+Looking Around | 1286 days ago

Sol LeWitt at MASS MoCA

By Richard Lacayo

Two weeks ago I headed up to MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass. to get an early look at their absolutely terrific new installation of 105 Sol LeWitt wall drawings, a career-spanning retrospective that opens on Sunday. This is no ordinary show. It’s going to stay on the walls at MASS MoCA for at least [...]

+Looking Around | 1286 days ago

Last Talk With: William Eggleston

By Richard Lacayo

Let’s finish up that conversation with the photographer William Eggleston, who’s retrospective opens Friday at the Whitney Museum in New York. LACAYO: There are certain pictures of your’s that I think of as your Nan Goldin pictures. EGGLESTON: Nan and I are very close. I adore her. We talk back and forth all the time. [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1287 days ago

The Real Value of Holograms

By James Poniewozik

…they make great music-video effects.  [watch at about 2:45]

+Looking Around | 1287 days ago

Sol LeWitt at MASS MoCA

By Richard Lacayo

Two weeks ago I headed up to MASS MoCA in North Adams, Mass. to get an early look at their absolutely terrific new installation of 105 Sol LeWitt wall drawings, a career-spanning retrospective that opens on Sunday. This is no ordinary show. It’s going to stay on the walls at MASS MoCA for at least [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1287 days ago

The Morning After: She's Gotta Have One

By James Poniewozik

The chief question I have after last night’s How I Met Your Mother is: Was “The Cheerleader Effect”—Barney’s theory of how unattractive women look better in groups—a cryptic slam at Heroes? Beyond that, not much to comment on in last night’s fair but unremarkable episode. The chief storyline, in which Lily and Marshall decide to [...]

Tuned In
Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1287 days ago

You've Got Questions…

By James Poniewozik

…we’ve got answers. Sort of. At least to one question, about Lost. In yesterday’s thread about Lost’s return date, several commenters asked how long the season would be—since, if the show airs weekly, a 16-episode season would end before the TV season did.  Before the fourth season of Lost, the producers and ABC reached an [...]

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | 1287 days ago

Remembering Sarah Palin

By James Poniewozik

It’s not that Sarah Palin didn’t want to make herself more available for mainstream media interviews. It was just that, when you’re in the middle of running for vice president, who has time for that kind of thing? Now that that bit of business is over, however, Palin has become a regular camera hound. Last [...]