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...seems that great artists are always known by certain iconic stories. Who can forget the tragedy of Vincent van Gogh cutting off his left ear lobe after a confrontation with his friend Paul Gauguin? And then there’s Paul Gauguin himself, who is known for his attempt to escape European civilization in search a pre-civilization good life in Tahiti. There is the sadly romantic story of the dwarfen Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, who would frequent the Moulin Rouge to pine after the beautiful, tall dancer Jane Avril.But Daniel Kehlmann, the author of the novel...
...signing, organized by Random House Publishers, Harvard Book Store, and the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, was an opportunity for art enthusiasts to hear more about the architect. Weber said he moved to Paris specifically to study Le Corbusier’s personal letters to his mother and friend. “You get to know the person, not judge them,” Weber said, adding that he was the first to gain access to these papers. Weber noted that many of his missives drew the connection between architecture and sexuality. “For Le Corbusier, there...
...definitions of visual art and dance. “I nabbed the gloves from intensive care at Fort Myers hospital,” she told the audience conspiratorially. Brown—who spoke last Wednesday and Thursday evenings at the MFA—pilfered them while visiting friend, ally, and artist Robert Rauschenberg. She had been unsure at the time of whether or how she would use them but packed them in her suitcase regardless. In her choreography, her drawing, and her life, Brown disregards rules and regulation; she does what she must to make...
...since lost. We see him playing basketball with her as kids gleefully look on. We see him giving her a CD-R, a sure sign of trust in our age of leaked singles and file-sharing. By the time he calls her his “homie, lover, and friend,” we know this love was real. The king of hooks doesn’t offer anything musically different from his previous singles here. “I wanna make love right now” is the song’s main hook—hey, the guy?...
...during Word War II facilitates poignant reflection on the divisions created by racism and torn down by friendship.Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is the eight-year-old son of a Nazi Captain (David Thewlis) who has been transferred to the German countryside to oversee a concentration camp. Bruno, leaving behind his friends and home in Berlin, is anything but ecstatic about his family’s move to a lonely country estate. However, he soon takes a keen interest in the “farm” that he sees from his bedroom window. “Why do the farmers wear...