Monthly Archives: June 2011

Campaign Outsider Critics Corner (NY Art Museum Edition)

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Once around Central Park, James, and don’t spare the horses: METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART * Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty is an eye-popping tribute to the unique vision of the fashion designer who cut his own life short at age 40. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander McQueen, Cone Sisters, Francis Alys, German Expressionism, Jewish Museum, Maira Kalman, Met, MOMA, Night Vision, Reconfiguring an African Icon | 1 Comment

Campaign Outsider Critics Corner (Art Gallery Department)

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Picks ‘n’ pans from two days of gallery-hopping in the Big Town (sorry no links, still iPadlocked): MAIS OUI! DIVISION * Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best at the International Center for Photography. Sharp, witty photographs from Che Guevara to Paris pooches. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arshile Gorky, Chaim Soutine, Elliott Erwitt, Francis Bacon, Gagosian, George Grosz, John Henry, Julie Speidel, Louise Bourgeois, Marie-Therese, Mary Frank, Pablovian, Picasso, Richard Tuttle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Salvatore Scarpitta | Leave a comment

One Mav-elous Victory

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

After the beatdown they endured in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, the Dallas Mavericks took the court in Game 2 with one objective in mind: To prove that they actually belonged on the court with the Miami Heat. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Bosh, Dallas Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Dwayne Wade The Invisibles, LeBron James, Miami Heat, NBA Finals | Leave a comment

Campaign Outsider Critics Corner (Theater Division)

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

A couple of Broadway lullabies: * The revival of Garson Kanin’s Born Yesterday is a hoot, mostly thanks to Nina Arianda’s knockout turn as Billie Dawn, which rivals Judy Holliday’s performance in the original movie. Jim Belushi is also sharp … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bobby Cannavale's, Born Yesterday, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Garson Kanin, Jim Belushi, Nina Arianda, Robert Sean Leonard, Stephen Adly Guirgis's, The Motherf**ker With The Hat | Leave a comment

What You Can’t See In The Big Town

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Missus and I caught last call at the Guggenheim Museum’s “The Great Upheaval: Modern Art From the Guggenheim Collection, 1910-1918.” (Sorry, no links or graphics – I’m iPadlocked.) Some critics dismissed it as a mere basement-and-attic exhibit, but we … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basement-and-attic exhibit, CARTON Manifesto, create inside the box, Guggenheim, iPadlocked, Manifestos, The Great Upheaval, unreelism | 2 Comments

More BCAE ‘Funny’ Business At The Boston Globe

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

From Tuesday’s Boston Globe Names column: A ‘Funny’ thing happened at BCAE Some of the biggest names from the most colorful section of the newspaper gathered at the Boston Center for Adult Education on Sunday for a reception for “One … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BCAE, Boston Globe, Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, Jennifer Parisi, Mark Parisi, Names, Off the Mark, One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages, Short Shrift | 2 Comments

National Basketball Association (Accent On ‘Ass’)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The NBA Finals kicked off (or should that be “tipped off”?) Tuesday night, and the whole affair was more overblown than Snooki’s hairdo. Start with the ridiculously melodramatic promos for the series, like this one: Then there’s the amateur-hour Miami … Continue reading →

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