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☆ Review: This ‘House of Bernarda Alba’ Is on Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Matt Wolf | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The ground is breathing fire, we’re told, in “The House of Bernarda Alba,” the Spanish classic by Federico García Lorca that opened Tuesday at the National Theater in London in a ferocious new version by Alice Birch. The show runs through Jan. 6. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall and starring Harriet Walter from “Succession” in the imperious title role, it really is scorching. Lorca’s play about a tough-as-nails matriarch and her five unmarried daughters in 1930s Andalusia is regularly revived in theaters in England, but I’ve never seen an ensemble so fully committed to the play, which races toward its tragic finish with genuinely shocking force. As Frecknall has demonstrated in work including that of Tennessee Williams and the Broadway-bound revival of “Cabaret,” she has a gift for reinvigorating familiar titles as though they were brand new.

Persons: we’re, Bernarda Alba, Federico García Lorca, Alice Birch, Rebecca Frecknall, Harriet Walter, I’ve, Frecknall, Tennessee Williams, ” Organizations: National Theater Locations: The, London, Jan, Andalusia, England

☆ Fact Check: Spoof lobotomy poster shared online as if from 20th century
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Text within the poster image reads: “Are you depressed? One Instagram post (archived) sharing the image gathered more than 310,000 “likes.”Many accounts sharing the poster use it to discredit modern scientific consensus. The ad, however, was created by an enamel pin company making accessories inspired by horror and cult films. Demonic Pinfestation confirmed by email that it created the graphic to advertise an illustrated lobotomy pin, the central image in the promo circulated online, and shared separate images of the design. U.S. enamel pin business created the faux advertisement for lobotomy to promote its enamel pin product.

Persons: Walter Freeman, ”, Pinfestation, I'm, Freeman, Miriam Posner, Posner, Egas Moniz, Read Organizations: Facebook, Reuters, U.S . National Library of Medicine, University of California, Thomson Locations: American, United States, Los Angeles

☆ Picasso portrait of mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter could sell for over $120 million at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” is expected to fetch more than $120 million when it goes up for auction this fall. Sotheby'sThe piece, which measures 51¼ x 38 inches (130 x 96.5 centimeters), depicts Picasso’s lover and “golden muse” Marie-Thérèse Walter, who featured in many of his portraits. In a statement announcing the sale, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. The artist painted “Femme à la montre” in August 1932, soon after the retrospective at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris ended. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

Persons: Emily Fisher Landau, Fernand Léger's, ” Marie, Thérèse Walter, Picasso, London’s, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s, ” Picasso, Walter, Olga Khokhlova, ”, Galerie Georges Petit, Fisher Landau, Andy Warhol's, Fisher, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Fisher Landau’s, fenêtre, Thérèse, Picasso’s Organizations: CNN, London’s Tate, Art, Galerie, Lloyds Locations: New York, Manhattan, Paris, Americas, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgia, London, Marie

☆ Picasso masterpiece depicting his young mistress sells for $139 million at Sotheby’s auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Picasso masterpiece entitled “Femme à la montre” fetched more than $139 million on Wednesday, becoming the second most valuable work by the artist ever sold at auction. The 1932 oil painting took center-stage at a two-day event at Sotheby’s in New York, at the sale of late philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau’s private collection. She is pictured here in front of Fernand Léger's "Étude pour Les Constructeurs" in her home in Manhattan in 2002. In a statement announcing the sale in September, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern Art for the Americas, said: “Picasso’s ‘Femme à la Montre’ is a masterpiece by every measure. Andy Warhol's 1986 self portrait will also be auctioned as part of Fisher Landau's collection.

