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...production number is an extended kill scene set in New York City's Guggenheim Museum. IBBC has sent a squad of thugs to end the contract of the Consultant (Brían F. O'Byrne), formerly the bank's favorite hit man. The scene, which required the duplication in Munich of Frank Lloyd Wright's landmark gallery, lasts about 15 minutes and should keep all customers satisfied, as Salinger and the Consultant briefly team up to blast their way out. It makes fine use of Wright's spiraling strip, lacking only a climactic getaway via motorcycle, wheelchair or roller skates...
...biopic Creation. And in true celebrity fashion, Darwin will be everywhere this year. In a convergence of anniversaries, Darwin would have turned 200 years old on Feb. 12, and his landmark book, On the Origin of Species, turns 150 on Nov. 24. There will be documentaries, lectures, conferences and museum exhibits. Darwin-themed blogs are being launched, and a cartload of Darwin-related books are being published. A replica of H.M.S. Beagle, the ship that carried Darwin around the world, will retrace his path. This January, Stanford University let a group of 90 people do likewise - albeit more comfortably...
...photographer Rosamond Purcell understands it, a common misconception plagues the relationship between scientists and artists: when these two fields interact, “an artist is regarded as a bull in a china shop,” Purcell says. However, two photography exhibits currently on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History—Purcell’s “Egg and Nest” and Amanda Means’ “Looking at Leaves”—demonstrate the way that artists can reveal the aesthetics of the natural world, rather than simply record...
...documentary “Man on Wire” and a question and answer session with its producer Maureen Ryan. The awards ceremony celebrated local film managers and coordinators, like Kelly Teer and Stefanie Lubkowski—who both recently left their positions at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts—as well as other unsung heroes of the film preservation community, like Steve Livernash of the Harvard Film Archive. Boston Phoenix columnist Gerald Peary described Livernash as “the Dean of Film Projectionists,” praising not only his knowledge of cinematic aesthetics but also...
...works arrived in the Square in conjunction with the street artist’s first solo show, “Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, the first solo show of any street artist in a U.S. museum...