Hasan Minhaj contains multitudes.
The comedian who hosted Netflix’s “Patriot Act” calls them “Instagram Hasan” and “iMessage Hasan.” In his new special, “The King’s Jester,” Minhaj describes getting swept up in the former, obsessed with virality and online clout at the cost of what really matters.
“There’s Twitter chatter, and there’s Irl chatter,” Minhaj told IndieWire via Zoom ahead of the “King’s Jester” premiere on Netflix. “And I think it’s important for us as performers, artists, and journalists to be able to discern between the two.”
He cites the Twitter headline of the day at the time — BuzzFeed’s Try Guys — and notes that this isn’t something affecting the day-to-day of most people in the country, including himself. A lot of what divides people is arbitrary; Minhaj believes in the power of comedy and shared experience to bring people together.
“One of the...
The comedian who hosted Netflix’s “Patriot Act” calls them “Instagram Hasan” and “iMessage Hasan.” In his new special, “The King’s Jester,” Minhaj describes getting swept up in the former, obsessed with virality and online clout at the cost of what really matters.
“There’s Twitter chatter, and there’s Irl chatter,” Minhaj told IndieWire via Zoom ahead of the “King’s Jester” premiere on Netflix. “And I think it’s important for us as performers, artists, and journalists to be able to discern between the two.”
He cites the Twitter headline of the day at the time — BuzzFeed’s Try Guys — and notes that this isn’t something affecting the day-to-day of most people in the country, including himself. A lot of what divides people is arbitrary; Minhaj believes in the power of comedy and shared experience to bring people together.
“One of the...
- 10/4/2022
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Mubi is presenting the world premiere of James N. Kientiz Wilkins' The Republic from July 4 - August 3, 2017.The cinema of James N. Kienitz Wilkins occupies an unusual space in the contemporary art scene. Most of his films are the result of some sort of conceptual procedure, a decision either to treat his original footage according to some abstract system or to apply his own logic to found material. And yet, there is a plainspoken quality to Kienitz Wilkins’ work that smooths out any potential “art damage” or intimidation factor. Kienitz Wilkins has successfully adapted some of the most critical weapons in the arsenal of experimental cinema to produce a stark poetry of the everyday.Kienitz Wilkins’ newest “film,” The Republic, is quite possibly his most radical effort to date. For starters, you will notice that I put the word “film” in quotation marks, since it is no easy matter to...
- 7/4/2017
- MUBI
On the occasion of the 67th Berlin Film Festival, from February 7 to 19, 2017 and as a prologue to the major exhibition Alchemy. The Great Art (6 April — 23 July 2017), the American artist Joe Ramirez presents the world premiere of his project “The Gold Projections” at the Staatliche Museum, Kulturforum, Exhibit Hall (just across from Potsdamer Platz on Postdamer Strasse).Joe Ramirez “Somnium” Video still, 2016 © Joe Ramirez
Joe Ramirez, who was born in San Francisco in 1958, has lived and worked in Berlin since 2007. He studied painting and film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London, before working as a fresco painter. During the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Ramirez had the unique opportunity of viewing Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings up close. The journey in the hoist became an initialising experience: the scenes from The Last Judgement rolled past...
Joe Ramirez, who was born in San Francisco in 1958, has lived and worked in Berlin since 2007. He studied painting and film at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London, before working as a fresco painter. During the restoration of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Ramirez had the unique opportunity of viewing Michelangelo’s ceiling paintings up close. The journey in the hoist became an initialising experience: the scenes from The Last Judgement rolled past...
- 2/6/2017
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Look under the hood and many of the Hollywood studios’ best movies are independently financed, like Paramount Pictures’ “Arrival.” The studio won the brainy sci-fi thriller in a Cannes 2014 bidding war, plunking down a record $20 million for North America and other territories — but only after it was already financed and packaged with Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner.
