So it bridges photojournalism with a more contemporary art perspective.
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"We are a more modern, more contemporary society," he says.
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There is even more contemporary criticism of the Israeli settlements.
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"Which toilet do you think is more contemporary?" he asked.
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How effective are these more contemporary theatrical presentations of flamenco?
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Claude McKay's novel "Romance in Marseille" could hardly sound more contemporary.
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She recently moved the office to a newer, more contemporary building.
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"I'm more contemporary midcentury, and he appreciates antiquities," Mr. Leandro said.
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Fifty years later, there's far more contemporary music on the agenda.
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"If we're going to cook traditional food, slightly more contemporary, lightened up just a touch, it would pair better with a more contemporary, which is really to say a more ancient, approach to winemaking," Mr. Nasr said.
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I hope, however, that I also get poems by more contemporary poets.
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We also see the effects of LSD in more contemporary artists' music.
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That's why we built the special gallery downstairs, for more contemporary works.
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I'd stay in this room next time for a more contemporary stay.
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The fridge is more contemporary in that it has a separate freezer.
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But the premise here is quite a bit more contemporary than past games.
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In London, Finney excelled both in Shakespeare's plays and in more contemporary offerings.
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"Shakespeare's political masterpiece has never felt more contemporary," the theater's promotional materials reads.
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The visual experiment wouldn't work, perhaps, if he were referencing more contemporary scenes.
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Inside, the style is more contemporary, with recessed lighting and hardwood floors throughout.
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It is there that Buhl shows the more contemporary works in his collection.
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What about a more contemporary children's craze, the Harry Potter stories by J.K. Rowling?
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The new i8 Coupe largely looks the same, despite a more contemporary color palette.
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They also both work in a far more contemporary style than artists selected previously.
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The songs have now become much more contemporary, moving into fractured and abstract narratives.
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The floor plan was opened up during renovations, creating a brighter, more contemporary layout.
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"It looks cleaner and more contemporary," said Brad Haley, chief marketing officer for CKE.
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You've released the recordings without announcing them beforehand — that's also a more contemporary approach.
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The gathering is also is home to a more contemporary ritual: the drag show.
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"It was a lovely apartment, but it felt a little more contemporary," Barrett said.
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Instead the series has "inverted" and "reinvented" Nancy's story for a more contemporary setting.
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The mesh straps "are just that bit more contemporary and younger," Ms. Redgrave said.
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So I brought in some more contemporary sounds to give it a really thumping vibe.
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"A more contemporary, truly comfortable, Italian-inspired sofa option for a family," the description reads.
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Do you think it's a more satirical and slightly more contemporary than her other books?
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Behind the glass star is a more contemporary star-burst sculpture made of gold metal.
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Rather, the end goal here seems simply to update a classic for more contemporary tastes.
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"I can imagine (Meghan) mixing the traditional brands with a more contemporary spin," Freud said.
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Though the line is inspired by classical nightwear silhouettes, Heinrichs's interpretations couldn't feel more contemporary.
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Even those that redesigned are still louder, tackier, and more swollen than their more contemporary counterparts.
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The columns separating the rooms were removed to give the space a more contemporary, open feel.
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Pinault has come to collect historic pieces, along with more contemporary artists such as Andy Warhol.
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The ensemble's repertoire pulls from early jazz and classic funk, as well as more contemporary sounds.
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Sharing Pier 94 with its more established sister fair Art New York, Context skews more contemporary.
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New York's Castelli Gallery has even done away with wall labels, mimicking more contemporary display techniques.
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When it comes to bright hues from more contemporary times, these fluorescent pigments cry out for attention.
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The narrator, meanwhile, strikes a more contemporary pose, alone with her laptop open, in good freelancer form.
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The setting seems frozen in time, but the economic decline it showcases could not be more contemporary.
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"Our new uniforms have a more contemporary look consistent with the company's ongoing transformation efforts," Warren continued.
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The dishes here are well executed, but much less surprising in their hewing to more contemporary tropes.
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In contrast, I had in mind more contemporary, and common, artist friends who are fathers, art dads.
