by Neil | Jan 1, 2026 | news
Thrilled at all the well-deserved attention for director Mona Fastvold’s sensational new film, The Testament of Ann Lee, starring the luminous and daring Amanda Seyfried, her frenzied devotional swirlings bringing an 18th century religious icon to life —...
by Neil | Dec 7, 2025 | news
Thursday afternoon – December 4 – Gagosian – 522 West 21st Street – NYC. I’ve lost track of the number of times I have seen the work of Richard Serra. One memory leaps to mind: A sunny afternoon in May, 2007, I am walking east from Sixth...
by Neil | Dec 2, 2025 | news, TOM STOPPARD
November 29, 2025 – Recalling with melancholy and exultation the life and works of Tom Stoppard, who died today, I thought of the production of ARCADIA that the Department of Theatre & Dance presented sixteen years ago at Montclair State University, directed...
by Neil | Nov 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
…and indeed, emerging from the elevator at the Jewish Museum in NYC at mid-day on Friday, November 14, 2025, I came face to face with this striking piece by Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) — an artist I have admired over four decades for his elegaic,...
by Neil | Oct 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Wednesday evening, October 22, 2025 – On the occasion of the third anniversary of the publication of MARTHA GRAHAM – WHEN DANCE BECAME MODERN what a delight to speak at the venerable Salmagundi Club/Coffee House, in animated conversation with my editor at...