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
- 11/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Look under the hood and many of the Hollywood studios’ best movies are independently financed, like Paramount Pictures’ “Arrival.” The studio won the brainy sci-fi thriller in a Cannes 2014 bidding war, plunking down a record $20 million for North America and other territories — but only after it was already financed and packaged with Oscar-nominated Denis Villeneuve, Amy Adams, and Jeremy Renner.
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
“Arrival” was initially developed at Twentieth Century Fox, where director-producer Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps Entertainment has sustained a rich first-look production deal for 10 years that stretches back to the first “Night at the Museum.” Levy, who studied English and Theater at Yale, has continued to direct family movies like “Cheaper By the Dozen” and DreamWorks’ “Real Steel;” meanwhile, 21 Laps also produced “Date Night,” the $2-million Sundance A24 hit “The Spectacular Now” (developed from the bestseller), and discovery Matt and Ross Duffer’s breakout sci-fi Netflix series “Stranger Things.”
Levy and...
- 11/9/2016
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
MTV’s annual Video Music Awards are set to air this Sunday night, and — as usual — the film world couldn’t possibly care less. And that’s understandable. After all, we have enough award shows of our own to worry about, and the VMAs are better known for Britney Spears tongue-kissing Madonna (what a scandal!) than they are for celebrating great art.
But perhaps we’re being a bit too hasty and dismissive. The interplay between movies and music videos has been thoroughly documented, but a glance at the list of recent Vma winners is enough to suggest that relationship is growing stronger, and might even demand a greater degree of critical attention. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” director Francis Lawrence may not be receiving many accolades for his film work, but the clip he created for Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” won MTV’s highest honor. “Detention” was widely...
But perhaps we’re being a bit too hasty and dismissive. The interplay between movies and music videos has been thoroughly documented, but a glance at the list of recent Vma winners is enough to suggest that relationship is growing stronger, and might even demand a greater degree of critical attention. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” director Francis Lawrence may not be receiving many accolades for his film work, but the clip he created for Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” won MTV’s highest honor. “Detention” was widely...
- 8/25/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Diane Kruger turned heads at the Lacma 2015 Art+Film Gala in Los Angeles Saturday. Diane Kruger’s Latest Look At the gala honoring James Turrell and Alejandro G Iñárritu, Kruger donned a two-toned blue outfit from Monique Lhuillier’s Spring 2016 collection. The ensemble featured a strapless top with an asymmetrical train and tailored pants. Kruger added […]
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- 11/9/2015
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
On the same night that Donald Trump hosted a controversial episode of Saturday Night Live in New York City, one of Hollywood's most prominent filmmakers spoke out against the Republican candidate's aggressive immigration policies. At Saturday's annual Los Angeles Country Museum of Art's Art+Film Gala, Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu — one of the evening's nominees alongside artist James Turrell — reluctantly devoted a portion of his speech to addressing the "constant and relentless xenophobic comments" that politicians have been aiming at the auteur's fellow Mexicans (via Variety).
Although Iñárritu...
Although Iñárritu...
- 11/9/2015
- Rollingstone.com
Kim Kardashian showcased another daring maternity style on Saturday night. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, who is more than seven months pregnant with her and husband Kanye West's second child, attended Lacma's 2015 Art+Film Gala and showcased her baby bump in a cleavage-baring, semi-sheer, black lace Givenchy spring 2016 Ready-to-Wear slip and matching pants, paired with a black trench tuxedo jacket, black sandals, a multi-strand silver sparkling choker and dark berry lipstick. The event took place at the Los Angeles art museum, honored artist James Turrell and Oscar-winning Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu and was presented by...
