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...palette is iridescent, and at close range, the sketchy forms can dissolve into a tangle of near illegible, stutter-step brushstrokes. Tintoretto's portraits were more restrained - aristocratic clients expected to be offered to the world as paragons of poise. But any religious or mythological scene, he could turn into a costumed mosh...
...tyke on the playground what a fairy tale is, and any of the following phrases might turn up: princesses, singing mice, mermaids, fairy godmothers. Fairy tales are defined by magic, which is why Kurt Scwhitters’ clever but often unimaginative book “Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales,” newly translated by Jack Zipes, contains only two or three real “fairy tales.” The rest is a dark medley of fables, tall tales, parables, and even word games—all of them dark, most of them with unhappy...
...There is something about the profession of impresario, the entire tribe of them, that has fascinated me ever since I learned that such weird and exotic beings existed,” said the late Clive Barnes, one of the preeminent dance critics from the turn of the 20th century. “I think I originally imagined them looking a little like Serge Diaghilev. A grandee of café society, yet a man of classless class, who wore his cultural and intellectual distinctions as casually as a subtle aroma of cologne.” The Sergei Diaghilev in question...
...mailed to the hospitals remains unclear, but no biological threat was found. Wednesday’s scare began after employees at New England Baptist Hospital noticed an envelope with excessive postage and suspicious-looking writing scrawled on the front around 10:47 a.m. The hospital notified police, which in turn warned hospitals in the area. Throughout the late morning and early afternoon—as hospitals scoured mailrooms for suspicious letters—other hospitals reported finding similar letters, triggering a flurry of hazmat team deployments to four other hospitals in the Boston area. The letters appear to be from...
Halfway through “The Posthuman Dada Guide: tzara and lenin play chess,” one may indulge the urge to turn to the Internet to help explain Andrei Codrescu’s looping chain of definitions, anecdotes, and exaggerated statements about the world. The entries that compose Codrescu’s “guide” are thick with allusions to forgotten female poets and obscure psychedelic rock bands. It’s hard to read them without wanting to know more, especially with little prior knowledge of Codrescu’s main focus: the 1920s...