“Jeanne-Claude, who collaborated with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental arts projects, notably the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin, and the installation of 7,503 vinyl gates with saffron-colored nylon panels in Central Park, died Thursday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 74. “The cause was complications [...]
Archive for November 19th, 2009
R.I.P. – Jeanne-Claude (1935-2009)
Posted in Art & Artists, Museums & Exhibitions, New York City, Obituaries on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Literary Review’s “Bad Sex in Fiction” Shortlist Announced: Roth, Oz, Theroux Face Stiff Competition
Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Literature, Sex & Gender, Writers & Writing on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The story of the seduction of a lesbian by an ageing stage actor, which includes an eye-watering scene with a green dildo, has won Philip Roth the dubious honour of a place on the shortlist for the Literary Review’s bad sex in fiction award. “Roth can comfort himself with the fact that a roll call of literary [...]
