"O’Grady developed a loyal following for artworks that often proved unclassifiable. She produced photographs, collages, and performances, and wrote frequently. … Her art critiqued racism, misogyny, and privilege, but it did so using methods that were ambiguous and occasionally even tough to interpret." - ARTnews
Schjeldahl’s death was not just the death of a person but of a whole approach to writing about art. It was an approach that many people loved and that some people hated, because, on the surface, it seemed like he had turned art and language into one large epicurean buffet. - The Nation
Son of legendary tabla player Alla Rakha, who was drummer of choice for Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, Hussain grew up playing alongside those superstars. He was considered the greatest tabla player of his generation and collaborated widely with musicians in other genres, from Yo-Yo Ma to Mickey Hart. - BBC
Best-known to the wider public for his score to Godard's film Breathless, he was one of the first European jazz musicians to get enthusiastic support from the likes of Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson, and he went on to a nearly seven-decade career of world renown. - The Guardian
Kohn “devoted his career to decoding, defending and disseminating the work of Hannah Arendt,” ensuring her work was in the public eye even as totalitarian ideas began to rise again. - The New York Times
“Culture shock is a constructive thing. It’s the growing pains of a broadening perspective. ... I want to go home a little bit different, a little less afraid, a little more thankful, a little better citizen of the planet.” - The New York Times
"Archeologists have discovered what they believe to be the tomb of Saint Nicholas, the (third-century) philanthropic Greek bishop and inspiration behind Santa Claus. The six-foot-long limestone sarcophagus was found within the two-story annex of St. Nicholas Church in Demre, Antalya, Turkey, long considered the final resting place of the Saint. - Euronews
“Booksellers save lives. Period,” Patterson said in a statement released Tuesday through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. “I’m happy to be able to acknowledge them and all their hard work this holiday season.” - AP News
Just what was Kreskin’s talent? “I am not a psychic, an occultist or fortune teller. I am not a mind reader, medium or hypnotist. I am a scientist, a researcher in the field of suggestion and ‘extrasensory’ perceptions. I perform what I discover.” - The Hollywood Reporter
"In the months since the revelations, I revisited Munro’s stories, spoke with members of her family and tracked down a number of her unpublished letters. Munro’s appalling failures as a mother seem to have been an imaginative incitement, instrumental to her artistic project." - The New York Times Magazine
"A poet of rage and revolution as well as love and longing, (she) emerged as a fiery voice of Black liberation in the 1960s before honing a more tender, meditative style in best-selling books for children and adults." - The Washington Post (MSN)
Chiung Yao "helped shape the idea of romantic love for generations,” with more than 60 novels and short story collections published, and countless movies and TV adaptations from her work. - The New York Times
Bernadette Peters, with whom he often worked, said, "The orchestras loved him. He had a great sense of humor and they respected his musicianship. … He knew what I was going to do before I did it.” - The New York Times
“The golden-haired Ms. Pinal, who collected more than 100 film and television credits in a career that began in the late 1940s, was known for balancing urbane glamour with saucy humor and sensuality” - and for working with Luis Buñuel on the Palme d’Or-winning Viridiana. - The New York Times
Nakayama was “a reigning J-pop star of the 1980s who broke through to become a critically acclaimed dramatic actress and gained international attention.” - The New York Times
