Ramon Novarro: Remembering a silent film star, a song, and an architectural drive-by
From the song, Tango: He was a collector of beautiful strangersAnd life was a party right up to the endThe …
Arts
Just how big were the May 2015 contemporary art auction sales in New York?
Colossal. Monumental. They’ve been graphed by ArtNews in a straightforward, to-the-point bar chart. No silly icons needed here, just the facts about …
Free art books from the Met. 438 of them, and counting.
It’s no secret that art books are expensive. They’re wonderful resources and often great reads, but just a few titles …
Sculpture is best understood by looking, considering, and by exploring it—with your hands
With a height of just under two-feet, our newest bronze is a diminutive piece for us. Its mid-century modern form is …
Here’s the first trailer for Albert Maysles’ IRIS. The documentary screens at The Charles in May.
UPDATE, MAY 11, 6:00 p.m.: Tickets just went on sale for the showings at The Charles. Here’s the link. IRIS …
MOMA has Giacometti’s L’homme au doigt in its collection. So does the Tate. You could too.
UPDATE, 6/9/15: According to the New York Times, 2015’s buyer of Pointing Man—and Chariot in 2014—was hedge fund manager, Steven A. …
Bible salesmen. 1968. The documentary.
This is one fine piece of film. I’ve watched it several times. Four persistent and ever-so-needy door-to-door salesmen deal with …
Hear Candice Bergen read a passage from her new book, A Fine Romance
I love to read and I read a lot. But, I enjoy hearing Candice Bergen’s voice more than I enjoy …
Rain on Frost is not a pretty thing
Frost wrote the poem, Lodged. The first two lines are these: The rain to the wind said, “You push and …
See a new restoration of the documentary study—Grey Gardens.
Big and Little Edie. You won’t want to miss this. Only the film has been cleaned up—their story and thinking remain …
I finished our taxes today. The weeks before April 15th always remind me of the Fitzgeralds.
“Let’s cut down expenses right away,” began my wife when I reached home. “There’s a new grocery in town where …
VIDEO: The brilliant and talented Stockard Channing. Nothing else need be said.
I’m a proud supporter of the Screen Actors Guild Foundation. 100% of every dollar donated to the SAG Foundation goes …
With a Libertarian agenda and some troublesome baggage, the Smiling Cobra tries to buy goodwill
The following post contains information courtesy of ArtNews, where I first read this story; writer and ArtNews contributor, M.H. Miller; The Natural History …
Yet another bucket list item checked off
The art scene in the midwest throughout the 50s and 60s was a sad state of affairs. I went to the art …
I’m fascinated by this sculpture
It seems to me that many found-object sculptures tend to fall into one of two camps: Random and uninformed (decorative) or …
5 open positions in Baltimore’s Cultural Community
These are new positions in the arts from the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance. Good luck, jobseekers. BOPA seeks Festival Manager …
March music at The Peabody
The Peabody Opera Theatre will present Mozart’s comedy Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio) in two …
There are art forums—and then there’s the annual Charleston Art & Antiques Forum
2015 marks the 18th anniversary of The Charleston Art & Antiques Forum. Jean Y. Helms founded the Forum in 1996. She …
Remembering the man who changed the way the world views art
Andy Warhol, August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987 The man was a master of his own destiny. Despite a rather poor …
Oh crap, I just learned that my old buddy Gary Owens has died
I’ll miss you, Mister. And, thanks again for the wonderful introduction to your son, Scott, at the Hollywood Roosevelt. You …