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A slow thinker, I read 600 pages into “Moby Dick” before putting my finger on the book’s key tension. It’s between Ishmael’s intense and ecological whale love and the central story which chronicles the wanton murdering of whales, man’s unconcern with destroying the natural world.
This novel is as fresh and charming as any contemporary work this critic has read in ages.
That composer Anna Clyne is a gifted miniaturist is evident in “Abstractions”, a set of five movements offering musical commentary on the works of five contemporary visual artists.
By Trevor Fairbrother The Queer Lens project made me think about queer culture and camera culture as distinct phenomena that began in the Victorian era: each was a manifestation of modernity. The latest exhibition that Paul Martineau has curated at the J. Paul Getty Museum is titled Queer Lens: A History of Photography and features…
It’s up to us to champion films like “Boys Go to Jupiter,” which push the medium into exciting new territory when AI slop is literally banging at the door.
Pianist Marcus Roberts is aware of the artistic community’s criticism of AI, but maintains an attitude of optimism tempered by realism.
This week’s poem: Shangyang Fang’s translation of Chen Yuyi’s “Remembrance of Days in Luoyang”
This show demonstrates how Beauford Delaney absorbed lessons from modernism in order to create a unique abstract style that remained committed to representation.
This is a very welcome document, full of compelling performances and layers of rock ’n’ soul history that will hopefully prove foundational for yet another generation of players interested in reaching for the good stuff.
Arts Remembrance: Robert Scanlan — An Animating Force in Boston-area Theatre for Nearly Five Decades
“An inspiring intelligence combined with a high level of artistry is a rarity in the arts. With the loss of Bob Scanlan, the worlds of both theatre and poetry have cause to mourn.”
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