Persons: CNN —, ”, Emily Fisher, Emily Fisher Landau, Fernand Léger's, ” Marie, Thérèse Walter, Picasso, London’s, Julian Dawes, Sotheby’s, ” Picasso, Walter, Olga Khokhlova, Galerie Georges Petit, Fisher Landau, Andy Warhol's, Fisher, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Ed, fenêtre, Thérèse, Picasso’s Organizations: CNN, London’s Tate, Art, Galerie, Lloyds Locations: New York, Manhattan, Paris, Americas, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgia, London, Marie

☆ How Does a Best-Selling Author Name Her Characters?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Elisabeth Egan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Suddenly she knew she wanted to write about him — or a character inspired by him — in her 21st book. The man was “utterly nondescript,” the suspense novelist said in a phone interview. “I could see that his apartment had no softness to it, nothing on the walls,” Jewell explained. “He’s Walter Fair.” She already had a few ideas brewing for the novel that would become her latest best seller, “None of This Is True.” But Walter Fair was, as she put it, “the key that opened the last door” to the rest of the story. A name won’t necessarily serve as a springboard to inspiration, but Jewell always puts a lot of stock in the christening of characters.

Persons: Lisa Jewell, —, “, ” Jewell, Jewell, Walter, I’ve, “ He’s Walter Fair, Walter Fair, “ It’s, Sarah, Mike, “ Fox, ”, Wolf, “ Lamb Locations: London

☆ Tod's creative director Walter Chiapponi to step down
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] The logo of Tod's is seen in a shop in downtown Rome, Italy February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File PhotoMILAN, July 12 (Reuters) - Italian luxury fashion group Tod's (TOD.MI) said on Wednesday that creative director Walter Chiapponi was leaving the company "by mutual agreement" after four years. Chiapponi will present his last Tod's Spring Summer 2024 women's collection in September at the Milan Fashion Week, the group said in a statement. Tod's did not name a replacement but said that a "new creative direction" would be announced in the coming months. The designer's departure was first reported by Women's Wear Daily (WWD) on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Persons: Tony Gentile, MILAN, Walter Chiapponi, Chiapponi, Tod's, Women's, Walter, Diego Della Valle, Fay, Hogan, Roger Vivier, Elisa Anzolin, Keith Weir Organizations: REUTERS, Milan, Tod's, Thomson Locations: Rome, Italy

☆ Why doctors used to think drilling into people's skulls could treat mental illness
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Carla Delgado | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Lobotomies used to be a horrific way that doctors tried to treat patients with mental illness. Different doctors performed lobotomies differently, but one of the primary approaches was to drill a hole in the side of the skull to access the brain. Doctors thought that severing certain connections in the brain could help treat mental illness. By the 1950s, lobotomies were on their way out, but not before doctors performed over 40,000 of them in the US alone. A drill, shown on the right, is cranked by hand to help doctors access the patient's brain.

Persons: Lobotomies, —, Howard Dully, Dully, Walter Freeman —, National Library of Medicine Lobotomies, lobotomies, Egas Moniz, Mical Raz, Raz, Freeman Organizations: Service, NPR, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Singapore Medical, University of Rochester, Library of Medicine Locations: Portugal, Singapore, Europe, North America, California, Tennessee, Colorado, Delaware

☆ Pence Seeks to Go Where No Vice President Has Gone Before
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Having a former vice president contest the president he served for their party’s nomination in contested primaries is like a 234-year flood,” said Joel K. Goldstein, a specialist on the vice presidency at the St. Louis University School of Law. The broken relationship between Mr. Trump and Mr. Pence is itself a historical anomaly, of course. “The reason why no other vice president appears to have run against his president is that he was selected by the president, and there is almost always a personal bond stemming from a sense of loyalty and gratitude,” said Richard Moe, who was the chief of staff to Vice President Walter F. Mondale. In 1800, Vice President Thomas Jefferson challenged President John Adams, defeating the incumbent’s bid for a second term. Adams and Jefferson had run against each other in 1796, with Adams prevailing and Jefferson becoming vice president because he was the runner-up.

Persons: ”, Joel K, Goldstein, ” “, don’t, “, Pence, Trump, Joseph R, Biden, Mike Pence ”, Richard Moe, Walter F, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Adams, Jefferson Organizations: St, Louis University School of Law, Electoral College, Mondale, Trump

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