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KKJZ skews more contemporary, with heavier representation of West Coast artists like Poncho Sanchez and Herb Alpert.
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For a more contemporary look at Philippine politics, one might turn to ILUSTRADO (2010) by Miguel Syjuco.
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This felt especially true at Conrad Midtown, where the style felt a bit more contemporary than Downtown.
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As mentioned before, it comes in a variety of different colors and has a more contemporary aesthetic.
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Wine School From amontillado we go to a much more contemporary sort of wine, grenache from California.
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More contemporary scares can be found in this psychological thriller, which stars Chloë Grace Moretz and Isabelle Huppert.
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When Fargo returns to FX in April, the show will be more contemporary than viewers are used to.
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But to promote progress and intersectionality, we should expand our feminist library to include more contemporary works, too.
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Unfortunately, the books are pretty much obsolete (though Usborne has since published more contemporary books on the topic).
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The chef, Philippe Bertineau, has kept many of the menu's classics but is adding some more contemporary dishes.
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The rest of the week will offer more contemporary fare courtesy of the irresistibly fearless International Contemporary Ensemble.
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"For more contemporary white-on-white projects, you might do 21,210 to 2212,3004 kelvin," which is slightly cooler.
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At 10, she introduced more contemporary music into the household, becoming an ardent fan of the band Placebo.
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Mr. Gursky comments on a more contemporary kind of sublime heroism in photographs that feature Marvel comic heroes.
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They aren't straight-down-the-middle R&B, they aren't the more contemporary R&B radio sound either.
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Yes, an effort's been made to rebalance the gameplay, with adjustments made to encourage more contemporary combo inputs.
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Having been been referenced and reproduced many times in more contemporary contexts, many of Lartigue's photos look familiar.
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In any case, artists seem to be having no trouble adapting the medium to a more contemporary sensibility.
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In the Q&A, Kelly said that flotation was a "more contemporary, effective way" to access a meditative state.
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A more contemporary crowd might talk about anxiety and horror games or open worlds and the joys of freedom.
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But the rest of us know Hayworth from a far more contemporary work of pop culture: The Shawshank Redemption.
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Damon's suburban dreams in Downsizing are more contemporary; it's upward mobility, or a lack thereof, that's on his mind.
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Had she decided to cut Bobbitt in more contemporary times, who's to know how different the headlines would be?
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In order to finally impact games in myriad ways, Gay diversified his attack and became a more contemporary weapon.
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I started getting into more contemporary rock bands like the Vines, who were huge in Australia, and the Strokes.
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Perhaps tweaks were made to the old-fashioned pacing (setup, joke, setup, joke) to make it feel more contemporary?
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The Buena Park interior is stripped-down and neutral-toned, more contemporary and minimalist than colorful and Indian-inspired.
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"It's a new way to wear a grand complication watch in a more contemporary way," Mr. Buonamassa Stigliani said.
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For a growing number of deep-pocketed political donors, the answer is much more contemporary: Invest in internet virality.
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"It's not traditionally a school that focuses on 'improvised music' and more contemporary playing and writing," Ms. Davis said.
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"Soft Power" is, at the very least, a transformation of SFMoMA's programming to a more contemporary and global outlook.
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Mr. Gelb and Mr. Nézet-Séguin have been working to bring more contemporary — and diverse — voices to the Met.
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He and O'Connor had noted how the American illusionist David Blaine had made magic feel more contemporary and cool.
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It is, unfortunately, limited, but with time, the museum will hopefully make more contemporary data available in this format.
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Producers agonized over whether the show would reflect the author's singular experience or embrace a more contemporary New York sensibility.
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It's as if, says Ms Chohine of Monotype, a friend began wearing a suit with a slightly more contemporary cut.
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There are exceptions — especially at companies that present more contemporary dance, a field where female choreographers are much more prominent.
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"There are generally more contemporary works performed in this festival than in any of the previous ones," Jurowski told Reuters.
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So to bring it around to more contemporary slights: Hispanics are the most underrepresented ethnic group in film and television.
