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Theater: “Angel Reapers” must be good; look at the two people who created it: Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Alfred Uhry and MacArthur genius director/choreographer Martha Clarke. Their stage performance combines traditional Shaker music and tales of sexual repression hewn into a story based on history. (You can get a preview here; it looks cool.) Shaker founder [...]

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“War is an act of violence” stands on a screen above the entrance. It’s a quotation that stems from military historian Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz, recorded 200 years ago.from the entryway, visitors step into a new exhibition hall designed by Daniel Libeskind. the star architect created a steel and concrete wedge as an annex [...]

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Tate Modern’s major retrospective of Gerhard Richter shows why he is one of Europe’s greatest living painters, says Adrian Hamilton Monday, 10 October 2011 Tate Modern is fearfully pleased to be launching a major touring retrospective of the German contemporary artist, Gerhard Richter. And so it should be. Now approaching 80, Richter is one of [...]

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The image of New York has always been one of America’s greatest exports. From Frank Sinatra to Sarah Jessica Parker, the city that never sleeps has at been the centre of the entertainment and art industry for the better part of the twentieth century. At the forefront of this cultural scene is The Museum of [...]

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I will be applying to PhD track programs in Art History next year. I am torn between Eastern Art and Modern. I am intimidated by the languages I would have to learn for Eastern Art (focus on Japan). What languages would be most relevant to the study of Eastern Art, aside from Japanese? most art [...]

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