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Spertus Opens $55m Building, Foliage-Painting Monk

November 29th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker

  • Is unearthing Photoshop files on a dead man’s personal computer the same as grave robbing? There is life after death, at least for Jeremy Blake’s paintings. [NY Times]
  • Without auteurs, the “Classics would be ancient history” and “risk growing dusty and irrelevant.” [The Guardian blog]
  • The Tai Situpa, 54, “the monk who paints the foliage,” says of his work, “The tree becomes more lush as it grows. Similarly people do a lot of things… they should do what they want, but they need to realise why they are doing. Awareness is important.” [Express India]
  • “I’m not a dance-in-church person … I am a dancer, and a choreographer and a Christian. … I don’t have to broadcast that,” choreographer Stephen Wynne. [Jackson Free Press]
  • The Spertus Institute is opening its new $55m building, pictured, in Chicago. My review of its first show will be forthcoming. [JTA]

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