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Having said this, there are increasingly more contemporary brands coming up, and people are enthusiastic in trying out nonprecious jewelry.
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For more contemporary objects in a range of budgets, head to the Contemporary Ceramics Center across from The British Museum.
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Mr. Koltai's disdain for traditional realistic sets and backdrops meshed well with Mr. Morrice's determination to make ballet more contemporary.
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To show off the country's more contemporary side, the actor and poet Malaika Uwamahoro will deliver a spoken-word component.
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Others are suggesting this be seen as a cautionary tale for those relying on more contemporary services to host their art.
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The Senate collection largely comprises 19th-century art and classic formal portraiture, while the House has traditional and more contemporary portraits.
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More contemporary toppings include chocolate spreads like Nutella, or your favorite knock-off, along with spreadable cheeses like The Laughing Cow.
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Audiences gobbled these films up, and more contemporary genre entries like Tremors and Lake Placid kept the workingman's creature feature fashionable.
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It's a great venue that had both the rustic look that I like, and the more contemporary vibe that Katie likes.
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A more contemporary example is Tony Oursler's video work that focuses on facial recognition employed through big data and surveillance programs.
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Much of the more contemporary work in the show doesn't even look like a pipe, which is part of the fun.
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In 2011, the Black Eyed Peas headlined, signaling the start of more contemporary acts (although Madonna, an icon, appeared in 2012).
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With a number of period dramas under his belt, the actor looks forward to expanding his range in more contemporary roles.
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During their travels, the dinos have made friends with more contemporary animals (along with some that still manage to look prehistoric).
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But the concept also has roots in more contemporary Japanese and American culture and the film's Murakami watched as a teenager.
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Friedman has matched that sensibility here with songs that slide from lilting, gaslight-era melodiousness into a jagged, more contemporary anxiety.
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In more contemporary times, she said, the stereotype is problematic because it flattens a massive group of people into a monolith.
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An altogether different, more contemporary notion of celebrity was represented by the Kardashian pop-up at the Saatchi Gallery on Sept.
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Most interestingly, they want to see contemporary artwork that is somehow more contemporary feeling than they are seeing elsewhere in Boston.
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A more contemporary definition, developed by the linguist Linda Flower and the psychologist John Hayes, is "cognitive rhetoric"—thinking in words.
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Zola, Simenon and more-contemporary voices guide our wanderings, expertly translated by Constantine, whose introduction parses the history of Parisian geography.
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Cons: Room design feels a bit generic compared to some more contemporary hotels, and housekeeping could pay better attention to detail.
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A more contemporary use of copper: In New York City's Grand Central Station, the grand staircase is flanked by copper handrails.
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When I asked him about bathrooms in more contemporary games, the designer Robert Yang offered an unvarnished and truthful account of them.
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Beauty and the Beast marks Disney's first attempt at turning one of its more contemporary animated classics into a live-action movie.
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The depth of field gives the image a more contemporary feel, more akin to the smartphone digital photography we've become accustomed to.
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Part of the shift to a more contemporary story means a larger focus on realism in virtually every aspect of the game.
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Alongside the '70s hues and monogram, the pair revealed a new font for the brand: a more contemporary sans serif (see below).
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Beyond The Wizards Sleeve is often regarded as a psychedelic act, but the The Soft Bounce is more contemporary than I expected.
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I'm putting you on the spot a bit here, but what does this remind you of, maybe, from a more contemporary perspective?
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Mr. Eggers's film is founded on the more contemporary notion that the Witch idea might be rooted in anxieties regarding female sexuality.
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Some white supremacists interpret more contemporary scientific breakthroughs about the human genome as further evidence for white superiority, even when it's counterintuitive.
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Beyond Buckskin has the best database of legit artists, including more contemporary designers, a blog about Native fashion, and an online store.
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Wys' unique, thought-provoking style is best described as post-conceptual, drawing from fine art traditions as well as more contemporary ones.
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Pierre Marie Giraud More contemporary ceramics, as well as glass and lacquer objects, are found at the booth of this Brussels dealer.
