Tired Tchaikovsky piece look good (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) The violinist's technique stands out in her debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Janine Jansen , who made her Los Angeles Philharmonic debut Thursday night playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto at Walt Disney Concert Hall, is Holland's contribution to the international tribe of attractive young violinists. Like most of them, she has a first-rate technique but has been marketed for sex appeal. She is statuesque, graceful, sinuous, 30 years old. Vermeer surely would have wanted to paint her. That, though, is not enough these days to stand out as a violin soloist, an occupation for which the unlovely need not apply. Chan and Chana are made for each other (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700) Their names are alike, but Chan and Chana's differences are what fuel their music.
She is a New York-born Dominican who found her way to L.A. via Miami. He's the Chinese/Peruvian son of a U.N. diplomat who bounced around the globe before settling here too. She's an aspiring singer raised on salsa and merengue. He's a budding producer who creates hip beats but still gets goose bumps when he hears Peru's traditional música criolla . NYT > Arts Music Review: Aretha Franklin's Evening (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:50:49 GMT) An announcer hailed Aretha Franklin as the Empress of Music at Radio City Music Hall on Saturday night before reverting to her usual title, the Queen of Soul. Waging the Iraq War From Safely Inside the Beltway (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:41:29 GMT) Barely a shot is fired in the two-and-a-half-hour opening installment of "Bush's War," a two-part "Frontline" report beginning Monday on PBS. But there are hostilities aplenty. Cachao, Mambo's Inventor, Dies at 89 (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:11:28 GMT) Israel Cachao López transformed the rhythm of Cuban music when he and his brother, the pianist and cellist Orestes López, extended and accelerated the final section of the stately Cuban danzón into the mambo. Arts, Briefly: Mutis Flu Leads to Philharmonic Debut (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:42:59 GMT) Flu has forced Riccardo Muti out of concerts with the New York Philharmonic this week. He will be replaced by Michael Christie, right, who will make his debut as conductor of the orchestra, leading works by Elgar and Copland on Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday at 11 a.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m. At all three concerts Pinchas Zukerman will be featured as the soloist in Elgar's Violin Concerto. Mr. Christie will also conduct at 2 p.m. Saturday, when the program will include Schubert's Octet, performed by musicians from the orchestra, followed by Copland's Third Symphony. Mr. Christie has been the music director of the Brooklyn Philharmonic and the Phoenix Symphony since 2005 and is also the music director of the Colorado Summer Music festival and principal guest conductor of the Queensland Orchestra in Australia, where he was chief conductor until 2004. He came to international attention in 1995 when he won a special prize for outstanding potential at the First International Sibelius Conductors' Competition, in Helsinki. Arts, Briefly: ‘Horton' Hears Ka-Ching (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:33:25 GMT) "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who" held on to first place at North American box offices over the weekend, while three new releases broke into the Top Five. "Horton," a 20th Century Fox release, grossed an estimated $25.1 million in its second week, beating "Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns" (Lionsgate). In its debut that film, a comedy and morality tale starring Angela Bassett, took in $20 million, according to the box-office tracking company Media by Numbers. Another newcomer, the horror tale "Shutter" (Fox), finished third, with $10.7 million, followed by "Drillbit Taylor" (Paramount), a comedy starring Owen Wilson, which rang up $10.2 million in its first weekend. Fifth place went to another holdover, "10,000 B.C." (Warner Brothers), which grossed $8.6 million in its third week. Arts, Briefly: Early, Early Beatles (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:44:04 GMT) Lawyers for the Beatles are suing to thwart distribution of previously unreleased recordings supposedly made during Ringo Starr's first performance with the band, at the Star Club in Hamburg, West Germany, in 1962, The Associated Press reported. Under the title "Jammin' With the Beatles and Friends, Star Club, Hamburg, 1962," the eight tracks are said to include Paul McCartney singing Hank Williams's "Lovesick Blues" and Mr. McCartney and John Lennon singing "Ask Me Why." Apple Corps, the London company formed by the Beatles, maintains that the songs were taped without their consent, and that Fuego Entertainment of Miami Lakes, Fla., and two sister companies have no right to distribute them. Apple's lawsuit contends that the recordings are of poor quality and that circulating them "dilutes and tarnishes the extraordinarily valuable image associated with the Beatles." Paul LiCalsi, a lawyer for Apple Corps, said, "This appears to us to be a garden-variety bootleg recording." Hugo Cancio, the president of Fuego, said: "Don't