July 6, 2020, Filed Under: ArtLooking at Frida Kahlo In London, the Victoria & Albert Museum extended the run of its 2018 exhibition Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, remaining open for 48 hours straight in order to accommodate demand. In Mexico City, lines regularly snake around the block for entry into Casa Azul, the birthplace of Frida Kahlo… read more
June 26, 2020, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, FilmAll hail The Queen! An interview with drag historian Joe E. Jeffreys Inside the spring 2020 Stories to Tell exhibition, Ransom Center film curator Steve Wilson explores the archive related to the recently restored film, The Queen, which documents the 1967 “Miss All American Camp Beauty Pageant” held in Manhattan. The New York contest was a parody of the Miss America pageant… read more
June 18, 2020, Filed Under: Digital Collections, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsStella Adler on the Craft of Acting The Ransom Center has released 11 film clips from the Stella Adler and Harold Clurman Papers on our digital collections portal. These clips offer a glimpse into over 1,000 audio and video recordings of the legendary acting teacher, created between 1958 and 1990, that are preserved in her archive at… read more
