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Mobtown Modern
Washington Post, May 12, 2008
Mobtown Modern Music series, Contemporary Museum (Baltimore, Md.)
Terry Riley, In C (1964)
(performed by 124 musicians, Los Angeles)
Philip Glass, Music in Similar Motion (Crash Ensemble)
Part 1 | Part 2
Nico Muhly, Honest Music (Lisa Liu, Nico Muhly)
Michael Gordon, The Low Quartet
Steve Reich, Vermont Counterpoin...
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If you happen to not be in Beacon on the evening of May 17 but up Hudson way instead, be sure to check out the exhibit Plugged In. The two week long exhibit will encompass a length of Warren St. seeded with New Media installations. Around 15 artists hailing from the region, some comprising collaborative teams, who incorporate new technologies into their artistic practice will be creating site spe...
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I understand that Tacita Dean will be giving a talk and screening two of her films at the Weiss Cinema located on the campus of Bard College. The two films to be screened are "A Bag of Air"(1995) & "Mario Merz"(2002) The program is scheduled for Wed, May 14 from 5:30-7:30. The Weiss Cinema is located in the Bertelsmann Campus Center.This program is presented in conjunction with the CCS Bard e...
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My Mississippi Mom Looks Like Doris Day......And Sounds Like Mississippi Diana. My Mom Once Won A Doris Day Look-Alike Contest When She Was In Her Early 20s.Happy Mother's Day, Mom...
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"Holding On To A Fading Dream"digital collage by Mick MatherI'm still rushing in and out, back and forth, around and about! In some sense, this piece seems to fit in somehow. Can't stay, I'm off again!
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WGS Open StudiosThe Washington Glass School is having their big annual open house and 7th Anniversary Party this coming Saturday. Tons of glass sculptures and bowls for sale as well as music, food, and class specials. This annual event is always a load of fun and a great way to grab some real fine art as well as some decorative bargains! Over two dozen artists in the area will be participating.....
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AOMHeather over at DCist has a terrific overview of Artomatic and one that gets it: it's not just about the art. Read it here.It will take several visits to digest this massive show, but I am already hearing the usual mix of kudos and complaints about the show.It is also easy to predict what the press and writers think: if you never liked AOM because it was free, open, unjuried and democratic, th...
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On the other side of the coinThe Washington Post's chief art critic is dead on when he bashes the whole issue of: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the few undoubtedly, undilutedly great figures of the 20th century. Here's a radical idea for truly doing justice to the greatness of his memory: Give him a monument that might go down in history as an equally great work of art. According to t...
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Some of Off Broadway’s most prominent houses are moving beyond the usual slate of plays, musicals and talkbacks. ...
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Reviews of performances by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, London Sinfonietta and Anne Sofie von Otter. ...
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Tarsem, the director of “The Fall,” didn’t need computergenerated dazzle. Just ask the swimming elephant. ...
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“Reprise” shows some parallels between its characters and the two men behind the movie. ...
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Releases by Jonah Jones, Bennie Maupin, Burning Star Core, Steinski and Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra. ...
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It’s been four years since Bill Irwin last presented a full evening in clown mode. He’s ready for more. ...
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When “Vertigo” hit screens a half-century ago, it was not at all what audiences had come to expect from the master of suspense. ...
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In her two-day writer’s workshop, Lynda Barry sings, tells jokes, acts out characters and even dances a creditably sensual hula. ...
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Performances for Antony Tudor’s centenary will explore repression and denial as well as his steps. ...
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Construction disruption and a leadership change mean nervous times at the people’s opera. ...
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In her memoir, Bob Dylan’s former girlfriend looks back at their time in Greenwich Village in the 1960s with affection. ...
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Mike Tyson, his days as heavyweight champion long behind him, finds himself on an unlikely path forward as a new documentary about his life makes its premiere at Cannes. ...
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A son of the suburbs, inspired by his parents’ adventures, takes TV back to the ’70s with “Swingtown.” ...
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303 Gallery's Simon Greenberg sent Mark Barry an e-mail telling Mark to remove two photographs of Maureen Gallace paintings from his flickr site, photos he took at the Armory Show (2006) press preview.hello mark -this is simon at 303 gallery. i noticed you had an image of Maureen Gallace's work up on your flickr page - please be aware that 303 Gallery owns the copyright to the work and all public...
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Here is your regular Sunday selection of links to good things in Blogville and Beyond.Michael Lodico points out that Peter Dobrin has a shiny new blog. Say what you like about Alec Baldwin's personal life, Dobrin shows that he cares about art and music. [ArtsWatch]
Of course, the most important thing happening right now is the NHL playoffs, and my Red Wings have been doing very well so far. (You...
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We're currently doing some Spring cleaning, part of getting ready for our upcoming project in Finland. This week we're Ebaying old equipment: tools bought for projects years ago and never re-used. We're also streamlining our project digital archives, focusing on.....
