Category Archives: The Arts

Ghosts in the Museum: Dawn Kasper and Mark Dion

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Jennifer Kabat looks at art, looking at life and commenting on science and how things (even very ordinary ones) can change how we look at the world. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged David Zwirner, Dawn Kasper, Jay Sanders, Liz Collins, Mark Dion, Stephen Clark, Sterling and Francine Clark Institute, Sterling Clark, Whitney Biennial | Leave a comment

A Tale Told by an Idiot or Triple Toil and Trouble

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Tom Gualtieri

Tom Gualtieri agreed to revive his one-man show, “That Play: A Solo Macbeth.” Two days later, Alan Cumming announced that he, too, would mount a solo performance of Shakespeare’s bloodiest play. Talk about a walking shadow… Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Alan Cumming, irony, Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, plagiarism, something wicked this way comes, Stephen Dillane, That Play, Tom Gualtieri | 5 Comments

Edith Sitwell and the Grand Gesture

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Lauren Cerand

In which Lauren Cerand explores the meaning of what we say and how we say it. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Edith Sitwell, Gore Vidal, jewelry, lobster, publishing, The Bolter, The Cloisters, The V&A | 1 Comment

Death, Dots, Spins and Spots: Damien Hirst at Tate Modern

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

Diamond dust and money and death – it’s the Damien Hirst retrospective at the Tate Modern. Consumption is very conspicuous. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged Cultural Olympiad, Damien Hirst, Nichola Serota, Peter Marino, Tate Modern, The Daily Mail, Vermeer | 2 Comments

Notes From Bovina: Shock and Awe

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Jennifer Kabat

How does a poet and art critic, that would be Peter Schjeldahl perhaps the shyest man on earth, become a pyro? Jennifer Kabat finds out in Bovina, NY. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged 7 Days magazine, Adam Horovitz, Alan Cumming, Amy Sedaris, Ben Stiller, Bovina New York, fireworks, Julianne Moore, Peter Schjeldahl, Steve Martin, The New York Observer, the New Yorker | Leave a comment

Men in Books

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Janet Steen

In which Janet Steen stacks the contemporary male loser protagonist up against some literary men she’s loved in the past. Continue reading →

Posted in The Arts | Tagged david foster wallace, Gary Shteyngart, jane eyre, jesus' son, John Updike, mr. rochester, new york review of books, nick carraway, norman mailer, philip roth, sam lipsyte, stephen dixon, the great gatsby | 2 Comments

Captain America, The Earl of Grantham & The Office of Deliverance: The New BBC Comedy “Twenty Twelve”

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Dennie Wendt

In which Dennie Wendt raves about “Captain America” and “Twenty Twelve,” the new BBC comedy starring “Downton Abbey”‘s Hugh Bonneville about a (make-believe?) team trying to deliver the Olympic Games to London. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, The Arts | Tagged BBC, Captain America, Downton Abbey, Hugh Bonneville, London, Olympics, The Office, Twenty Twelve | 1 Comment