Max Ernst's Birthday, Giant Balloon Sculpture, April's Best Exhibitions... And More!

April 2, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Happy Birthday, Max Ernst! Today is the birthday of Dada devotee and Surrealist artist, Max Ernst. The prolific painter, sculptor and creative partner of Dorothea Tanning, would turn 122 years old if he was miraculously still alive today. Ernst was born in Germany in 1891, and began his career in Cologne aside contemporaries like Hans Arp and Andre Breton. When he moved to Paris in the 1920s, he immersed himself in the growing world of Surrealist art, collaborating with Joan Miro and experimenting with his various art making techniques -- frottage, grottage and decalcomania. He also began to cultivate a fascination with birds, developing an avian altar ego named Loplop who appeared in many of the artist's collages. This was but one aspect of the artist's varied style, ranging from fantastical paintings like "Napoleon in the Wilderness" to stark sculptures like "The King Playing with the Queen." Continue reading... Giant Balloon Sculpture Wows At Science Festival MUST-SEE EXHIBITIONS Record-Breaking Origami Exhibit Pays Tribute To Hong Kong Legend GUESS WHO? LOOK: TASTE THE RAINBOW 'Women In Architecture Deserve The Same Recognition As Their Male Counterparts' GUESS WHO? Happy Birthday, Max Ernst! 6-Year-Old Drumming Prodigy Performs 'Hot For Teacher' GUESS WHO? Patti Smith Performs Surprise Show At The Beach MICHAEL HOGAN Broadway's Lucky Guy Makes Me Envy New York's Tabloid Titans Lucky Guy feels like a telegram from history because the newspapers it celebrates don't exist anymore. Gone are the days when a single columnist could steer the municipal conversation with shoe-leather reporting on police malfeasance. Continue reading... RAINESFORD ALEXANDRA Does Ballet Need Sensuality? Tamara Rojo Vows to Bring Sexy Back Rojo's pursuit of outside-the-box sexuality in ballet, or at least her attempt to restore it, is less about the bodily indications of mature themes as it is about the challenge, for both the dancers and audiences. Continue reading... RADLEY BALKO Songs From My Couch: Matthew Perryman Jones When trying to think of a way to describe Matthew Perryman Jones' voice, I keep thinking of the German word gemütlich. It's a state of warmth and comfortableness -- think an amaretto, a fire, and a lazy dog when there's a whiteout outside and ice on the windows. Continue reading... JOHN FARR For Spring, the 10 Best Road Movies Ever Going all the way back to Homer's Odyssey, some of our finest stories take place on voyages or quests of some kind, where our hero (or heroine) not only experiences new sights and adventures, but also some transformation in thinking, circumstance, or attitude as a result. The road movie is the cinematic equivalent. Continue reading... ZACK ROSEN The Thin White Dork: Diamond Rings' John O'Regan A Diamond Rings stage show displays a more-than-solid synth/rock hybrid sound and an extremely compelling (think male Robyn) frontman in O'Regan. This is made especially clear during a green-room interview, when he proves to be the most fun kind of subject: a music dork. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003