Sentences with phrase «as impresario»

Though a bit kitsch, the scenography appeared infinitely more subdued than, say, the expressionless, rotating heads of the performers used as centerpieces during Marina Abramović's turn as impresario at a rather different MoCA gala in 2011, under the rather different stewardship of Jeffrey Deitch.

Kjartansson's work leaves all those possibilities open, as impresario and host.

As impresario and curator, can Hirst in his new venture, regain the TBA tastemaking flair with which this trio once shaped London's cultural landscape?

As 2015 draws to a close, however, a clearer strategy is starting to gel — one that makes use of both Deitch's private - dealing acumen and his status as an impresario of pop - up shows and special events.

Hugh Jackman is the perfect Barnum, bent as a boy, swaggering as an impresario.

Midway through an 11 o'clock number set in a bar in «The Greatest Showman» — there are several such numbers; this movie musical's turned up to 11 all the time — Hugh Jackman, as impresario P.T. Barnum, ends his song and departs.

Source Code In his 2009 debut feature, Moon, director Duncan Jones established himself as an impresario of mind - blowing science fiction.

Behind the scenes during a summer of crisis, however, Trump appears to pine for the days when the Oval Office was a bustling hub of visitors and gossip, over which he presided as impresario.

Ultimately, if you're launching an entrepreneurial venture, you may want to brand yourself as its impresario.

From the artists who ran coop galleries of the 1950s to Michelle Grabner curating her Suburban exhibition space near Chicago and beyond, painters, sculptors, and performers have served as impresarios and cheerleaders for their friends.

Not exact matches

The careers of merchandising impresarios Adam Gimbel and Edwin Goodman are both inspirational and instructive, as I point out in my new book, Supreme City.

Jeff Moss said he learned that lesson early on in his days as the hacker community's best - known security impresario.

As I reported on the mortgage market, one thing that fascinated me was how the impresarios of the housing boom used the idea of the American dream to clear the way.

The guide as administrator of crowd events is an impresario of happenings designed to stimulate interest in discipleship.

As well as being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter propertAs well as being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter propertas being one of the most influential figures in Australian wine from the 1960s to his death in 2006, the irrepressible impresario, winery founder, show judge and writer was also a sculptor, and his chunky, Easter Island - like figures loomed out of the landscape of his Hunter property.

Hambletonian impresarios Don and Bill Hayes have no official word as yet, but this richly - bred youngster (Stars Pride - Lady Gainesway) recently became the fastest American - bred 3 - year - old ever to race in Europe when he beat aged trotters in 2:04 [3/5].

If the Rangers are indeed for real, nobody will be happier about it than Sonny Werblin, the impresario who 11 months ago took over as president of Madison Square Garden Corp., the parent company of the Rangers as well as the NBA Knicks.

During the celebration, Borough President Diaz announced that advocate and founder of the #MeToo movement Tarana Burke, «Billions» actor Maggie Siff, and Hip - Hop impresario Slick Rick will be honored as the newest members of the 2018 Bronx Walk of Fame.

Russell Simmons - As we noted in our profile of him yesterday, the entrepreneur / impresario / author has been meditating for over twelve years.

What Turturro, who appears in the film as a combination tour guide and impresario, has come up with is closer to a fantasia than a traditional documentary.

In keeping with this framework, the film presents its titular subject as one part visionary, three parts impresario, and narcissist all the way through.

Loosely adapted from a Neil Gaiman short story (and co-starring Nicole Kidman as a punk queen impresario called Boadicea), the film revels in its own shambolic style, turning the England of 1977 into a sort of queer - friendly fringe musical fantasia where anything goes.

In too short order, he's meeting bandleader and salsa impresario Johnny Pacheco (Nelson Vasquez), who signs the kid up as vocalist in trombonist Willie Colon's (John Ortiz) band and welcomes him to the Fania Records family.

What to make of The Greatest Showman, an original musical — written for the screen, not stage — starring Hugh Jackman (Logan) as 19th - century circus impresario P.T. Barnum?

Gordon - Levitt's oui - oui French accent requires patience too (the actor's exuberance could have been more finely shaded), and just when you're okay with it, along comes a thick slice of Ben Kingsley as a circus impresario of indeterminate origin.

«As Sorkin embarks on this next chapter of his career, his talents are timely for a tribute as he brings his gift of crafting compelling narratives and complex characters to the story of female impresario Molly Bloom.&raquAs Sorkin embarks on this next chapter of his career, his talents are timely for a tribute as he brings his gift of crafting compelling narratives and complex characters to the story of female impresario Molly Bloom.&raquas he brings his gift of crafting compelling narratives and complex characters to the story of female impresario Molly Bloom.»

Directed by razzle - dazzle impresario Baz Luhrmann, this «Gatsby» boasts the charismatic duo of Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan as romantic leads, 3 - D as its format, a soundtrack rife with proven hitmakers, a Jazz Age setting and a theme of the American Dream gone sour that still resonates today.

