Jun 1 2009

Form follows format



1 My day in Yellowstone last month was a long and varied one (see previous posts one, two, three). As I was leaving the park along the Madison river (almost the longest in the U.S.), I stopped occasionally to photograph the line of mountains on the opposite side of the valley. 2 As ...

Jun 1 2009

Making shows vs. writing history



Over the weekend, Holland Cotter, the (now) Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic for the New York Times decided to take that newly minted status out for a spin.  On Sunday, Mr. Cotter attempted what I guess one would call a “think piece” that took as its objects of interest two exhibitions ...

Jun 1 2009

Fresh Stuff From Vinchen



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More from Vinchen here.



Jun 1 2009

Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) at Church of St. Ann, Brooklyn



I was at The Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra performance of Das Lied von der Erde today (May 31st, 2009) at The Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn and caught the entire performance of Gustav Mahler’s masterpiece.   A friend was also playing in the orchestra today and that’s how I [...]