Word: manhattanization
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Defining Boston art as more than a stepchild of the Manhattan scene is a difficult task, made all the more so for the fact that, in the recent past, regional essentialism hasn't characterized the art in any obvious way. No one visual mode can definitively be called "the art of New England." The works at the Rose do share one quality, though: save a few pieces, Visual Memoirs is a wall-mounted show. What the artists manage to do with that two-dimensional, vertically oriented space is an amazing thing. Concurrent with the much-touted death of painting...
...Untitled (6th Avenue, New York City)," circa 1932-1935, seems, at first glance, to be a simple snapshot of a crowd of men in midtown Manhattan. The faces and figures of some are blurred, evidence of the close proximity in which Shahn uses his camera. Yet, we see that Shahn's photography employs method in its apparent randomness--there is one man that draws our attention. This man is in the center of the photograph and in focus, and we see that he seems to be deep in thought, with a slight frown on his face...
That's the vision of many telecommunications firms, which recognize that in an age of satellites and fiber optics, it is almost as easy to serve customers in Bhutan as in Manhattan. AT&T, for instance, has formed a joint venture with BritishTelecom, called Concert, that is designed to help build a one-stop global phone network for businesses. This is possible because national phone companies, which were once tightly controlled by governments, are suddenly open to international competition just about everywhere in the world. In coming decades, AT&T, Vodafone and others expect to be competing for customers...
...brass cross is stolen from the altar of a small Episcopal church on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The theft makes the papers and gives the rector, Father Thomas Pemberton, his 15 minutes of fame. Eventually, it turns up in an odd place: the roof of the Synagogue of Evolutionary Judaism on the Upper West Side. How did it get there...
Later that day, Thomas G. Nelford, a Columbia dropout and alleged cocaine addict known for his artistic ability, threw himself in front of a Manhattan subway train. He was found carrying Roskot's wallet...