Copyright 2010 Judith H. Dobrzynski Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:40:02 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Judith H. Dobrzynski :: Writings http://www.judithdobrzynski.com jhdobrzynski@nyc.rr.com (Judith H. Dobrzynski) webmaster@pundicity.com en-us http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7875/no-more-cathedrals-of-culture Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST Over breakfast one recent Saturday, Kaywin Feldman, the director of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, recalled a moment years ago at a meeting of the Association of Art Museum Directors. Then in her mid-30s, one of association's youngest members, and... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7760/the-grand-women-artists-of-the-hudson-river-school Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST When Americans took to travel and tourism in the mid-19th century, exploring the great landscape around them brought particular challenges, especially to women, who were constrained by the strictures of proper behavior and dress. But that didn't stop a... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7755/botanical-gardens-look-for-new-lures Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST For the last quarter century, the Cleveland Botanical Garden went all out for its biennial Flower Show, the largest outdoor garden show in North America. With themed gardens harking back to the Roman empire, or an 18th-century English estate, the event... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7703/where-paint-and-poetry-meet Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST Even children are drawn, viscerally, to "The Figure 5 in Gold," one of the most recognizable works in American Modernism. Painted in 1928, its vibrant red, black and gold fire-engine motif barrels at the viewer, delivering a "Pow!" that Pop artists... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7689/ancient-greeks-speak-to-our-modern-lives Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:00:00 EST No one would have predicted how the young Peter Meineck would turn out. At 15, he was expelled from his tough South London boys' school, populated by assorted ruffians, and went to work as a laborer. At 16, he signed up for the Royal Marines—his only... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7655/a-playwright-in-the-grand-manner-his-latest-is Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST To those who know little about A.R. "Pete" Gurney, his new play simply pays homage to Katharine Cornell, the onetime "First Lady of the American Stage," and to the greatness of Broadway theater in its heyday. To those more acquainted with him, "The Grand... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7647/a-garden-crawl-through-the-garden-state Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST NEW JERSEY is the Garden State, but that nickname wasn't always so secure. Unofficially, it dates to at least 1876, when Abraham Browning of Camden likened "our Garden State" to "an immense barrel, filled with good things to eat and open at both ends,... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7637/art-nature-hand-in-hand Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST INDIANAPOLIS — Another museum opens another sculpture park. Ho-hum. Isn't that so last decade? Yes, it is. But for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which opened its "100 Acres" park on Sunday, being late to the game has played to its advantage. In search... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7619/female-artists-to-the-fore-at-museum-of-modern-art Mon, 1 Jun 2010 09:00:00 EST In what some critics describe as a long overdue effort, the Museum of Modern Art in New York is this month publishing "Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art." The 500-page book, in the works for more than four years, is the centerpiece... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7261/the-new-improved-job-interview-questions Thu, 6 May 2010 09:00:00 EST You've made it past the online job search and have been called in for an interview at headquarters. Confident of your accomplishments, experience and dress, you firmly shake the recruiter's hand and carefully sit down across from him. Why do you want... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7201/jazz-baby-135-minutes-with-nikki-yanofsky Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST As soon as Nikki Yanofsky sits down at the table in Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center's imperial spot overlooking Central Park, she takes the menu, says she's starving, warns that she doesn't have good table manners ("You'll see: I can make... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7207/freelance-work-upsides-and-downside Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST Pat Baird, a registered dietitian, has worked on her own for 23 years. She earns a nice living working for major health care and pharmaceutical companies or their PR agencies--consulting, writing white papers and Web articles, making speeches, producing... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7179/renee-fleming-aria-on-the-future Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST It's been years since Renée Fleming etched an indelible imprint on the hearts and minds of opera-lovers and became "the people's diva." With her celestial soprano voice, glamorous beauty and even temper, she's perpetually in demand. This season, she... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7155/sex-blood-and-war Thu, 8 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST Otto Dix is a difficult artist to like. Adjectives like harsh, cruel and disturbing frequently accompany descriptions of his work—and no wonder. His depictions of the social and moral decay of Weimar Germany are ruthless. His portrait-sitters had to be... http://www.judithdobrzynski.com/7088/the-story-within-a-landscape Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST When the National Galleries of Scotland mounted an exhibition of Adam Elsheimer's paintings in 2006, curators subtitled the show "Devil in the Detail" and provided a free magnifying glass in the £6 ticket price. For the cover of the accompanying catalog,...