On the cusp of 80, the most influential performance artist of our time considers her legacy — and the next 20 years, too.
Category: Museums
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Marina Abramović Can’t Be Ignored
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The Lucas Museum’s Architect Wants to Help You Escape From Reality
The New York Times – Movies:Ma Yansong, China’s reigning starchitect, lets his buildings wrapped in nature do the shouting.
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Can a New Museum Persuade Austria to Finally Love ‘The Sound of Music’?
The New York Times – Movies:For decades, Salzburg residents dismissed the hit musical as kitsch. Now, a dedicated space aims to reconcile movie myth and local history.
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Can a New Museum Persuade Austria to Finally Love ‘The Sound of Music’?
The New York Times – Movies:For decades, Salzburg residents dismissed the hit musical as kitsch. Now, a dedicated space aims to reconcile movie myth and local history.
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Weird and Wonderful, the Lucas Museum Lands in L.A.
The New York Times – On the Runway:A billion-dollar behemoth that looks like a spaceship houses the art collection of the “Star Wars” filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson. It’s an instant landmark.
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A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota
The New York Times – On the Runway:Kent Hups, a high school science teacher in Colorado, discovered a 23-foot trackway of fossilized dinosaur footprints, which offer a glimpse of how the apex predator moved 66 million years ago.
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They Built a Shrine to Cable TV. Then Everyone Cut the Cord.
The New York Times – Business:They set out to celebrate the power and prestige of an industry that spanned MTV, HBO and Nickelodeon. Now, as cable’s fortunes have waned, the institution is changing, too.
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Is Jeff Koons’s Greatest Artwork Being Jeff Koons?
The New York Times – T Magazine:For five decades, the artist has made sculptures that are larger-than-life — and also singularly reflective of his own.
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British Museum Opens Bayeux Tapestry Exhibition
The New York Times – On the Runway:On Thursday, the British Museum opened its blockbuster Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, its most eagerly anticipated show in decades.
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Where to See the World’s Bayeux Tapestry Replicas
The New York Times – On the Runway:There are full-size replicas in a U.S. sports arena, an abbey in Denmark and a home in rural New Zealand. There’s even a more modest version for those who don’t like the original’s nudity.
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Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Dismantled ‘Blue’ Sculpture
The New York Times – On the Runway:David Rubenstein purchased the sculpture, which was removed from the center last week, from the artist’s foundation. He will display it at the National Gallery of Art.