- 11/8/2015
- E! Online
Some of Hollywood's biggest names made their way to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for the annual Art+Film Gala on Saturday, and each one was dressed to impress. Gwyneth Paltrow, Amber Valletta, Jared Leto, and Usher all walked the red carpet, along with Reese Witherspoon, who arrived with her husband, Jim Toth. Kim Kardashian stepped out in her sexiest maternity outfit yet and posed for photos with Naomi Campbell and Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci, while Dakota Johnson was accompanied by her brother Jesse. The event, which honored artist James Turrell and filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, was cochaired by Lacma trustee Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, who brought along his girlfriend, Kelly Rohrbach. Keep reading to see all the celebrities who lit up the party and more fun moments from the evening.
- 11/8/2015
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
"I fuck with Turrell," Drake says in his now-infamous Rolling Stone interview. This week's premiere of the "Hotline Bling" video demonstrated the extent to which that is true, with many rumors suggesting that the 72-year-old light-based artist James Turrell had actually collaborated with Drizzy to help create the meme-generating masterpiece. Alas, to set the record straight, Turrell has issued the following statement, posted by Donn Zaretsky at John Silberman Associates, the firm that represents him: “While I am truly flattered to learn that Drake f*cks with me, I nevertheless wish to make clear that neither I nor any of my woes was involved in any way in the making of the Hotline Bling video." But is Turrell team 1-800-pizzabling or tennis court, though?...
- 10/21/2015
- by Lauretta Charlton
- Vulture
A couple of weeks ago, inspired by a nap at the new Whitney, Jerry Saltz solicited stories of people making out, or more, in museums — a pastime he worried was getting harder and harder, so to speak, now that museums were so crowded. The anecdotes told another story, and last week Jerry even showed up on “Sex Lives,” New York Magazine's sex podcast, to talk about them. Since the stories kept piling in, we figured we’d share some more (and take the opportunity to remind you that a new episode of “Sex Lives” can be found each Wednesday on iTunes orSoundCloud). I went to the James Turrell retrospective at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. I was with a girl who I had been seeing for a couple of weeks, and we were pretty handsy the whole time. I was pretty into the exhibition, I have a degree...
- 5/26/2015
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
Alleluia
Dear Fern,
Aye!—you make my festival experience sound like a superhuman toil! If anything, I'm seeing less than you, as you get the pleasures of catching up with the crème de la crème of Cannes. It seems like I see a lot because I'm often reporting on a slew of shorts, but remember, the Wavelengths shorts programs so central to my (any many others') Tiff experience are only four strong, over nearly as soon as they start, the Monday after the festival's opening night. Don't you see what I'm actually doing here? I'm luxuriating in your taking the pressure off me, handling all the much anticipated films by the big auteurs while I get to relax, scribbling notes in the margin about the smaller movies: you make my life easier! That being said, there are still some major films I need to tell you about, to begin wrapping the festival experience up.
Dear Fern,
Aye!—you make my festival experience sound like a superhuman toil! If anything, I'm seeing less than you, as you get the pleasures of catching up with the crème de la crème of Cannes. It seems like I see a lot because I'm often reporting on a slew of shorts, but remember, the Wavelengths shorts programs so central to my (any many others') Tiff experience are only four strong, over nearly as soon as they start, the Monday after the festival's opening night. Don't you see what I'm actually doing here? I'm luxuriating in your taking the pressure off me, handling all the much anticipated films by the big auteurs while I get to relax, scribbling notes in the margin about the smaller movies: you make my life easier! That being said, there are still some major films I need to tell you about, to begin wrapping the festival experience up.
- 9/15/2014
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
The Weinstein Company presents The Giver press conference at Essex House on Central Park South Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Phillip Noyce, who directed Dead Calm with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane - Rabbit-Proof Fence with Kenneth Branagh and David Gulpilil - The Quiet American with Michael Caine - and Catch A Fire with Tim Robbins, now gives us The Giver.
Following the press conference with Jeff Bridges (who paid tribute to Robin Williams), Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites, et al, I spoke with the director about his James Turrell inspiration for The Giver's abode. MoMA PS1, where Michelangelo Frammartino's Alberi was shown in 2013 is the location of Turrell's Meeting.
