Archive for the ‘Art’ Category
Alexander Nevsky’s relics to come to the US
Lenta.ru is reporting that the relics of Alexander Nevsky are coming to the US for “worship by local Orthodox believers and people of other confessions.” They’ll be here in March 2008. No word on where they’re going.
Is there a church in Brighton Beach?
Pseudo-Pollock – An Unintended Sokal Affair for the Art World?
The Guardian is running a piece on a batch of what might be Jackson Pollock paintings. Apparently, someone has done some kind of study on the pigments and concluded that they were made after Pollock died in 1956. That would be pretty damning, although, as the article mentions, there’s a gap between when a pigment is developed and when it’s patented, so we’ll have to wait on the “damning” verdict. We’re not even at conclusive yet.
What I find amusing about this whole story, however, is that people are depending on chemical analysis to establish the authenticity of the paintings. Can’t you just look at them and tell? Pollock is one of the masters of 20th-century art. Do we really need people in lab coats to tell us if the art is good or not? Because that’s what it really comes down to.
