Five years ago I saw Laurie Anderson speak at the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. During the talk she joked that once in the 70s, she received a letter from the IRS informing her that if she continued to file such small tax returns she would have to declare her profession a hobby ...
Hitler. The Führer had plans to assemble Europe's greatest collection of art. Details were kept in albums full of photos of art, some of which were found at his former headquarters, Berghof. One album taken by an American GI is on display at the National World War II Museum (www.nationalww2mues ... By Will Coviello ...
A decade ago, just a handful of awards conferred prestige on artists: the Turner Prize (for British art), the MacArthur (for creative genius in the U.S.), and the Archibald (for portraiture in Australia). But in recent years the number of contemporary-art prizes available has multiplied faster than new film festivals; in the last quarter of 2009 alone, at least a dozen new awards were launched in the U.S. and U.K. They are bankrolled by unfamiliar names like Abraaj, Sovereign, Pictet, and
The Penske truck is loaded and parked on St. Claude Avenue, the cargo in back inventoried and packed. The only thing left for Quintron to do is sign. The document, explains New Orleans Museum of Art curator Miranda Lash as she hands over a pen, absolves the museum of any legal ... By Noah Bonaparte Pais ...
We know where Robert Pattinson was today.Across the street from our offices—at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art!But he wasn't exactly checking out any ...
Who do the Voodoo? We do! ... The Big Easy Rollergirls will be at the entrance of The Voodoo Experience every day of the festival from 10 to 11am, 1 to 2pm, and 4-5pm. We will be skating in front of the New Orleans Art Museum on 1 Collin Diboll Circle. We will have flyers and tickets to sell. You can also catch us skating around the festival - be careful of our hip checks! ... The Big Easy Rollergirls are also proud and pleased that so many of the bands and performers of The Voodoo Experience
The New Orleans Museum of Art (City Park, 658-4100; www.noma.org) hosts a happy hour event (6p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday) with music, a cash bar and previews of upcomingfine arts and performing arts seasons. Participating organizationsinclude art and cultural museums, theaters, the Louisiana Philharmon ... By Will Coviello ...
The Terence Blanchard Group7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Fri., July 31Ogden Museum of Southern Art, 925 Camp St., 539-9618; www.ogdenmuseum.orgTickets $50 general admission, $40 students/seniors/OgdenmembersThe Terence Blanchard Group's forthcoming album, Choices(Concord Jazz), due ... By Will Coviello ...
I approached it with trepidation. The Art of Caring: A Look atLife Through Photography, at the New Orleans Museum of Art, wasobviously put together with the best of intentions and a roster ofgreat photographers, but could it really live up to its promise? Orwould it simply be one of those instit ... By D. Eric Bookhardt ...
If you haven't been to the New Orleans Museum of Art lately, thenyou really are overdue for a visit. Put simply, the museum has neverlooked so good. For years it has done an outstanding job of presentingits significant collection of antique and 20th century works in anexceptionally sed ... By D. Eric Bookhardt ...