The Giver director Phillip Noyce: "He [Jonas] should be discovering home. the concept of home. It's in the book as a memory where he experiences Christmas." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Giver, screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide,...
Phillip Noyce, who directed Dead Calm with Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman and Billy Zane - Rabbit-Proof Fence with Kenneth Branagh and David Gulpilil - The Quiet American with Michael Caine - and Catch A Fire with Tim Robbins, now gives us The Giver.
Following the press conference with Jeff Bridges (who paid tribute to Robin Williams), Meryl Streep, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Brenton Thwaites, et al, I spoke with the director about his James Turrell inspiration for The Giver's abode. MoMA PS1, where Michelangelo Frammartino's Alberi was shown in 2013 is the location of Turrell's Meeting.
The Giver director Phillip Noyce: "He [Jonas] should be discovering home. the concept of home. It's in the book as a memory where he experiences Christmas." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
The Giver, screenplay by Michael Mitnick and Robert B. Weide,...
- 8/13/2014
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Just yesterday, President Barack Obama presented the National Medals of Arts in conjunction with the National Humanities Medals in an East Room ceremony at the White House. Nea Chairman Jane Chu said, 'Whether its animation or architecture, writing or music, these artists' creativity and passion have made an enormous impact on our nation. I join the President in congratulating them and celebrating the arts in our country.'The official citations for the 2013 National Medal of Arts recipients are Julia Alvarez, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Joan Harris, Bill T. Jones, John Kander, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Maxine Hong Kingston, Albert Maysles, Linda Ronstadt, Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, and James Turrell. Check out the ceremony below...
- 7/29/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
President Barack Obama told Linda Ronstadt he had “a little crush” on her in his younger days while awarding her with the National Medal of the Arts Monday afternoon.
Obama's Crush On Linda Rondstadt
Ronstadt was at the White House Monday to accept a National Medal of the Arts. After Obama placed the medal around Ronstadt’s neck, he admitted to the musician that he once harbored a crush for her. "I told Linda Ronstadt I had a little crush on her back in the day,” Obama told the crowd that had congregated in the East Room, reported CNN.
Ronstadt, according to a White House press release, was receiving the National Medal of the Arts for her “one-of-a-kind voice and her decades of remarkable music.”
“Drawing from a broad range of influences, Ms. Ronstadt defied expectations to conquer American radio waves and help pave the way for generations of women artists,...
Obama's Crush On Linda Rondstadt
Ronstadt was at the White House Monday to accept a National Medal of the Arts. After Obama placed the medal around Ronstadt’s neck, he admitted to the musician that he once harbored a crush for her. "I told Linda Ronstadt I had a little crush on her back in the day,” Obama told the crowd that had congregated in the East Room, reported CNN.
Ronstadt, according to a White House press release, was receiving the National Medal of the Arts for her “one-of-a-kind voice and her decades of remarkable music.”
“Drawing from a broad range of influences, Ms. Ronstadt defied expectations to conquer American radio waves and help pave the way for generations of women artists,...
- 7/29/2014
- Uinterview
The rapper's tweets – later deleted - expressed anger at Rolling Stone magazine for replacing him on the cover with the late actor, which he has since apologised for
The rapper Drake has lashed out at Rolling Stone for replacing him on the magazine's cover with Philip Seymour Hoffman, following the actor's death last week.
"They also took my cover from me last minute and ran the issue," he wrote. "I'm disgusted with that. Rip to Phillip Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil." He later deleted the comments, but left up a tweet reading: "I'm done doing interviews for magazines. I just want to give my music to the people. That's the only way my message gets across accurately."
Following an online backlash, he posted a longer statement on his website:
I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone replacing me on the cover with the legendary Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
The rapper Drake has lashed out at Rolling Stone for replacing him on the magazine's cover with Philip Seymour Hoffman, following the actor's death last week.
