The two biggest unfilled jobs in the museum world this summer have been the next director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum and the next chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art. Now there’s just one. Ann Temkin, a MoMA curator in that department since 2003, will succeed the just-retired John Elderfield — …
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TV Tonight: From The Peach Pit to The Barn
Mackey’s back in town. / Prashant Gupta / FX
Lots of TV on television tonight beyond the on-again Republican National Convention. First, and least threatening to President Bush’s demographic, is The CW’s remake of 90210, which the network did not send to critics in advance, presumably for fear we would be blinded by its sheer …
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Palin: Smear or Gift? Pt. 2
Expectations for Sarah Palin’s nomination speech before the media went nuts with the pregnancy story: How presidential is she? How well will she address [her foreign-policy experience, her real position on the Bridge to Nowhere, Troopergate…]?
Expectations for Sarah Palin’s nomination speech after the media went nuts with the …
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Palin Rumors: Smear or Gift?
The Sarah Palin story/ies blew up while I was on vacation, and it’s so fascinating—from a media coverage angle as well as others—that I’ll try to resist the urge to overpost. (By which I mean not just the pregnancy but her whole candidacy and rollout.) I may not be able to keep that promise, though.
But right now a quick hit on one …
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The Morning After: Meanwhile, in Non-Political Soap Operas…
GIOVANNI RUFINO/THE CW
I’m back from vacation, and Gossip Girl has returned with me. I’m not sure what I’m more unsettled by: seeing Chuck as a quasi-sympathetic figure (“Damn that motherChucker!”), or seeing Jay McInerney as an actor. (Me: “Guy who wrote Bright Lights, Big City! Distracting!” Most of GG audience: “Ew, old guy! …
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Thanks; or, the Shameless Pandering Post
A quick thank-you, by the way, to all of Tuned In’s commenters. Robo-James gets a lot of credit for running the blog while I’m away, but now that I’ve unplugged him, I can say this: the dirty not-so-secret is that you really run this blog while I’m on vacation, by keeping things lively in the comments sections. (The epic Simpsons-quote …
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The Palin Media-Sexism Debate: A Preview
You must be wondering by now what I think about the question: has the media coverage of Sarah Palin been sexist? Well, for starters, I—
What’s that you say? You didn’t ask? Because no one’s asking? Because it’s not actually a controversy yet?
Maybe not. But as night follows day, it will be.
Here is how it will happen.
A Talk With: Damien Hirst
Hirst with The Golden Calf. /© Damien Hirst — photos: PRUDENCE CUMMINGS
In London recently I spent three days visiting with Damien Hirst and the people he works with, first at the townhouse that serves as Hirst’s London offices, then at the studio/display space he has in Stroud, a town in rural Gloucestershire about two hours west of …
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Mad Men Watch: Who Let the Dogs Out?
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SPOILER ALERT: Before you read this post, tell your mother you have company, turn the TV up really loud and watch Mad Men.
No Labor Day
The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849-50 (destroyed 1945)/FORMERLY DRESDEN STATE ART COLLECTIONS
At least no labor for me — I’m taking today off. Courbet’s tireless (and, alas, lost) pair will labor in my place. Back Tuesday.
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Vacation Robo-Post: In Summ(er)ation
The best of summer TV 2008. The worst of summer TV 2008. Go.
Sorry so short. You try writing 20 robo-posts in a row sometime. See you after Labor Day.
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The Morning After: Robo-Version, 08.29.08
While Flesh-James is on vacation, Robo-James has generated this free-for-all thread to discuss anything that’s caught your eye in the worlds of TV, media, or other matters Tuned Inland-y. Think of it as do-it-yourself guest blogging.
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From Midfield, Obama Throws Long
In a way, the big challenge in Denver tonight was not Barack Obama’s but Invesco Field’s. For days, we’ve heard reports of hand-wringing among Democrats and pundits over Obama’s decision to hold the speech in a stadium. What if it made him seem too presumptuous? What if it looked too showboaty?
As opposed to what—a standard …