+Looking Around | 1783 days ago

Death in Venice, Part II

By Richard Lacayo

In the LA Times today, Christopher Knight feels the same way that I did in Time a few weeks ago about the wisdom of having a dead artist, even a good one, representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. The artist of course, is Felix Gonzalez-Torres, who died of AIDS-related causes in 1996, when he [...]

+Looking Around | 1783 days ago

The Assault on Yesterday’s Versions of Tomorrow

By Richard Lacayo

A shameless link to my piece in the new issue of Time, which uses the opening of the Philip Johnson Glass House as a chance to talk about the fate of other Modernist houses that are not being as nicely preserved as Johnson’s little gem. Which means they’re being bulldozed, or at least threatened with [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1783 days ago

Test Pilot: Bionic Woman

By James Poniewozik

[Here is where there would be a really pretty picture from Bionic Woman if Moveable Type were presently allowing me to upload photos.] Test Pilot is Tuned In’s semiregular summer preview of the pilots for new fall series. These aren’t reviews, because the pilots can be recast, reshot and improved (or ruined) before air. But [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1784 days ago

Dead Tree Alert: Special Guest Edition

By James Poniewozik

I’m out of the print TIME magazine for a couple of weeks, owing to a long-term project, but even if I were in it, anything I could muster would be dwarfed by Eric Pooley’s massive profile of Rupert Murdoch, so I thought I’d link to it in case anyone wants to comment. The profile obviously [...]