“After 30 years of splitting his time between the tony enclaves of Manhattan and Bridgehampton, he has recently set about leaving much of his old life behind: filing for divorce from his wife, Leslie, after 43 years of marriage, disappearing for the winter to live virtually alone in a new apartment on Miami Beach and retreating from his summer friends to the crowded isolation of Long Beach. Even when Close ventures into the city for a gallery opening these days, he will often turn up in some outlandish costume, in fabrics printed with giant starfish and sunflowers, with lipstick smeared across his face and billowing, extravagant scarves.”
How Much Ear Did Van Gogh Really Cut Off? There’s Some New Evidence
“A [recently discovered] note written by Félix Rey, a doctor who treated van Gogh at the Arles hospital, contains a drawing of the mangled ear.” Problem is, the note contradicts some key eyewitness testimony.
Theatre Etiquette Is All Over The Place These Days, And Audiences Are Confused, Says Editor
Alastair Smith, print editor of The Stage: “[Once,] the rules may not have been written down, but they were clear and strict … Then along came jukebox musicals that asked you to dance along to a megamix. At Shakespeare’s Globe, actors started engaging with the groundlings. … Next, immersive theatre asked audiences to touch the set, to react to the actors. … Rules of audience engagement vary wildly from one show to the next. And the expectations of what one audience member finds permissible also varies from one person to the next.”
Louvre Releases An App So You Can Find Your Way Through The Place
“This month the Louvre introduced a geo-locator application for multimedia devices that can instantly calculate a path through the museum from da Vinci’s Mona Lisa to Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa. The app is a key part of a 53.5 million euro, or $59 million, project to make the museum more user-friendly and accessible to its more than eight million annual visitors.”
JACK Quartet Loses Two Of Its Founders
“Founded in 2007, JACK has become an important ensemble with a reputation for adventurousness and for championing new work. … The personnel change adds a new wrinkle to the quartet’s name. JACK is an acronym made up of the first letters of the first names of its original musicians.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 07.12.16
Responding to Pain
Communities are hurting. What is your arts organization doing in response? The answer to this question is a powerful indicator (forgive me: “metric”) of the depth and quality of institutional commitment to and capacity for engagement. … read more
AJBlog: Engaging Matters Published 2016-07-12
Shiner Whiner: Warhol Museum’s Director Joins the Flight from Museum to Market
Should museum directors and curators parlay their nonprofit contacts into for-profit pursuits? … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2016-07-12
Other Places: Bill Crow on Dave McKenna
Bassist Bill Crow’s column “The Band Room” is an event New York musicians look forward to each month. … In the current issue, he remembers a pianist whose artistic scope, adaptability, swing and idiosyncratic personality made him a favorite of a wide variety of musicians and listeners. … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-07-12
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