"They also took my cover from me last minute and ran the issue," he wrote. "I'm disgusted with that. Rip to Phillip Seymour Hoffman. All respect due. But the press is evil." He later deleted the comments, but left up a tweet reading: "I'm done doing interviews for magazines. I just want to give my music to the people. That's the only way my message gets across accurately."
Following an online backlash, he posted a longer statement on his website:
I completely support and agree with Rolling Stone replacing me on the cover with the legendary Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
- 2/14/2014
- by Ben Beaumont-Thomas
- The Guardian - Film News
Kim Kardashian is taking an increased interest in the world of art. The 33-year-old E! star paid a visit to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art yesterday afternoon where she enjoyed a private tour with philanthropist Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and the museum's director. "Kim Kardashian came around 4:30 p.m.," Lacma Director of Communications Miranda Carroll tells E! News exclusively. "They stayed for a couple of hours visiting the museum. [They] went to the James Turrell Retrospective. They did have a private visit and strolled through the museum with our director, Michael Govan. We often get celebrity visitors." "This is not the first time Kim Kardashian has been to the Los Angeles...
- 1/7/2014
- E! Online
People love being part of something a lot of other people are part of. They love the weird madness and ecstasy of crowds. Preferably crowds of strangers, crowds that turn into subcultures on the spot, where being part of something is their central reason for being. It's primitive, tribal. (Witness the whitest flash mob since hockey: SantaCon.) These days, art loves crowds too. The Museum of Modern Art's techno-showy Rain Room and the Guggenheim's blah, mall-like James Turrell light show saw huge lines for admission. Lately, these lines have appeared at galleries, too. Since November 6, when it opened, there have been long lines outside David Zwirner Gallery at the windy tip of far West 19th Street, everyone waiting to spend 45 seconds in Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away. (It closes this Saturday.) This booth-size room is dark except for 75...
- 12/17/2013
- by Jerry Saltz
- Vulture
When Sundance announced the films in competition for the 2014 festival yesterday, its organizers noted that they were impressed by the caliber of cinematic artistry — mostly due to technology — that freed up filmmakers to experiment with different genres. No category of the festival is more rooted in genre than Park City at Midnight, the late-night section that specializes in horror and the supernatural, and this year’s slate has several potential breakouts. “The Midnight lineup came together in a way that is about the strongest group we’ve ever had, top to bottom,” says Trevor Groth, Sundance’s director of programming.
- 12/5/2013
- by Jeff Labrecque
- EW - Inside Movies
Sundance Institute executives announced on December 5 that the festival will feature new work from artist Doug Aitken as well as Klip Collective’s external projections on the Egyptian Theatre.
An expanded New Frontier will showcase installations, performance, transmedia and panel discussion section. Most of the installations will be housed at a new, 5,000-square-foot location at the Gateway in Park City adjacent to Main Street.
Doug Aitken’s The Source (Evolving) will occur at a nearby location along Main Street.
“As human and machine, biological and media experiences blur and hybridise, the distinctions between them are also becoming irrelevant,” said curator of the exhibition and Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Shari Frilot.
“The digital and the organic integrally constitute a new primordial pool. What does creativity and storytelling look like if we revel in this new way of being?”
“This year’s expanded New Frontier allows artists to continue pushing the boundaries in telling their stories,” said Sundance...
An expanded New Frontier will showcase installations, performance, transmedia and panel discussion section. Most of the installations will be housed at a new, 5,000-square-foot location at the Gateway in Park City adjacent to Main Street.
Doug Aitken’s The Source (Evolving) will occur at a nearby location along Main Street.
“As human and machine, biological and media experiences blur and hybridise, the distinctions between them are also becoming irrelevant,” said curator of the exhibition and Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Shari Frilot.
“The digital and the organic integrally constitute a new primordial pool. What does creativity and storytelling look like if we revel in this new way of being?”
“This year’s expanded New Frontier allows artists to continue pushing the boundaries in telling their stories,” said Sundance...