claim that these were just bootlegged. It's not like today, that you just go in with a phone or BlackBerry and you record." He added: "The world deserves to hear these tracks. The fact is that we have it, they don't, and that is what's bothering them.". Arts, Briefly: London Rings Folds (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:43:17 GMT) The $25 million London production of "The Lord of the Rings," above, will close at the Theater Royal Drury Lane on July 19 after 492 performances, Broadway.com reported from London. The Guardian of London reported that the show would enter the record books as one of the West End's costliest failures, and it noted that the show had also flopped in Toronto, where its budget was a reported $23 million. Nevertheless, Broadway.com said, the producers are discussing a German-language version, to open in Germany next year, as well as tours of New Zealand, Australia and Asia. Arts, Briefly: Dueling Marley Films (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:44:24 GMT) Competing films about the reggae star Bob Marley, above, are sparring over his music and the timing of their release dates, Reuters reported. The adversaries are the makers of a Weinstein Company drama and a Martin Scorsese documentary. Marley's family, including his son Ziggy Marley, executive producer of the Scorsese film, has refused to license any of his music for the Weinstein film, even though Marley's widow, Rita Marley, is its executive producer. The Scorsese documentary is being produced by Tuff Gong Pictures, owned by the Marley family, and Steven Bing's Shangri-La, which has licensed Marley songs. The family members say they believe the Weinstein drama's release date, expected to be late 2009, would conflict with the planned opening of their documentary, February 2010. (Marley was born on Feb. 6, 1945; he died in 1981.) Chris Blackwell, president of Blue Mountain Music, publisher of Marley's music, said he expected an agreement soon under which Weinstein would take a stake in the documentary and agree to postpone its drama. Arts, Briefly: Arthur C. Clarke Buried (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:44:33 GMT) A minute's silence was ordered across Sri Lanka on Saturday as the visionary British science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was buried in a plot in the General Cemetery in the capital, Colombo, Agence France-Presse reported. Tamara Ekanayake, daughter of his business partner, Hector Ekanayake, said, "He wanted us to write on his tombstone: ‘Here lies Arthur Clarke. He never grew up but didn't stop growing.' " Clarke was 90 when he died on Wednesday. Family, friends, schoolchildren and space buffs walked behind his coffin as the police and security personnel led the way to the cemetery. Clarke had asked for a funeral without political pomp or religious rites, but politicians, a dozen Buddhist monks and a Catholic priest joined the mourners and watched as his body was buried. The government asked people to observe a minute of silence at midafternoon, when the burial took place, and a newspaper headline mourned the "final voyage of a titan.". Arts, Briefly: Roman Relics Retrieved (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:43:30 GMT) About 1,000 ancient artifacts found in the country home of a wealthy engineer outside Rome have been traced by archaeologists to one of Emperor Trajan's first-century villas, CBC News reported. The archaeologists said the pieces, used as decorations in the engineer's weekend residence, came from the walls of what is believed to have been Trajan's hunting retreat in Arcinazzo Romano. The suspect in the case has not been identified because the matter remains under investigation, and he is not in police custody. The police did not provide a date for their raid on the home but indicated that it took place more than a year ago. NYT > Art - Narrowed by 'LOUVRE' Stolen Art on Display in a Search for OwnersIn a remarkable feat of cooperation between France and Israel, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem has opened an exhibition of important art looted by the Nazis from France and then returned after the war. Masterpiece Home TheaterThanks to super-high-resolution reproductions, computer screens (and even BlackBerrys) now show us art literally in a new dimension. Serenading Sculptures in Dance at LouvreThe American dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones has created a 55-minute work called "Walking the Line," which has magically brought to life a section of the Louvre normally frozen in the past. The Louvre Now Accepts the LivingAnselm Kiefer's work, which will go on display Thursday, will be the first permanent contribution to the Louvre's décor since 1953. A Symbol of Freedom and a Target for TerroristsProximity is the cost, and virtue, of a civil and democratic society. We run the risk that some lunatic or self-promoter will violate the public trust of an open space because we value that space as a democratic ideal. Arcimboldo's Feast for the EyesThe glad mobs in Paris, forming polite, cheerful scrums before these stately paintings of people with vegetable faces and fish eyes seem to recognize in Arcimboldo something of the French impulse to bring order to everything. New French Museum Embraces ArchitectureAt a low-key ceremony on Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France inaugurated La Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, (the City of Architecture and Heritage) in Paris, which reopened after a $114 million, decade-long makeover. The Industry of Art Goes GlobalToday, the reigning values of the art world are money, prestige and power. As a result, museums have become part of a globalized creative industry. Gift Horses? Bring Them OnPatrons of art institutions are now redefining what they donate by offering gifts like insurance, houses and industrial glass. NPR Topics: Arts & Culture Another 'NPR' Crops Up at Whitney Biennial (Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:46:00 EDT) The curators of the Whitney Biennial have helped set up a temporary radio station two doors down from the Whitney Museum's building in New York City. Neighborhood Public Radio producers and hosts see their station as a way to give everyday people access to the airwaves. 'Bob and Ray,' Masters of the Subtle Spoof (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:06:00 EDT) From the 1940s until the 1980s, the radio and TV comedy duo of Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding brought laughter to millions of Americans. Their subtle, slow-paced humor often spoofed the newsmen and talking heads that filled the media in which they worked. George Clooney Takes Premiere to Kentucky (Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:09:00 EDT) The movie Leatherheads will make its debut in Maysville, Ky., several thousand miles and light years away from Hollywood. The mayor of the town discusses Maysville's brush with Tinseltown glamour. Sugar in the Milk: A Parsi Kitchen Story (Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:01:00 EDT) Niloufer Ichaporia King lives in a house with three kitchens. She is known for her ritual celebrations of Parsi New Year on the first day of spring, when she creates an elaborate ceremonial meal based on the auspicious foods and traditions of her vanishing culture. 'Generation Kill' Ready to Deploy on HBO (Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:44:00 EDT) On the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war, journalist Evan Wright discusses his experiences with the "1st Suicide Battalion." The events were so dramatic, says the "hot" Sgt. Reyes who plays himself, that exaggeration was not necessary. Director Anthony Minghella Dies (Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:46:00 EDT) The Oscar-winning director of The English Patient was 54. His films include the critically acclaimed Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Hollywood Makeovers, Frame by Frame (Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT) Films are edited digitally, get their sound digitally — and increasingly rely on technologies that can change the colors of a costume or a background digitally. Even a star's frown lines can be banished -- by artists like Stefan Sonnenfeld, pictured -- with a mouse click. Smithsonian Picks New Chief to Build Trust, Funding (Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:27:00 EDT) The nation's "attic" has a new chief. Wayne Clough has been named secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He is currently president of Georgia Tech, where he has a proven track record of running a large public institution. Now more than ever, the Smithsonian needs an adept leader who can restore the public trust. Wilson's 'Century Cycle' Runs at Kennedy Center (Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:07:00 EDT) For the first time, August Wilson's famed Century Cycle -- a series of 10 plays about the African-American experience -- will be presented under one roof. The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., will stage the works in chronological order this month. French 'Justice' Follows New CD to the U.S. (Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:12:00 EDT) Former graphic designers Gaspard Auge and Xavier de Rosnay met by chance and discovered a shared love of dance music. Together, they put down their design tools, picked up skills at remixing and audio editing, and created their own sound. High-Tech Hunt Aims to Find Missing Da Vinci Mural (Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:01:00 EDT) An Italian engineer believes a mural by Leonardo da Vinci that hasn't been seen for 500 years is hidden behind another wall painting, and he says he can prove it. Maurizio Seracini plans to use an energy beam that can read pigments through walls. Catwoman: Feminine Power, on the Prowl (Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT) With a shadowy past and a dark allure, Catwoman has been a compelling figure, for women and men alike. But she's anything but static. Her character, like her costume, has changed over time, from conflicted villain to damaged but empowered antihero. Blanche DuBois: Chasing Magic, Fleeing the Dark (Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:00:00 EDT) She's one of theater's Everest roles, exhausting, perilous -- and irresistible to any actress with a sense of adventure. Even Marge Simpson couldn't resist her. NPR's Lynn Neary asks why Streetcar is such a wild ride. Taking Over the World One Sweater at a Time (Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:13:00 EDT) Photos of Leslie Hall in bejeweled sweaters turned her into an Internet star. But an influx of fans left her in debt, so she squeezed into a gold lame bodysuit and started rapping. |