Word: artiste
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...scatting, some Joe Williams in his blues, some of Ray Charles' phrasing. But the unique timbre of his voice almost inevitably makes him sound unique." That kind of stature will help his forthcoming Christmas album - carols are the kind of thing that, let's face it, only an artist of real untouchability can pull off. It should also ensure a warm welcome for a new "best of" collection, out early next year. "I'm picking up the pace a bit," he says. "Keeps you visible, so people know not to count...
...Zhang. Tom, a divorced Anglo-Indian literary scholar who lives in Melbourne, has lost his dog in the vast wilderness of the Australian bush. He is there staying in the holiday home of his friend, Nelly, while he finishes a book on Henry James and the uncanny. Nelly, an artist who lives and works in a disused Victorian textile mill called the Preserve, located in a postindustrial part of the city, fashions elusive, compelling works out of salvaged objects and bric-a-brac; they are concerned "with what was discarded and ephemeral yet caught in the tatters of memory...
...Obama's speech accepting the democratic nomination suggests a sixth face: con artist. Obama has clearly learned the politics of the blank slate. The objective is to take power by duping voters into believing the candidate shares their views. Yale Zussman, Weymouth, Massachusetts...
...market at Sotheby's in London, where it will be the star of a much hyped two-day sale of 223 works by Hirst that begins on Sept. 15. This will be the first time any auction house has sold a quantity of work fresh out of an artist's studio. As auction prices for contemporary art have rocketed ever higher, galleries have been dreading this very possibility: that a famous artist would bypass his dealers - who usually get a cut of roughly half of a work's sale price - and make straight for the auction houses. (The auctioneer...
...glowing pink-glass cube for a lobby, home to a rotating collection of hypermodern, provocative art. Much of the work is on loan from owner Dakis Joannou, founder of the DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art in Athens. Currently, the lobby's centerpiece is the compelling image of artist Vanessa Beecroft's own highly stylized wedding in an Italian chapel, with all the guests dressed in white. It's wittily complemented by Tim Noble and Sue Webster's huge flashing YES sculpture. And besides Spencer Tunick's photos of nude figures in an architectural landscape, even quirkier works are exhibited...