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Takeaway Rembrandt
By Richard Amada on Sep 24, 2011 | In Visual Arts
Rembrandt is one of my absolute favorites among the great master painters. Those expression-filled faces staring out of the dark truly move me.
However, I've never been so moved by any work of art as to consider stealing it. But, apparently, Rembrand… more »
Making Money on Mug Shots
By Richard Amada on Sep 16, 2011 | In Visual Arts
A couple of enterprising Ohio women have tapped into a money-making artistic venture by selling digitally retouched photos of actual police mug shots from the 1950s.
One of the owners of Larken Design in Cincinnati, bought a handful of old photos in an… more »
The Help Hires a Lawyer
By Richard Amada on Sep 10, 2011 | In Performing Arts, Literary
One of the big movie hits of the summer is The Help, a film based on Kathryn Stockett's novel about African American maids and their white employers in the 1960s American South. And, as I've said on various occasions before, whenever a movie's making mo… more »
Re-Imagining Madoff
By Richard Amada on Sep 1, 2011 | In Performing Arts
People, people, people... Yes, putting real people into your play can stir up a world of trouble. Case in point...
You'd expect someone teaching theater studies at Yale to know a little more than a thing or two about plays. But apparently Associate… more »