- 12/5/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Natalie Portman made her second Dior-related appearance of the week at Thursday night's Guggenheim International Gala in NYC. She and Jessica Biel were both clad in designs by creative director Raf Simons at the event and partied with famed artists like Christopher Wool, James Turrell, and Jeff Koons. It's been a busy week for both actresses, who have stepped out for multiple high-profile events in the Big Apple. On Wednesday, Natalie popped up at a Cinema Society screening of her film Thor: The Dark World before attending a Dior-hosted afterparty in one of the brand's stunning pieces. Jessica also made the museum rounds in Manhattan, walking the red carpet for the Museum of Modern Art's annual Film Benefit on Tuesday. The soiree was in honor of Tilda Swinton and put on by Chanel head Karl Lagerfeld. Before her big night out, Jessica traveled to Orlando, Fl, for the wedding of...
- 11/9/2013
- by Brittney Stephens
- Popsugar.com
After a night on the town, Jessica Biel stepped out in New York City on Friday afternoon (November 8).
The 31-year-old actress looked fresh in a pair of royal blue pants and a comfy sweater as she ran a few errands in the Big Apple.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, Biel attended the Guggenheim International Gala with Natalie Portman last evening.
After the night’s events, Jessica shared, “Wonderful night at #GIG2013 with dior @Guggenheim to celebrate artists Christopher Wool & James Turrell.”...
The 31-year-old actress looked fresh in a pair of royal blue pants and a comfy sweater as she ran a few errands in the Big Apple.
As previously reported by GossipCenter, Biel attended the Guggenheim International Gala with Natalie Portman last evening.
After the night’s events, Jessica shared, “Wonderful night at #GIG2013 with dior @Guggenheim to celebrate artists Christopher Wool & James Turrell.”...
- 11/8/2013
- GossipCenter
Stepping out for an evening of art and fashion, Hollywood hotties stopped by the 2013 Guggenheim International Gala in New York City on Wednesday (November 6).
Elizabeth Olsen looked amazing in a black and gold frock, while Abigail Breslin showed off her figure in a navy, backless gown as she struck a few poses.
Other famous folks in attendance were "The Avengers" hottie Cobie Smulders and "Star Trek's" Zachary Quinto.
According to its website, the Guggenheim International Gala is "one of New York City's signature benefits and the museum's most prominent annual fundraising event."
This year's Gala honored local New York City artists, James Turrell and Christopher Wool.
Elizabeth Olsen looked amazing in a black and gold frock, while Abigail Breslin showed off her figure in a navy, backless gown as she struck a few poses.
Other famous folks in attendance were "The Avengers" hottie Cobie Smulders and "Star Trek's" Zachary Quinto.
According to its website, the Guggenheim International Gala is "one of New York City's signature benefits and the museum's most prominent annual fundraising event."
This year's Gala honored local New York City artists, James Turrell and Christopher Wool.
- 11/7/2013
- GossipCenter
Kim Gordon has a busy month ahead of her.
The Sonic Youth co-founder is due to release a new double-record with free-noise guitarist, Bill Nace. The two musicians are the sole members of Body/Head, an experimental group that formed in 2011, shortly after Gordon announced her separation from husband and No Wave icon, Thurston Moore.
Body/Head's upcoming album, "Coming Apart," marks the duo's widest distribution yet, delivering two LPs worth of Nace's ominous riffs and Gordon's bellowing vocals. Call it "unrock" or "scripted improvisation," the collaborators serve up minimal, raw sounds corralled by the reinvigorated screams of Gordon that seem to live in a genre all their own.
"My friend Ed Yazijian called [the music] 'alchemy,'" Nace explained in an email exchange with The Huffington Post. "Kim improvises lyrics sometimes while we're playing, or she'll have something she was working on earlier. It's a process in a way, being open to whatever happens.
