Went to a talk at the Vassar College Loeb Art Center last week. A biology professor spoke on two Cherokee baskets in the gallery's collection. He covered history, botany, and aesthetics.
Interesting stuff - part of a program which has professors outside of the art history department talking and doing a Q&A about a piece of art that they have an interest in. Next Tuesday, a professor from the anthropology department will be discussing a Francis Bacon painting. I'm hoping that the weather will cooperate and that I'll be there for it.
NYC is the main reason.
Yeah, that's it
Think about this -- w/o NYC, you'd likely be listening to Merle Haggard today.
Not to pile on, but I might well listen to Merle today. And if I do, I'll enjoy my listening.
On one hand, the media, for obvious self serving reasons, will milk a storm like this one for all it's worth. On the other hand, it's better for people to be overprepared, rather than underprepared or unprepared.
Really sad there seemed to be no recognition of this. It was 44 years ago.
I picked up on it when you posted it. Just didn't comment on it because this thread bores me. I imagine that others recognized it too.