05_Petal PICKETT Executive Director – Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) seeks a collaborative and engaged organizational leader to build on its strong financial foundation and to guide it into a new era of imagining what a ballet organization can be. PBT’s dancers, staff, faculty and board members bring a passionate commitment to its success. Working closely…
You don’t often see a realistic story about sabotaging Texas oil infrastructure on American movie screens, but “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” dramatizes in detail the bombing plot of a group of young environmental activists. Like their super-focused characters, the filmmakers moved from conception to production in under a year. The team, lead by…
To any student of modern trends in art it is readily apparent that Salvador Dali’s present position is at best a most ambiguous one. The “experts” and “critics” have consistently refused to assign him any lasting or consecutive place. They still seem to regard his influence as unimportant upon anything except possibly advertising art, and…
Based entirely online, Peric Fang and Yi Gong founded Pinto Gallery in 2019—predating the rush to establish online gallery spaces the following year. Focusing largely on contemporary Asian art, with works by artists such as Ai Weiwei and Yoshitomo Nara, Pinto has set itself apart through its ongoing commitment to still engage with events and…
Cartoonist Al Jaffee has died the age of 102 in New York City. The artist’s granddaughter Fani Thomson confirmed the news to The New York Times on Monday, citing the cause as “multi-system organ failure.” Jaffee, born in 1921, started his career as a comic book artist before beginning his run at Mad in 1955….