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...Perkins, a Democrat whose 30th District seat Paterson used to occupy. "He's very funny, very witty, and he makes an effort to not just get the job done but to make people comfortable." According to the New York Times, Paterson once jokingly told a gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the demands of his job. "I'll tell you what the lieutenant governor's job is. You wake up every morning at 6:30 and you call the governor's house. If he answers, you can go back to sleep." Paterson will no longer be getting...
Chen said that there was so much to do on just the first day of the weekend—including a talk by University President Drew G. Faust, several campus tours, museum open houses, and receptions held by masters of the undergraduate Houses...
...else, something more unambiguously productive,” photographer Moyra Davey writes in the introduction to the literary anthology “Mother Reader.” Davey, whose retrospective photographic exhibit “Long Life Cool White” is currently on display at the Fogg Art Museum, sought to remedy her unease by combining productivity and pleasure.Davey’s beloved books are everywhere in her photographs. They appear first in four oversized photographs of books with their spines facing away from the camera. The books–of which we see only stacks of yellowing...
...rainy afternoon at the Fogg, throngs of college students stand huddled together, examining the dust that had gathered under Moyra Davey’s bed.In “Long Life Cool White: Photographs by Moyra Davey,” on display at the Fogg Art Museum until June 30, New York City photographer Davey focuses her lens on everyday objects. These range from the humble—stacks of books and records, for example—to mundane substances such as dust.“Dust is something as an element that has always fascinated me,” Davey...
There's certainly a feeling of midcareer big bang in "Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe," the clamorous retrospective that opened recently at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. In the 13 years since he relocated to New York, Cai has moved on to many other kinds of art, including dreamlike sculptures and big theatrical installations like Head On--dozens of papier-mch wolves galloping headlong into a glass wall. In the same period, he's also become a star on the global-exhibition circuit, a position the Guggenheim show certifies. The show also draws...