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The best of times, the worst of times for the arts
There was a major ceremony at the Speed Museum in Louisville last week for the unveiling of its new Art Park. According to its announcement: The Speed Art Museum is proud to announce the opening of its new Elizabeth P. and Frederick K. Cressman Art Park, a three-acre landscape surrounding the Museum that brings the…
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Art is about to take over my neighborhood
It will be October in a couple of weeks. That means it’s time for this: Hints of autumn are in the air and that means the St. James Court Art Show is just around the corner. Considered one of the nations’ best outdoor fine arts and contemporary crafts juried art shows, St. James Court Art Show…
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Film critique: Why are you Americans so anti dictators?
The Tennessee Holler remembers this from the 2012 movie “The Dictator.” We were warned. We didn’t listen.
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Who’s desecrating Louisville statues?
Apparently, someone in the city is running around cutting off parts of sculptures for scrap. From Joe Gerth: For the second time in a year and a half, thieves have struck one of Ed Hamilton’s sculptures in Louisville — this time trying to cut off the left hand of “York,” his statue of the slave…
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The Bluegrass Blues Podcast: Episode 3
Let’s talk about the arts and history: Focusing on the Kentucky Derby, the Underground Railroad, 20th century women in Paris and the Pulitzer Prize.
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Brilliant Exiles: Wonderful Exhibit
Life isn’t all politics (thank God), because there always is art, which may be political, but not blood pressure raising. The Speed Museum, on the University of Louisville campus, currently has the best exhibit I’ve ever seen there: ” Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900-1939.” According to the museum, the exhibit: … (R)ecaptures the…
