viernes, 22 de julio de 2011

Lucian Freud, Figurative Painter Who Redefined Portraiture, Is Dead at 88

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Mr. Freud, a grandson of Sigmund Freud, was called “the greatest living realist painter” by one art critic in the late 1980s.

Showing Off Eclectic Tastes

By LARRY ROHTER

Marcelo D2 will kick off Brasil Summerfest in New York, which focuses on some underappreciated genres and less familiar names from Brazil.

ART REVIEW

“Three Capacity Men,” a 2005 sculpture by Thomas Schütte in “Ostalgia,” an exhibition of art from and about Russia and the former Soviet bloc, now at the New Museum.

When Repression Was a Muse

By HOLLAND COTTER

The New Museum takes a welcome turn to the substantive with an exhibition of art from and about Russia and the former Soviet bloc.

Slide Show: ‘Ostalgia’

Nikki Reed, a star in the coming “Twilight” movie, greets fans at Comic-Con.

Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest

By BROOKS BARNES

The “Twilight” phenomenon showed no signs of abating at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where a studio presentation drew hundreds of ravenous fans.

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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Down South, Where the Stereotypes Bloom

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

Two new reality shows on CMT continue a trend among shows set in the South: urbanity is scarce, and a certain brand of womanhood is promoted.

ART REVIEW

Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World “Newspaper Readers,” (1909), oil on canvas, at this exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

A Modernist Who Thrived at the Margins of Painting

By ROBERTA SMITH

“At the Edge of the World,” at the Whitney, is an effective if incomplete reintroduction to the work of Lyonel Feininger, an American-born artist who was a major figure of the Bauhaus.

Works by, from left, Peter Dayton, Richard Prince, Ryan McGinness (on back wall) and Raymond Pettibon at the “Nose Job” show in East Hampton.

Not That Kind of Nose Job

By RANDY KENNEDY

At a gallery in East Hampton, artists try their hand at nose-cone decorating.

THEATER REVIEW | 'DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY'

Death Takes a Holiday Julian Ovenden and Jill Paice star in this new musical, based on an Italian play, at the Laura Pels Theater.

Set Aside That Scythe, and Let’s Put on a Show

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The new musical “Death Takes a Holiday” finds the Grim Reaper visiting the living and breaking into song.

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MOVIE REVIEW | 'FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS'

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in “Friends With Benefits,” directed by Will Gluck, a romantic comedy about romantic comedy.

It’s Just Sex. We’re Just Friends. You Know the Rules. Etc., Etc.

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Will Gluck’s “Friends With Benefits,” starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake, is a romantic comedy about romantic comedy.

Profile: Justin Timberlake

MOVIE REVIEW | 'CAPTAIN AMERICA'

Hey, Brooklyn, Where’d You Get Those Muscles?

By A. O. SCOTT

“Captain America,” like its unapologetically corny hero, is propelled by unpretentious and plucky ingenuity.

BOOKS OF THE TIMES

‘David Bowie: Starman’

By BY PAUL TRYNKA
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER

“David Bowie: Starman,” by Paul Trynka, views its rock-star subject as a shape-shifting and calculating cabaret singer.

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INSIDE ART

Blockbuster Growth in the Met’s Attendance

By CAROL VOGEL

Suddenly the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a hot ticket; the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the acquisition of a large and varied group of artworks.

This week: Jon Caramanica brings back hundred-degree tales of Indie Nation from the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago; Jim McKinley speaks with Mitch Winehouse, crooner and dad-in-the-shadows; and we check into CDs by NRBQ and Oren Ambarchi with Jim O’Rourke

Abroad

Michael Kimmelman on culture and society in Europe and beyond.

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: July 22

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On July 22, 1934, a man identified as bank robber John Dillinger was shot to death by federal agents in Chicago.

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On July 22, 1849, Emma Lazarus, the American poet best known for her words inscribed at the Statue of Liberty, was born. Following her death on November 19, 1887, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1587	A second English colony, also fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
1796	The city of Cleveland was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
1933	American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in seven days, 18 1/2 hours.
1937	The Senate rejected President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
1943	American forces led by Gen. George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily.
1981	Turkish extremist Mehmet Ali Agca was sentenced in Rome to life in prison for shooting Pope John Paul II. (He served 19 years.)
1991	Police in Milwaukee arrested serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who later confessed to murdering 17 men and boys.
1994	O.J. Simpson pleaded innocent to the slaying of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1995	Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, S.C., of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. (She is serving life in prison.)
1998	Iran tested a medium-range missile capable of reaching Israel or Saudi Arabia.
2003	Saddam Hussein's sons Odai and Qusai were killed when U.S. forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
2004	The Sept. 11 commission issued a report saying America's leaders failed to grasp the gravity of terrorist threats before the 9/11 attacks.
2006	Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border as forces seized the village of Maroun al-Ras from Hezbollah.

Current Birthdays

Actor Danny Glover turns 65 years old today.

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Actor Willem Dafoe turns 56 years old today.

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1923	Bob Dole, Former Senate majority leader, presidential candidate, turns 88
1928	Orson Bean, Actor, turns 83
1932	Oscar de la Renta, Fashion designer, turns 79
1934	Louise Fletcher, Actress ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), turns 77
1938	Terence Stamp, Actor, turns 73
1940	Alex Trebek, Game show host ("Jeopardy"), turns 71
1941	George Clinton, Funk singer, turns 70
1943	Kay Bailey Hutchison, U.S. senator, R-Texas, turns 68
1943	Bobby Sherman, Actor, singer, turns 68
1947	Albert Brooks, Actor, director, turns 64
1947	Don Henley, Rock singer (The Eagles), turns 64
1954	Al Di Meola, Jazz guitarist, turns 57
1963	Rob Estes, Actor, turns 48
1963	Emily Saliers, Folk musician, singer (Indigo Girls), turns 48
1964	John Leguizamo, Actor, turns 47
1964	David Spade, Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live"), turns 47
1973	Rufus Wainwright, Rock singer, turns 38
1974	Franka Potente, Actress, turns 37
1978	A.J. Cook, Actress, turns 33
1992	Selena Gomez, Actress, turns 19

Historic Birthdays

Emma Lazarus7/22/1849 - 11/19/1887American poet and essayist.Go to obituary »

67	Jacques-Germain Soufflot 7/22/1713 - 8/29/1780 French architect
61	Gregor Mendel 7/22/1822 - 1/6/1884 Austrian botanist
72	Thomas Pendergast 7/22/1872 - 1/26/1945 American politician
84	Edward Hopper 7/22/1882 - 5/15/1967 American painter
88	Gustav Hertz 7/22/1887 - 10/30/1975 German Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1925)
64	Ely Culbertson 7/22/1891 - 12/27/1955 American Contract Bridge expert and peace activist
72	Oskar Maria Graf 7/22/1894 - 6/28/1967 German novelist and poet
78	Alexander Calder 7/22/1898 - 11/11/1976 American sculptor
44	Stephen Vincent Benet 7/22/1898 - 3/13/1943 American poet, novelist and short story writer
73	Charles Weidman 7/22/1901 - 7/15/1975 American dancer and choreographer
66	Amy Vanderbilt 7/22/1908 - 12/27/1974 American journalist and authority on etiquette