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What Will Help Marines Prepare For Future Wars? Why, Science Fiction, Of Course
That's right, the U.S. Marine Corps hired science fiction writers to come up with ideas for future scenarios. "The stories share common themes of political chaos, a rising China, a less-powerful and more inward-looking United States, conflicts over environmental resources, and the growth of megacities in the developing world. For Marines, who are the first US boots on the ground in the toughest situations, the toughest challenges may stem from the latter." -
Artist hopes rare signed portrait of Churchill will fetch £1m at auction
via theguardian.comThe wartime PM was so taken with Paul Trevillion’s work that he arranged a meeting to pay his compliments in personAt the age of 90, and with a successful career as a sports artist under his belt, there is one work of which Paul Trevillion is particularly proud. Perhaps surprisingly, it isn’t among his portraits of legendary stars such as Sugar Ray Robinson, Pelé, Muhammad Ali, George Best, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods.It is an image of another of Trevillion’s heroes: -
Frank Stella obituary
via theguardian.comOne of the most influentialUS abstractartistswho started out as a minimalist but constantly revinented his workIn February 2015, a pair of enormous stars, one in polished aluminium and the other unvarnished teak, appeared in the courtyard of the Royal Academy in London. These were by the American artist and honorary Academician Frank Stella, who has died aged 87.For all their differences, the two stars were part of a single work called, with deadpan literalness, Inflated Star and Wooden Star. Gi -
Doing the Baghdad walk: art tour highlights creativity in the heart of Iraq
via theguardian.comAnnual tour shows war-torn capital is still alive with invention and reflectionA buzz is building in the Bab al-Sharji neighbourhood in central Baghdad where preparations for an annual contemporary arts festival are underway. The city has long been considered one of the most dangerous in the world but artists in the Tarkib collective want to send a different message – that the capital is alive with creativity and culture.The event, which began when the collective was founded in 2015, compr -
Michelangelo: The Last Decades review – feels close to a religious experience
via theguardian.comBritish Museum, London
This huge yet intimate show of the Renaissance polymath’s work guides you by the heart as well as the eyes, through hypnotic studies, his own words, and drawings that are prayers as much as picturesThe final section of the British Museum’s exhibition Michelangelo: The Last Decades is circular and enclosed. The walls are black and the light low. The feeling is of being in a small chapel: if a person was to speak in this space, they would surely whisper – t -
Frank Stella, influential American artist, dies aged 87
via theguardian.comHis constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movementsFrank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.Gallery owner Jeffrey Deitch, who spoke with Stella’s family, confirmed his death to the Associated Press. Stella’s wife, Harriet McGurk, told t -
FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been international art thieves
via theguardian.comJerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-OchreThe mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after the FBI agreed to assist in tracking down two other paintings that had been in the couple’s possession.A new twist to the story of Jerry and Rita Alter, a pair of New -
FBI looks into thrill-seeking teachers alleged to have been global art thieves
via theguardian.comJerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-OchreThe mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after the FBI agreed to assist in tracking down two other paintings that had been in the couple’s possession.A new twist to the story of Jerry and Rita Alter, a pair of New -
Live concerts have the power to delight – let’s try to forget about our phones | Martha Gill
via theguardian.comA classical singer is to be praised for last week’s rebellion against a sea of illuminated screensIt was after the third song in Britten’s Les Illuminations that Ian Bostridge decided he’d had enough. Wheeling round to face the constellation of screen lights that dotted Birmingham’s vast Symphony Hall, the tenor called the show to a halt. Could everyone please turn off their phones? It was extremely distracting.After the performance, which was two weeks ago, Bostridge was -
‘Is this an image of a sculpture or an invitation to a sexual encounter?’: Esteban Kuriel’s best phone picture
via theguardian.comThe photographer on an ambiguous image inspired by Greek, Roman and Egyptian art“A former mentor, Elinor Carucci, recommends taking pictures daily as a sort of gym for the photographic mind,” Esteban Kuriel says.On this day, Kuriel was staying at St Ermin’s hotel in London and had visited the Sir John Soane’s Museum, which houses a collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian figurative sculptures. “The fragmented, contorted bodies inspired me, and I returned to my room -
Henry Moore’s miniature sculptures celebrated in Bath show
via theguardian.comExhibition of mini Moores is billed as first of its kind and Holburne also hosting Mr Doodle’s first UK museum exhibitionHenry Moore is celebrated for his monumental sculptures that turn city squares and parks into outdoor art galleries. But the Holburne Museum in Bath is staging a groundbreaking exhibition called Henry Moore in Miniature, a collection of the great artist’s works that could fit into the palm of the hand.The museum’s director, Chris Stephens, said its relatively -
From The Fall Guy to Dua Lipa: your complete guide to the week’s entertainment
via theguardian.comRyan Gosling plays a stunt double searching for a missing Hollywood star, while Britain’s biggest pop star offers some Glastonbury-ready bangersThe Fall Guy
Out now
It’s nearly two months since Ryan Gosling gave us that iconic slice of Ken at the Oscars, and if you’re jonesing for another hit, that’s understandable. Here the former Mousketeer plays an ageing action choreographer on the trail of a missing A-lister for whom he once acted as stunt double. Continue reading... -
