noted

- A. O. Scott writes that the new biography of Kingsley Amis offers "tasteful catnip for high-minded voyeurs."

- Porter Wagoner is back, baby.

- Because I didn't link to it the other day, part 4 of Christoph Büchel's statement to the Globe.

- Ken Johnson on what the soaring art market means for public collections.

- Louise Bourgeois interviewed in the LA Times.

Given that Dolly's career had moved on to a very different place by the time I was listening to music (i.e., halfway toward being a joke), I never realized how much Emmylou Harris sounded like the young Parton.

Comments

[Franklin]

Christoph left for the Christmas holidays after he and his assistants worked for more then 45 days frustrated and defeated by a contentious situation in which the museum technicians and Christoph were not working harmoniously and a museum that was not supporting the realization of a major installation – not just in scope and scale but conceptually, politically and art historically.

!!!

[JL]

Modesty does not seem to be his style.

[Edward_]

One of my favorite quips of all time is the infamous line Dolly offered "You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap."

She's a major talent, in my opinion. Surely one that will be rediscovered and elevated to god status one day.