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☆ I lived in rural Pennsylvania for 23 years before moving to a big city. The culture shock was real.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Olivia Bardo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I moved to Washington, DC, after living in rural Pennsylvania for 23 years. The work culture was a bit intense, but I loved how much there was to do after work and on weekends. AdvertisementI grew up in rural Pennsylvania, tucked away in a stretch of the Appalachian Mountains known as the Endless Mountains. AdvertisementThe work culture in DC was intenseMy first full-time job was in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, so right out of college, I felt like I was thrown into the most competitive work culture. Although I loved discovering what people do for a living, work culture is often prioritized over everything else.

Persons: —, I'm, Olivia Bardo, tahini, ube waffles Organizations: Service, ESPN, ACLU, Peace Corps, Hirshhorn Museum, Renwick Locations: Washington, Pennsylvania, Columbia, Washington ,, Colorado

☆ Osgemeos Rocked Brazil. Can the Graffiti Twins Take New York?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Jill Langlois | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just inside the door to the studio of the Brazilian artists Osgemeos is a self-portrait. Spray painted onto the concrete wall of the old metal workshop’s entryway, the image shows the identical twins Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo, 50, standing next to each other, hands at their sides and looking forward. They’re wearing colorful printed clothing, bags slung over their shoulders and baseball caps propped on their heads. Here, preparations are underway for “Endless Story,” their first museum survey of work in the United States. One of the brothers’ imposing sculptures, wrapped in black plastic so it can be shipped for the exhibition, hangs from chains on the sweeping ceiling and another is tucked away in a corner, a smidgen of what looks like a subway car visible.

Persons: Osgemeos, Otávio, Gustavo Pandolfo Organizations: Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum, Washington , D.C Locations: Brazil, United States, Washington ,

During Art Basel Miami next month, St. Fleur said that he intended to visit the art fairs with former N.B.A. players like Deron Williams, Courtney Lee and Amar’e Stoudemire, and that he was arranging a private dinner for some of his athlete clients at a collector’s home on Star Island. There are other signs that the influence of athletes who collect art has been growing in recent years. He served on the board of advisers of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and now serves on the board of the Hirshhorn in Washington. “I wanted to think outside the box and give our players #athletes an opportunity to engage with ART done by African American Artists and respond to the cultural richness of these artists, as well as draw their own interpretation of the works.”

Persons: Kevin Love, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Ernie Barnes, Fleur, Deron Williams, Courtney Lee, Amar’e Stoudemire, Keith Rivers, Kerry James Marshall, Sonia Gomes, Thaddeus Mosley, Elliot Perry, “, ” Organizations: Miami Heat, Art Basel Miami, Star, Art Foundation, Hammer Museum, Hirshhorn, Memphis Grizzlies, American Artists Locations: New York, Manhattan, Los Angeles, Washington

☆ Opinion | The Climate Protesters and the Museums
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “When Protesters Take Aim at Art” (Arts, July 12):Nobody wants art museums to become fortresses; they are a precious public good. As such, to remain relevant and credible, museums must engage with the concerns of their constituencies — as they generally seek to do. The climate crisis, however, has been slow to receive curatorial attention, even though it is a front and center concern in most U.S. communities. For example, a bipartisan supermajority of American adults, like museum protesters, want to see transformational government action on climate change, away from burning fossil fuels. Museums’ popularity and great public trust mean that they can move the needle significantly on climate engagement in our culture.

Organizations: Hirshhorn, Brooklyn Museum Locations: Washington, New York

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