“Yes, we actually looked at mid-century photographers who were photojournalists. A large part of them happened to be women, people like Ruth Orkin, Esther Bubley, Helen Levitt and then later Vivian Maier. These were photographers who were starting to experiment in color. So that gave me the idea of trying to reference a visualization of, let’s say, early Ektachrome, rather than Kodachrome, rather than color negative. And that’s why the colors have this kind of coolness/warm mixture.”
The Pattern Of Classical Grammy Nominations
“One development in the classical-music Grammys during the last several years has been the inclusion of more diverse corners of this vast field. For many, that is a good thing — better than having Georg Solti (still the all-time Grammys champ), Vladimir Horowitz or the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra dominate year after year, as in the past. Yet patterns sometimes persist.”
Is Moss The Future Of Architecture?
“Building materials are designed specifically to resist growth, and much research has been done to develop paint treatments and biocides that make sure the concrete and wood and bricks that sheath a building aren’t colonized by living things. But a new group is trying to change all that. Instead of developing surfaces resistant to moss and lichen, the BiotA lab wants to build facades that are ‘bioreceptive.'”
Does Netflix Actually Have The Most-Watched Show On Non-Network TV?
“When the moderator at a conference panel asked Sarandos if he was happy with the fact that a recent survey showed Netflix would have the second-biggest show on cable if its viewers were traditionally measured—right behind Thrones—Sarandos evasively asserted that internal research suggests a Netflix show would actually take that number one slot.”
Early Music Pioneer Nikolaus Harnoncourt Announces His Retirement
“‘Dear audience,’ Mr. Harnoncourt wrote in the letter, which was in German. ‘My bodily strength requires me to cancel my future plans.’ He wrote of the ‘unbelievably deep relationship has developed between us on the stage and you in the hall,’ added that ‘we have become a happy community of pioneers,’ and urged audiences to remain faithful to that spirit.”
Sotheby’s Snags A Key Player From Christie’s
Marc Porter “has been the principal dealmaker for major collections, securing large consignments, including many of the most important artworks sold during the past decade.”
Women Have Been Written Out Of Irish Theatre, And Irish Women Are Not OK With That
“If a nation’s canon is almost exclusively dominated by white male voices, what does that tell you about that nation?”
New Star Wars Posters In China Cause Controversy Over Racism
“Star Wars fans are questioning why a Chinese poster for ultra-hyped new episode The Force Awakens has relegated British actor John Boyega to the supporting cast.”
‘A Subversive Populist, A Celebrity Avant-Gardist’: Alex Ross On Orson Welles
“Welles causes endless trouble because of his unstable place in the American cultural hierarchy of high and low. He loved tragedy and vaudeville, Expressionist cinema and boys’ adventure stories. He converted genre vehicles like Touch of Evil into surreal labyrinths; he made Macbeth look like Gothic horror.”
Metamorphosis: When A Successful Author Adopts A New Language
Jhumpa Lahiri: “I’ve been writing in Italian for almost two years, and I feel that I’ve been transformed, almost reborn. But the change, this new opening, is costly; like Daphne [after she was turned into a tree], I, too, find myself confined. I can’t move as I did before, the way I was used to moving in English. A new language, Italian, covers me like a kind of bark. I remain inside: renewed, trapped, relieved, uncomfortable.”
The Bronx, Where Art Is Saving The World
“The DreamYard Project has a patriotic attachment to the Bronx. Two young actors, Jason Duchin and Tim Lord, founded it, twenty-one years ago, to teach public-school kids in grades K through twelve by using the arts. The idea was to recruit teachers from among working artists of Duchin’s and Lord’s acquaintance in New York and match them with schools whose funding for arts education had been cut. Through a few changes, that has been DreamYard’s basic mission from the start”