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Pianist Chad Lawson's New Album: The Chopin Variations
I recently had the chance to listen to pianist Chad Lawson's new album, The Chopin Variations. In this work, Lawson and fellow musicians, violinist Judy Kang and cellist Rubin Kodheli, explore Chopin's...
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Would I Have Been Friends With My Mom if I'd Known Her Back Then?
It's a simple question, one that many of us ask ourselves at some point. While scrolling through #tbt photos on Instagram, Danielle Delph, a Portland-based artist, had an epiphany: she wanted to...
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Michael Graves: Five Decades of Architecture, Art and Design
It's hard not to marvel at the multifaceted arc of Michael Graves' 50-year career -- and three events this fall will allow his followers to do exactly that. One is a retrospective called "Past as...
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How the Question, 'What is Art?' Got Real Yesterday in Detroit
Yesterday, an article revealed that in its well-intentioned efforts to crack down on taggers and graffiti defacers, Detroit law enforcement planned to fine some building owners on Grand River Avenue...
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Car Pooling With Photographer Alejandro Cartagena
By Helen Anne TravisThe Car Poolers photo series landed photographer Alejandro Cartagena in the international spotlight. His work has appeared in galleries from Toronto to Mexico City. He's been...
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Paris Journal: Marcel Duchamp. La Penture, Meme
One of the most moving images in the current show of early Duchamp paintings, "Marcel Duchamp. La peinture, meme" at the Centre Pompidou, is actually the last work he ever did, Given (Etant donnes) 1:...
View ArticleFirst Nighter: John Waters' John Lennon, Carol Burnett's Letter Writer
Yes, I was in Shea Stadium when the Beatles shook their moptops and played their instruments for 35 minutes while not a single note was heard due to the non-stop screaming. Yes, I attended Beatles...
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Setting Up the Jokes for Maximum Effect
Perfection isn't always within reach. Nor are there any guarantees of success. Watch a professional golfer as he prepares to tee off. Or a pitcher as he prepares to throw a baseball toward the batter...
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Homeboy Industries: "Every Angeleno Counts" 5k Race and Art Show
Art meets athletes this year for Homeboy Industries 5k Run/Walk on Saturday October 18, from 8am to noon. Along the race route, runners and walkers and experience entertainment including taiko...
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A Conversation With Bass-Baritone Philippe Sly
San Francisco Opera's fourth presentation in the 2014/15 season is Handel's hit from 1730, Partenope. Directed by Christopher Alden, the production debuted in 2008 and is a joint effort with the...
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André Breton celebrated at Cahors Museum
As the world become increasingly surrealistic, it is fitting that a major exhibition on André Breton, the father of surrealism, is being held in the Cahors Museum, in southwestern France until the end...
View ArticleWhy Failing Orchestras Are the Problem of Every American
As the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra faces a lockout between its management and musicians, we find a troubled industry in the news once again. Orchestras are falling like dominoes. The mood is tense and...
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How to Be Successful Using Great Communication Skills
I have often found it's the small asides at meetings, gatherings, or discussions that contain some of the richest nuggets of information. It's rather like footnotes in a novel that take the reader...
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Robert Risko: The World's Greatest Celebrity Illustrator Opens Up As Never...
It's no small feat that the mighty celebrity manifesto, Vanity Fair -- first under its brilliant re-awakening by editor Tina Brown and later under Graydon Carter's decidedly...
View ArticleAmal Clooney for the Sculptures of the Parthenon
On the eve of human rights barristers Amal Alamuddin Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson's visit to the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, it would seem that Melina Mercouri's dream for the return of...
View ArticleJennie Ottinger on the ImageBlog
My most recent work deals with clubs and membership. This is about how often much importance and ceremony is given to otherwise useless objects." Title: Special Pins Oil on panel 30 x 40 inches 2013
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Discussing the 'Death of Klinghoffer' or Stepping in It
Getting involved in the current debate about the John Adams opera The Death of Klinghoffer ("With New "Death of Klinghoffer," Furor Only Grows," NYT 10/14/14) is like intentionally stepping in dog...
View Article"On the Town": It's a Helluva Show
The Bronx is still up and the Battery is still down, but the rest of this delightful new Broadway revival of On the Town has been given a facelift that turns the tale of three sailors looking for a...
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Beyond Frieze: Top 5 Satellite Events in London This Week
Part of Christie's "Multiplied" October 17-20, 2014. Victoria Arney, Geometry of a Waterfall, Etching with Chine Colle 72x72 cm, Edition of 10. Courtesy of Bearspace. Frieze London opens this week...
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In a Nutshell: What Inspired Me to Become a Photographer
During yet another cold winter evening, nothing worth watching on the only black and white television channel available in those days, my maternal grandparents would fill the wooden oven with...
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