Archive for July, 2018

What 2018 America Could Learn From Patsy Cline

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 11:02 am

“In the decades following her death [in 1963], Patsy’s people were ascendant: Winchester’s white laborers and cleaners, people who proudly traced their family land to the [impoverished] hilly folds of the surrounding valley, became homeowners, businesspeople, parents to first-generation college students, even mayor. And through it all, Patsy was their North Star, their proof... | Read More

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The Myths Of Meritocracy

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 10:33 am

“The whole process of constructing life narratives is biased in ways that almost guarantee that people won’t recognize the role of chance events adequately. We remember the moments or months of perseverance that contributed to our triumphs, but forget, or even fail to notice, when Lady Fortune smiles on us: a great teacher, a chance encounter, or—in Breaking Bad actor Bryan... | Read More

Ireland’s Holy Foodie Retreat: This Historic Hotel Proves That the Eating Can Be Legendary on the Emerald Isle

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 10:21 am

Editor’s note: This is the second part in a series on PaperCity Dallas culture/style editor Billy Fong’s adventures in the United Kingdom, attending the wedding of his friend David Farwell. To read part one of this series, click here.  After a few glorious days in Dublin, I hopped a train to County Cork to check-in … Continued

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The Danger Of Adjusting Classic Plays To Current Values

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 10:03 am

Producer Richard Jordan, citing Bartlett Sher’s current Lincoln Center Theater production of My Fair Lady: “While critics enthused over Sher’s new ending, referencing it back to the issues of today, watching it play before a regular audience you felt a sense that the musical no longer gave them a pay-off. Instead, it felt as though they had been waiting more than three hours... | Read More

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Did Robert Indiana’s Assistant Exploit And/Or Steal From Him? Two Legal Cases Aim To Answer

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 9:35 am

“In May the Morgan Art Foundation (MAF), Indiana’s representative since the 1990s and the owner of the artist’s famous Love trademark, filed a lawsuit in New York against the artist’s long-time assistant, Jamie Thomas, and an art publisher, Michael McKenzie. MAF says the pair exploited Indiana towards the end of his life, producing dubious works in his name and... | Read More

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CAA Member Spotlight: Ryan Seslow

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 9:07 am

Welcome to our revitalized Member News series! Each month we’ll be spotlighting a CAA member and learning about their work, inspirations, and thoughts on the field.

Ryan Seslow with his new mural at the Welling Court Mural Project in Astoria, NY, June 2018. All images and artwork courtesy Ryan Seslow.

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Yuval Sharon Wants To Stage ‘La Bohème’ Backwards

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 9:04 am

The MacArthur-winning director, whose staging of Lohengrin is about to open the Bayreuth Festival, seriously proposes doing Puccini’s opera in reverse order, Acts 4 through 1. “It will work really well, from devastation to the beginning. Some people might even think it’s the way it’s supposed to happen. …You can put it on the moon or anywhere else and it’s... | Read More

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Yuval Sharon Wants To Stage ‘La Bohème’ Backwards

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 9:04 am

The MacArthur-winning director, whose staging of Lohengrin is about to open the Bayreuth Festival, seriously proposes doing Puccini’s opera in reverse order, Acts 4 through 1. “It will work really well, from devastation to the beginning. Some people might even think it’s the way it’s supposed to happen. …You can put it on the moon or anywhere else and it’s... | Read More

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We’re In Another Stephen King Media Renaissance, This One From The Generation Who Grew Up On Him

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 8:33 am

“King’s enjoyed numerous renaissances since Carrie put him on the map in 1973 — the era following Brian De Palma’s 1976 film adaptation; the early ’90s one-two punch of Misery‘s Oscar win and Tommy Lee Wallace’s It miniseries; the two-year spell at the turn of the millennium when he dropped the final three Dark Tower books. This one, however, is markedly... | Read More

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Walker Art Center To Commission Indigenous Artist To Replace Sam Durant’s Disassembled ‘Scaffold’

By: on Friday, July 20th, 2018 at 8:17 am

“The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis … has created an Indigenous Public Art Selection Committee, which will be charged with commissioning a Native artist to do a public artwork for the museum’s sculpture garden. … The museum’s release said the committee was formed in response to the controversy surrounding Sam Durant’s Scaffold (2012),” which was... | Read More

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