The Sonic Youth co-founder is due to release a new double-record with free-noise guitarist, Bill Nace. The two musicians are the sole members of Body/Head, an experimental group that formed in 2011, shortly after Gordon announced her separation from husband and No Wave icon, Thurston Moore.
Body/Head's upcoming album, "Coming Apart," marks the duo's widest distribution yet, delivering two LPs worth of Nace's ominous riffs and Gordon's bellowing vocals. Call it "unrock" or "scripted improvisation," the collaborators serve up minimal, raw sounds corralled by the reinvigorated screams of Gordon that seem to live in a genre all their own.
"My friend Ed Yazijian called [the music] 'alchemy,'" Nace explained in an email exchange with The Huffington Post. "Kim improvises lyrics sometimes while we're playing, or she'll have something she was working on earlier. It's a process in a way, being open to whatever happens.
- 9/3/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Visitors to the Guggenheim Museum usually pause in the cylinder of space and glance upwards, letting their eyes follow the whorl of the ramp as it spirals toward the skylight. James Turrell, virtuoso of light and disturber of visual fields, has given them a new reason to raise their gaze: a vertical tunnel of light and color receding into the heavens. The space is familiar but transformed from a processional past art-filled bays into a vacant, shimmering cocoon. “In New York, you never see anyone look up,” Turrell says, smiling impishly behind a voluminous white beard. Tourists crane at skyscrapers, he acknowledges, but as for the rest of us, “We’re completely involved in the maze. I’m interested in a landscape without horizon. There’s some disequilibrium, and I find that exhilarating.” The glowing atrium, a work titled Aten Reign, is part of a three-act Turrell retrospective running concurrently at the Guggenheim,...
- 6/17/2013
- by Justin Davidson
- Vulture
Art history can be broken into distinctions of time, but also of place. One can discern differences of style and influence, for instance, between 17th Century French painting and that of Italy. So too have distinctions in American art become apparent in the twentieth century when looking at the artists of New York and those of California. Beyond California's late 19th Century plein-air school and the influence of Mexican artists like José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros in the first half of the twentieth century, Los Angeles has also given birth to a distinct moment in art history during the last 40 years: the light and space of Robert Irwin, Doug Wheeler, Maria Nordman and James Turrell; "finish-fetish" artists like Craig Kauffman and Billy Al Bengston; and the assemblage tradition of Edward Kienholz, Betye Saar and John Outterbridge....
- 12/2/2009
- by Michael Govan
- Huffington Post
An underground house that also serves as a stunning viewing platform for the mountains around.
For a house with stunning views, the design strategy is usually: Build tall. But SeARCH, a Dutch architecture firm, and Christian Müller Architects, have managed to design a house with stunning, panoramic vistas, which also happens to buried almost completely into the side of a hill.
The trick is in the oblique opening, carved into the side of a hill. The house itself is set back, leaving room for a massive patio; the shape of the opening exaggerates the feeling that you're standing before massive, vaulted skies. (For art fans: This trick is something like what James Turrell is leaning on, in his massive ongoing installations at Roden Crater.)
To ensure that the rooms aren't shrouded in darkness because of the sunken layout, the building itself isn't very deep--rather, all of the rooms wrap around the interior courtyard.
For a house with stunning views, the design strategy is usually: Build tall. But SeARCH, a Dutch architecture firm, and Christian Müller Architects, have managed to design a house with stunning, panoramic vistas, which also happens to buried almost completely into the side of a hill.
The trick is in the oblique opening, carved into the side of a hill. The house itself is set back, leaving room for a massive patio; the shape of the opening exaggerates the feeling that you're standing before massive, vaulted skies. (For art fans: This trick is something like what James Turrell is leaning on, in his massive ongoing installations at Roden Crater.)
To ensure that the rooms aren't shrouded in darkness because of the sunken layout, the building itself isn't very deep--rather, all of the rooms wrap around the interior courtyard.
- 12/2/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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