The Legacy Of Morteza Mahjoubi’s Pianism
via van-magazine.comHis Persian style lives “on account of something internal to his virtuosity: a sublime rubato that penetrates beneath the level of surface and releases melodies that cultivate and nourish the soul.” – Van Magazine -
London’s National Gallery May Get A Rethink For Its Third Century
That’s right, it’s 200 years old – and its director welcomes the opportunity to reconsider how to present art to a public that, occasionally, greets that art with hammers or paint.– The Art Newspaper -
The Glass-Fronted Architecture Of The Proposed New NFL Stadium In Chicago
via dezeen.comPerhaps unsurprisingly, “the design and necessity of the new stadium have faced objections from the community. It has an estimated to cost over $4.2 billion, with … approximately $1.5 billion, [to be] be drawn from state taxpayers.” – Dezeen -
Eddie Redmayne Has Some Things To Say About Audience Interaction In The New Cabaret
Redmayne, just nominated for a Tony, explains, “We’ve had sort of moments where the audience interaction can get a bit too vocal … and we’ll have to sort of clamber through and improvise around the situation but that, again, keeps us on our toes.” – The Hollywood Reporter -
The Asian American Literature Festival Returns, Big – Without The Smithsonian
via msn.comThe collective putting it on could use an equivalent funder, but they don’t trust the Smithsonian after last year’s sudden, unexplained cancellation weeks before the kick-off. – Washington Post (MSN) -
The Ballet Of Elvis Presley
Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: “He seemed caged because of the fame he encountered at a very young age. … I decided to make a mosaic portrait of his persona, music, inspirations, beliefs and struggles. Ultimately, fame alienated him from reality and destroyed him.” – Bay City News -
When They’re Done Right, Playgrounds Are For Everybody
via bloomberg.comIt just takes some thought, and some very good design. “’We are social animals, and play fosters social relationships,’ says landscape architect Meghan Talarowski, executive director of Studio Ludo, who is also a certified playground safety inspector.” – Bloomberg -
What Is A Song?
via nytimes.comThat answer is something a little different whether you’re talking what you’re listening to – or music copyright law. – The New York Times -
Salman Rushdie Describes What He Experienced During The 27 Seconds He Was Attacked With A Knife
via newstatesman.com“What I didn’t do was lose consciousness. People who were there have said that I was … screaming with pain. Inside my head, I was not aware of the pain, … so there was a strange disconnect between my inside feeling and my outside behaviour.” – The New Statesman (UK) -
Rejecting Expectations In Order To Make A ‘War’ Movie Different And Dreamy
via theguardian.comSyrian director Soudade Kaadan: “I wanted to show a film where you can see our tragedy with dignity, when you can sympathise with us and not see us only as victims. I opted for dark humour because I believe we laugh with people who we feel equal with.” – The Guardian (UK) -
What Beethoven’s Ninth Has Meant Over The Last Two Centuries
“Widely interpreted as Beethoven’s plea for a global ‘brotherhood,’ the fourth movement has been incorporated into ceremonial events sponsored by international organizations such as UNESCO, the Olympics, the Council of Europe and the European Union … [and] has also been appropriated for propaganda by supporters of Nazism.” – The Conversation -
The Vesuvius Challenge: How Three Young Researchers Figured Out How To Use AI To Read The Carbonized Herculaneum Scrolls
This episode of the podcast There’s More to That tells the whole story, from how these papyruses buried by the Vesuvius eruption of 79 CE were discovered were rediscovered in the 1700s to how a trio of scientists solved the problem and won a $700,000 prize. (audio plus transcript) – Smithsonian Magazine -
At The Royal Shakespeare Company, New Directors Know The Summer Stratford Audience Loves Tradition
via nytimes.com“The hope must be that the more traditional audiences will move with the times, and come around to new visions. You can’t please all of the people all of the time — but you can do your best to take them with you.” – The New York Times -
Ghana Puts Crown Jewels, Looted By Britain, On Display
via bbc.com“’This is a day for Asante. A day for the Black African continent. The spirit we share is back,’said Asante King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.” Of course, Britain has only “loaned back” the looted items for three years. – BBC -
Will This New Play About Jesus Of Nazareth’s Family Cause Believers To Freak Out? Maybe, But Not So Far.
via yahoo.comPlaywright Eleanor Burgess’s “Galilee, 34” at SoCal’s South Coast Rep depicts Jesus’s family and followers months after the Crucifixion as they try to figure out — sometimes arguing and frequently cussing — what to do next and whether to continue the preaching that got Jesus executed. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!) -
Nudes, prudes and a love triangle: the hunt for Adelaide’s most scandalous Stobie pole
via theguardian.comForty years on from its lavish unveiling and mysterious disappearance, the search is on for the power pole painted by an Archibald winner that marked a South Australian cultural shiftGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe great Clifton Pugh Stobie pole scandal began on a winter’s day in 1984 against the backdrop of a rollicking party.At a hair salon in suburban Adelaide, a robot trundled around delivering drinks. Bodybuilders – men and women in s -
Does The Life Of Broadway Dancers Depicted In “A Chorus Line” Still Ring True Today?
via theguardian.comThere aren’t many open calls anymore; the first audition today is usually a self-shot video. Otherwise? “Please, God, I need this job” is as true-to-life as it was 50 years ago. The difference nowadays, says one former dancer, is that “we’re trying to make the industry a better place.” – The Guardian
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