Word: metropolitanism
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These days Koolhaas' firm, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has busy operations in Rotterdam and New York City and massive new projects under way in Europe and Asia. But for years Koolhaas was far better known as a theorist than as a builder. His 1978 book, Delirious New York, an approving account of the uncontrolled development of the Manhattan streetscape, was that rare thing, a big seller about architectural theory. Even now he remains the very model of the oracular modern architect, given to panoramic pronouncements on modernity ("If space junk is the human debris that litters the universe...
...Kansas, not far from where the Lenape Nation of American Indians was relocated many years ago. Despite the distance, Scott has strong connections to her family and her tribal culture. She doesn’t live on a reservation, and she doesn’t live in a metropolitan area with a high Native population, but regardless, coming to Harvard has posed a new set of challenges...
...days of luxury-loving Marie Antoinette, seduction revolved around seriously sexy decorative objects and accessories like daybeds, tea services and fans. Many of those objects and more than 30 elaborate 18th century costumes will be on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in "Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century" starting on April 29. The exhibition, curated by Harold Koda and Andrew Bolton, explores the interplay of dress and decorative arts in France from 1750 to 1789. It was inspired by Jean-François de Bastide, author of the erotic novella The Little House. He believed seriously...
...curtain calls that tenor Charles Anthony has taken in his long career, one that he is taking this month has to be the most gratifying. In his role in Tosca at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House, Anthony, 74, is being celebrated for having sung for 50 consecutive seasons with the Met, a company record. In Tosca he is reaching his 2,882nd performance with the Met, also a record. "Charlie exemplifies what a Met singer is," says the opera's general manager, Joseph Volpe. "You almost can't believe he's been doing it so long. But you always know...
...focused: "Abject terror. A singer onstage in the moments before he opens his mouth is the loneliest person in the world. You never know what's going to come out." He adds, "I take it all so seriously. I think of where I am: on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera! When I was starting out, I'd look down at that stage and think, 'I'm standing on the same wood that Caruso stood...