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The brand has phenomenal awareness and is very successful but it has to become more contemporary and to enlarge its customer base.
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The boldly colorful images of Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh, shown by Jenkins Johnson Gallery, might satisfy those looking for more contemporary pieces.
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A hard-bound 14-volume set of her writing takes up a whole shelf, sitting alongside the work of more contemporary gurus.
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With extensive executive experience across Asia, Europe and Australia, he engages government leaders to advance a more contemporary and inclusive employment environment.
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More contemporary dramas, like "White Girl" or "Heading South," posit racial and cultural difference as eternal inhibitors to real chances of stability.
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All focus was on the mouth, with the rest of the face left bare to give the look a more contemporary feel.
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To be more contemporary about this piece, it also alludes to the internet-fueled crazes for cosplay and so-called furry fandom.
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As live television productions of classic Broadway musicals turn to more contemporary fare, some original creators have the chance to get involved.
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Over time, she has also become a master of Bartok, Berg and Schumann, as well as more contemporary composers like Gyorgy Kurtag.
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Though this framing can be found if it is looked for, I found the perspectives on display much more contemporary than speculative.
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A lawyer weighed in on how to answer the dastardly trolley problem, and Canadian researchers went after a more contemporary trouble: distracted driving.
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The look also felt a bit dated and didn't match the modern feel of my room or the hotel's more contemporary public spaces.
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This would seem to square with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins' recent suggestion that the sequel will be set in more "contemporary" times.
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Mr. Duato's emphasis on more contemporary work seems likely to continue under Ms. Waltz and Mr. Ohman, who have signed five-year contracts.
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Amrish is currently attempting to adapt the company to cater to a more contemporary audience, but he acknowledged that it isn't always easy.
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At the same time, a new cluster of independent movie companies — some better financed and with more contemporary sensibilities — arrived on the scene.
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Gone are the '80s-vintage anxieties about mushroom clouds and toxic jingoism, replaced by more contemporary issues like racial reconciliation and shifting identities.
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"Ink" is your fairly standard slice-of-life drama, but one that's been tricked out to feel more contemporary than it really is.
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The Met's insistence on mixing and matching, always pushing the relevance of its vast holdings to more contemporary developments, may become a tick.
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The more contemporary design elements aimed to unify the brand's messaging in countries around the world, putting red and gold front and center.
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While some buyers strip out all prewar details, others find ways to maintain some of the original features while adding more contemporary finishes.
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It faces Robert A.M. Stern's slightly taller 15 Central Park West, directly across the street, but stylistically goes in a more contemporary direction.
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These days, I think they should have a more contemporary aesthetic as opposed to traditional, which was the norm when I started Discovery.
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In addition to 30760 Broad Beach Road, there's a smaller, more contemporary house down the beach that's just as successful in the location business.
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Jeweler Grace Lee said she thinks the baguette diamonds on Bynes' ring make the piece a more contemporary version of the Art Deco style.
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It isn't yet clear whether or not the new Witchfinder General will take place in the 17th century or a more contemporary setting, either.
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It also promised to emphasize Prince's vast influence in the pop mainstream with performances by more contemporary stars like Christina Aguilera and John Mayer.
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In place at once more contemporary and less modern, The Silver Case finally reached our shores, and brought with it another case or two.
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I'm always open to more YA, more children's, especially more contemporary stuff, because the older stuff tends to be really heavy and really tragic.
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In addition to creative renovations, more and more contemporary houses by formidable architects like Michael Bell, Steven Harris and Joel Sanders are popping up.
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" Looking for more contemporary equivalents, Marker touches down in Cape Verde and Japan, countries that figured in his best-known film essay, "Sans Soleil.
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With Trussed we see the gaze evaluated through the more contemporary lens of performance, with portraits of a young man seemingly dancing, arms raised.
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Rosefeldt's more contemporary work suggests that there are strong possibilities for a continuing evolution of the medium, afforded by advancing technology and screening mechanisms.
