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...Renata Adler thinks that perhaps the strongest anti-intellectual forces at present are the "uneducated and unearned nihilism" of pop art, which holds that the meaningless is entertaining, and the enthusiasm for "camp," which holds that the mediocre and the ugly are amusing. The attitude is typified by Pop Painter Andy Warhol, who, after seeing Tiny Alice, was heard to say: "It's boring, of course, but then I love to be bored...
Prior to Thannhauser, the museum's sole major benefactor had been its founder, the late Solomon R. Guggenheim. Back in 1928 he had seen his first nonobjective painting and declared, "By Jove, this is beautiful!" Under the guidance of his good friend, Nonobjective Painter Hilla Rebay, he built a lasting collection around paintings by Braque, Picasso, Léger, Klee, Delaunay and Kandinsky. But to represent pre-1900 painting, there were barely half a dozen oils. The Thannhauser gift now adds 21 works predating the 20th century, including six Van Goghs, one Degas, and three more Cézannes...
When the sitter for this week's cover by Italian Painter Pietro Annigoni saw the finished sketch at No. 10 Downing Street one morning last week, he wondered at first if there wasn't something a little wrong about the eyes. British Prime Minister Harold Wilson showed the drawing to an aide and asked if his eyes really closed that much. Assured that they did when he was thinking or talking, the Prime Minister warmed up to the work and smiled his approval. He had but one suggestion. He asked that there be sufficient space...
...vacant geodesic dome that was called the Assembly Hall. The story of the great man's life is told in a walk-through illuminated by 500 photographs, after which visitors find themselves surrounded by 32 charming Churchill paintings, which amply demonstrate that he was no mere Sunday painter.* Also on display is a reconstruction of his study at Chartwell, and more than $1,000,000 worth of Churchill memorabilia...
...harm's way. The Rao briskly institutes a private mutiny of his own. He transforms the matrons into concubines, and the proper Victorians are soon fighting to embrace a fate worse than death. The romantic and violent 19th century is Author Lesley Blanch's special province. Painter, stage designer, film critic and ex-wife of Novelist Romain Gary, she has written several skillful biographies of the period (The Wilder Shores of Love, The Sabres of Paradise). In this book, her first novel, she proves herself a comic writer with a range of wit that can make her readers...