Miller and Savin frame «CBGB» as a similar underdog tale, centered on the ne'er - do - well Kristal (Alan Rickman) and his unlikely ascent from failed folk singer to punk impresario.

Featuring crackerjack action sequence directed with pinpoint precision by Atomic Blonde and John Wick impresario David Leitch while still maintaining the vulgar wit of its predecessor, it might even pick up some new ones as well.

Hugh Jackman is having a great time as circus impresario PT Barnum, but the audience are left shortchanged

Other bonuses: jokes about cats and Keanu Reeves stretched to the breaking point, Will Forte as a pot impresario.

With that as the framing story, McGuckian continues to cull the fringes of the 1974 A-list with Harvey Keitel as another Brooklyn - ese Peruvian, impresario Uncle Pio, who creates a monster in the spicy Camila (Pilar Lopez de Ayala) while courting the patronage of the Viceroy of Peru (F. Murray Abraham!).

Dominic Cooper, on the other hand, is absolutely wasted as the one - dimensional villain, while Michael Keaton, who plays the manic impresario / announcer behind the DeLeon, delivers a wildly over-the-top performance that suggests he's the only one aware of exactly what kind of film they're making.

Given that we know Kojima likes to keep the hype building for his games, the fact Guillermo del Toro is a confirmed collaborator on Death Stranding - one of the characters is based on him, as you can see in the second trailer - and Kojima's famous closeness with The Game Awards impresario Geoff Keighley, we wouldn't be surprised.

Japanese designer Yuji Horii would later gain his greatest fame as the creator and impresario of the Dragon Quest games, but in 1983, Enix published his second commercial work, a murder mystery that cast players as the investigating detective.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Watermill Annual Summer Benefit, celebrating the Southampton center that artist and theater impresario Robert Wilson founded as a place to bring artists of all stripes together in a spirit of creative exchange.

Back in 2016, just as he was celebrating having his London gallery for 10 years, outspoken art impresario Steve Lazarides upped the ante (and reasons for celebrating) by announcing he had received a

As show organizer and MAM chief curator Gail Stavitsky points out, consciousness of Matisse entered the U.S. art world very early on, thanks to the prescient efforts of artist - impresarios Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Walter Pach and collectors and salonistes such as Claribel and Etta Cone of Baltimore and the Stein familAs show organizer and MAM chief curator Gail Stavitsky points out, consciousness of Matisse entered the U.S. art world very early on, thanks to the prescient efforts of artist - impresarios Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Walter Pach and collectors and salonistes such as Claribel and Etta Cone of Baltimore and the Stein familas Claribel and Etta Cone of Baltimore and the Stein family.

But, inadvertently, Seghal might also be in danger of creating a mystery cult around his brand, as the invisible impresario of fetishised encounters that are in fact common to us all when we meet strangers in real - life situations — in taxi cabs, in coffee shops, while walking the dog.

Route 2: Undisclosed Destination investigates the idea of a West Coast aesthetic as both a decoy and an impresario.

When he arrived, Tamayo spoke no English, but that didn't stop him from rapidly inserting himself into a number of creative communities — one of Mexican intellectuals who hung out at the midtown bookstore run by poet Juan José Tablada; one of American artists who lived near Tamayo's apartment in the Village, including Stuart Davis, Reginald Marsh, Raphael and Moses Soyer, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi; and a circle of art dealers and impresarios including Walter Pach (who had organized the 1913 Armory Show), Carl Zigrosser of Weyhe Gallery, and future gallerist and Surrealist promoter Julien Levy, then working as an assistant to Zigrosser.

With their multi-hyphenated addresses; habit of changing hats as artist, curator, and art impresario; and tendency to sample from across the style spectrum, the Iranian modernists might have more in common with today's global avant - garde than the fabled New York School did.

But it needs to be made plain as day: Biesenbach is not a scholar or an intellect, maybe not even a curator, per se; he's an impresario who has been given too much power at MoMA.

But Kramar's curious artistic vision and skills as an arts impresario set the tone, which achieves a fine balance between irony and sincerity.

The final article in the American Impresario series features Claire Chase of the International Contemporary Ensemble, which has been described by the New York Times as «one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music.»

This exhibition showcases the rise of American Modernism, a cause Stieglitz championed throughout his career as a fine - arts photographer, gallery owner and impresario.

Joining us today the art world impresario, Jeffrey Deitch, and Lisa Dennison, who worked at the Guggenheim for 29 years starting as an intern and eventually becoming the museum's...

The show begins with a focused look at Warhol's late work, examining his related initiatives as a television personality, paparazzo, and publishing impresario.

In an effort to rise above rival streaming services, the Cupertino company is expected to release as many as 10 original shows and documentaries by the end of this year, including will.i.am's «Planet of the Apps» and documentaries about hip - hop label Cash Money Records and music impresario Clive Davis.

The company is expected to release as many as 10 original shows and documentaries by the end of this year, including will.i.am's «Planet of the Apps» and documentaries about hip - hop label Cash Money Records and music impresario Clive Davis.