Reid Singer
Over the summer, my dad and I watched three seasons of the Sopranos in about a week. We didn’t regret it, but the part of me that prefers going to galleries to watching TV felt a bit jealous. HBO is an institution of mass culture based mostly on educated,...
Some of the biggest art stories of 2012 were obituaries, as the passing of many leading figures from the corners of art, design, architecture, and criticism were met with eloquent eulogies and ardent words of tribute. Here is a short list of some of the most...
Depending on whom you ask, Jerusalem has been conquered between 20 to 40 times, and in each case, a new homesteader has managed to bury whatever the last group left behind. In a particularly old homestead like Silwan, a district in East Jerusalem that...
In the weeks following her death in May 2011, it looked as though the reclusive 104-year-old Huguette Clark was poised to reshape Santa Barbara with her art legacy. Much to the community’s delight, her lawyers announced that Bellosguardo, Clark...
Electricians, security guards, custodians, graphic artists, office administrators, and retail staff at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor and M.H. de Young museums voted today to ratify a new contract with their employer, the Corporation...
In most American cities, classical music is currently a hard sell. Given the immense costs of maintaining a municipal symphony orchestra — compared with the tiny niche of listeners willing to support it — it has never been easy to imagine how a city-funded...
American historians know Shangri-La as a long-retired name for the presidential retreat in Frederick County, Maryland, now known as Camp David. Music buffs know the Shangri-Las as the girl band that popularized the songs “Remember (Walking in the...
Back in May, two paintings by the artist Peter Howson were pilfered from the Art Mart, the storefront of Edinburgh art dealer Douglas Fyfe. The thieves were easily caught. However, after a hearing yesterday in the Scottish burg, a new wrinkle...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some people wait all their lives to find the One. Not so, DC-based artist Kathryn Cornelius. With the support of her gallery, Curator's Office, and the Washington Project for the Arts, Cornelius followed through with her plan this...
Thousands of people have seen his work, even if they don't know his name. But now that street artist Manny Castro has stepped forward to claim responsibility for painting the satirical phrase “Tastes Like Hate” on a Torrance, California ...