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She Was a Part of the ArchitectureOriginally uploaded by misphitContinuing on in the series... This one is on paper. I am worried about the substrate holding up....poor choice! Where's all my cardboard??...
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Before The Silence: Incubation Gallery,
OPENED 6th May - 31st July 2008
Liverpool Curator Tony Knox brings 3 artists, Anna McDade, Darren Beatty and Carol Menzies, all from different disciplines to the new show at the Incubation Gallery, situated at the new £15 million pound Media Factory building Preston.
Anna McDade’s work explores the fusion of Eastern and Western art styles, including ...
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Handel, Tolomeo, A. Hallenberg, K. Gauvin, R. Basso, Il Complesso Barocco, A. Curtis
(released March 11, 2008)
Archiv 477 710-6Alan Curtis, a musicologist formerly at the University of California at Berkeley, has released a number of striking Baroque opera recordings with his group Il Complesso Barocco. Recent examples recommended here include Handel's Floridante (2007), Radamisto (2005), and...
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Liverpool artist Keith F Smith (www.kfsmith.co.uk) donated a specially produced watercolour of "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey" to raise funds for Claire House
(www.claire-house.org.uk)
Pictured here with Gerry Marsden, who autographed the painting before it was auctioned at Claire House Ball at Thornton Manor on 9th May.
The painting raised £1100.00 for the Hospice...
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Bilbao Guggenheim fires CFO in embezzlement caseSpain's Guggenheim Museum says it has fired its chief financial officer for allegedly embezzling some €500,000 (US$800,000).The Bilbao museum says it began legal proceedings Wednesday after firing Roberto Cearsolo Barrenetxea. Cearsolo has been financial director since 1997.The museum opened an internal Read the article here...
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Tonite in DC: Scott BrooksScott Brooks' "Under the Skin" - opens tonight at the Long View Gallery in DC. For a sneak peek of the work click here. Opening is 5-8PM. Buy Scott Brooks now...
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It’s been awhile since we’ve looked at what’s going on–funding-wise–across these art-hating United States. Shall we have a quick look-see?
Florida – You’ll Have Your Budget Cut by 50-80 Percent, and You’ll Like It
This quote, by Rep. Carl Domino (R-Jupiter), pretty much says it all: “The bottom line is at least they weren’t zeroed out,” ...
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"Private Showing"digital collage by Mick MatherThis is going to be a quiet weekend in the Secret Visual Laboratory. It's prom weekend, Mother's Day and poor li'l Leighlund isn't feeling well. So the women in my life are getting their well-deserved attention. In a way, today's post, a private fashion show, fits this idea of that sort of focus ... and, I'm off! We'll chat later. :)
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45 Hope Street
An Exhibition of Young Contemporary Artists
Launch Party Thursday May 22 2008 20:00
Do not read between the lines of this group exhibition
The art shares no theme, there are no connections or collaborations
It is about presenting new ideas away from the gallery and delivering these ideas positively, within a domestic space
With Support from the Arts Council and Junction49, 45 ...
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Face of the City - Showcase Event - 17th May 2008
Merseyside Maritime Museum. Albert Dock. 12pm - 4pm
Singers, Poets, Storytellers and artwork will be on display at Merseyside Maritime Museums Dockside Gallery. Everyone is invited and it's FREE. So come along join in the fun, sing along, listen to poets reciting their own poetry, hear the story of Liverpool artists Wiilliam and Henry Carling. Ve...
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Ladykillers Inc: Joe Coleman, Eric White, and Special Agent Lance Armstrong
It was genius art star TOM SACHS‘ nite to shine on Thursday in NYC when his “Animals” show opened at the prestigious SPERONE WESTWATER GALLERY where Supertouch’s own ERIC WHITE, JOE COLEMAN & WHINEY WARD, and LANCE ARMSTRONG were out to support Tommy Boy in [......
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Takashi Murakami with protogé Seonna Hong and his 24/7 personal recorder…
LA-based painter and longtime Supertouch buddy (and Emmy-award winning artist) SEONNA HONG debuted her first solo show of new paintings with TAKASHI MURAKAMI’s new KAIKAI KIKI GALLERY last week when “Viscery Loves Company” opened to a throng of avid supporters including Supertouch’s own [......
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For the third consecutive week the Thursday night lineup on CBS had more viewers at every time slot than any of its network competitors. ...
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A federal district court judge in Los Angeles reinstated a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of the rapper Notorious B.I.G., reversing an earlier decision to dismiss the case. ...
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Hitting the road in the coming months: Coldplay, My Morning Jacket and Tina Turner. ...
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A portrait of Heath Ledger that was painted weeks before his death has won an art award in Australia. ...
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The rapper Foxy Brown pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn court on Thursday to using her BlackBerry phone to menace a woman. ...
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Alexander Payne, the director and Oscar-winning co-writer of “Sideways,” will direct and serve as an executive producer of “Hung,” a new dark comedy series on HBO. ...
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