Kyle Thomas Hemingway: The ephemera edit
An ongoing digital archive of 1,410 items (and counting) proving that I read, I saw, and I actually paid attention.
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Parthenon Marbles -
Cecily Brown, Unmoored From Her Reflection, 2021 -
The cast performs “Starlight Express Megamix” -
View of the theater from the pit -
Farah Al Qasimi, Woman in Leopard Print, 2019 
Cildo Meireles, Babel, 2001 
Mark Rothko, Seagram Murals, 1958-1959 
Jenny Holzer, Inflammatory Essays, 1979–1982 -
Various, Transept, 1245–1269 -
Jan van Eyck, Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434 -
Master John, King Edward VI of England, 1547 -
Curtain call at A Single Man -
Sir Horace Jones, Tower Bridge, 1886-1894 -
George Somers Clarke, Cowley Manor, 1855–1860 -
Eero Saarinen, TWA terminal, 1962 -
“Claims to ordinariness and salt-of-the-earth virtue—‘slumming it,’ as it’s crudely called—are themselves pretentious. The assumption that dropping your aitches or asserting a love of a cheap beer over a fine wine, or processed cheese over a Parmesan, will make you seem unspoiled or somehow more gritty is classic downwardly mobile play-acting.”
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“Well, imagine if we only ever did what we were supposed to,”
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Curtain call at The Wiz -
“If you do a good play and it gets bad reviews and nobody comes it’s off in a week or two and that’s the end of it, it’s gone forever. If you do a film that’s not well received to start with, it turns out it can have a life after death.”
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“Wow! This place sure is crawlin’ with celebrities. I’m the only person here I never heard of.”
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“Can you imagine being addicted to heroin?”“It’s heartbreaking.”“But does the weight stay off?”
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“The act of salvation is never performed, because anyone with the strength to carry it out is unaware that they must do it, and the knowing person is incapable of action.”
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Curtain call at Vanessa
