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Trouble in Paradise: The First Look at John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in ‘Wild Horse Nine’

Trouble in Paradise: The First Look at John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in ‘Wild Horse Nine’

Published by Sam Flores

McDonagh wrote the part of Lee for Rockwell. The pair have a long creative partnership, working together on the 2010 Broadway play A Behanding in Spokane, Seven Psychopaths (2012), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). “Everything he does feels like it’s almost improvisational and just real,” says McDonagh. “There are very few actors who can give John Malkovich a run for his money, and needed a scene partner who was his equal.” Rockwell’s Lee is junior to Malkovich’s Chris, and he has forged a friendship with his eccentric mentor. “In this role, I think what John brings is danger,” says Rockwell. “There is something that is a bit unhinged, like he could hurt somebody with his bare hands, but break your heart at the same time. I think there is a kind of dramatic potency that he has.” McDonagh put together a dream line-up for his supporting cast that includes Parker Posey, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, and Ailín Salas. He also reunited with Tom Waits, who starred in Seven Psychopaths and plays Malkovich’s …

Norman Rockwell Painting Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago

Norman Rockwell Painting Acquired by the Art Institute of Chicago

Published by Jenni Sidey

On Tuesday, the Art Institute of Chicago announced its acquisition of a study for The Dugout (1948) by Norman Rockwell. Donated by former governor of Illinois Bruce Rauner and Diana Rauner, it will be the first work by that artist in the museum’s collection. A popular painter of American everyday life, Rockwell (1894–1978) is most famous for his cover illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post magazine, which published over 300 of his artworks between 1916 and 1963. This oil study depicts unhappy members of the Chicago Cubs following Chicago’s loss to the Boston Braves on May 23, 1948. Related Articles The finished painting (a watercolor) was reproduced on the cover of the Post that September. When it appeared in print, it sealed the reputation of the team—who finished the season at the bottom of the National League—as “lovable losers.” Rockwell regularly took reference photographs of his subjects before starting work; for The Dugout, Cubs pitcher Bob Rush, manager Charlie Grimm, catcher Al “Rube” Walker, and pitcher Johnny Schmitz all posed for him. The batboy was …

Norman Rockwell Was ‘Antifa,’ Says the Artist’s Granddaughter

Norman Rockwell Was ‘Antifa,’ Says the Artist’s Granddaughter

Published by Jenni Sidey

Norman Rockwell‘s art, with its quaint visions of small-town America, is today widely considered to be a force of conservatism, a call for things to remain the same even as everything changes. But according to the artist’s granddaughter, everyone has his art all wrong. “Norman Rockwell was antifa,” Daisy Rockwell told the Bulwark this week, for an article called “The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell.” That headline is a reference to the Department of Homeland Security’s posts featuring Rockwell’s art over the summer. “Protect our American way of life,” read DHS’s caption, which accompanied a cropped version of Rockwell’s 1971 painting Salute the Flag, in which a crowd of white men, women, and children gaze admiringly at a tasseled American flag. Related Articles Quoting President Calvin Coolidge, known for his small-government conservatism, DHS also posted an edited version of Rockwell’s 1946 painting Working on the Statue of Liberty, in which a multiracial cast of workers can be seen tending to Lady Liberty’s torch. DHS urged readers to “protect your homeland” and “defend your culture.” The Rockwell …