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The bottom line: "There's a trend this cycle to be less formal and more contemporary," says David Placek, the Founder and President of Lexicon Branding.
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The more contemporary internet history — the stuff that we're living in now — I feel like I'm just too close to it to really historicize it.
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A museum on the ground floor of the building displays several old-looking masks alongside more contemporary North Korean artefacts such as shoes and cosmetics.
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The design arm of Pininfarina counts Volvo as one of its past clients, an automaker using a more contemporary approach to its in-car technology.
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A series of glitchy psychedelic video art combines retro 90s flair with more contemporary CGI subjects and design in the 40th issue of FELT Zine.
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But Ellison is part of a slightly more contemporary family, one that's quietly pushing the borders of where hip-hop, jazz and electronic music meet.
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Today, this "drugstore" also makes more contemporary products, but many of their OG formulas are still being sold — and some are online, lucky for you.
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The stories in it are traditional fairy tales, like "The Magic Flute" and "Sleeping Beauty," but some of the illustrations have a more contemporary look.
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This culinary fever also has spread from the traditional tourist area, the sandstone crumbling Old City, to Tbilisi's more contemporary quarters across the Kura River.
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Now, the Oberoi, New Delhi has been reimagined as a more contemporary version of its old self and will debut a new look on Jan.
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Strolling through the more contemporary areas I could not help but notice the only lesbian artist who has been given her due is Harmony Hammond.
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Green is a popular color in 2017 for appliances and kitchen gadgets, but Avocado Cream is more contemporary than the avocado green of our grandmothers' kitchens.
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We knew early on that we wanted to use various elements that would make the film feel more contemporary, in a sense — more relevant to today.
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He also displayed images of blackness stereotyped and caricatured in less rarefied and more contemporary objects he found in Venice, such as candle holders and cookies.
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A follow-up show with Eli Durst, Lindsay Metivier, Erin O'Keefe, and Irina Rozovsky, will bridge the gap between purist photography and a more contemporary aesthetic.
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There's a lot of history here, between classic rock bands like REO Speedwagon and more contemporary emo bands like American Football all getting their starts here.
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I wore them with a shirt and navy sweater, my chunky watch, and Stan Smiths, and I rolled up the hems for a more contemporary shape.
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The Avedon [of Martin Luther King, Jr., with his father and son], being a nod to the historical imagery, and the Awol Erizku, being more contemporary.
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Key Chloé pieces, like capes, blouses and long dresses, will all play a part in her collection, she stressed, only with a more contemporary, structured twist.
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The problem is, recent generations of Italian youth have increasingly shied away from traditional handwork, opting instead for seemingly more contemporary sectors like engineering, and cooking.
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You'll find all the legends—Johnny, Willie, Dolly, Hank—through the Kenny Chesneys and into the more contemporary Blake Sheltons and Zac Brown Bands of genre.
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The divides between R&B, soul, hip-hop and jazz have long been porous, and more and more contemporary artists are taking advantage of this overlap.
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They recently compiled a survey of early American and English writings and precedents about bribery, as well as discussion in more contemporary scholarly works on impeachment.
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The Style edition comes in black, navy blue, and gold beige, all of which feel more contemporary than the earlier color options for the Jabra Move headphones.
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While The Row's minimalistic style and expensive fabrics have been accepted by the chicest of fashionistas, the Olsens also created a more contemporary line called Elizabeth & James.
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Since launching a plan last year to make the brand more contemporary and appealing, the Florence-based company's core profit margins have been falling year-on-year.
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At the same time, parties like the Juneteenth Blues Spectacular showed up in popular culture, recasting the holiday as an opportunity to celebrate more contemporary black culture.
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Anyone who's seen the rebirth of those plain white chunky Reeboks and Adidas sneakers will find that these fit right in, with a slightly more contemporary profile.
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Where "black-ish" has a more contemporary look, shooting single-camera and using more locations, "The Carmichael Show" is unapologetically old-school, shot multiple-camera on sets.
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On the other end, you'll be able to see design objects by famous figures from the past (like Isamu Noguchi) and more contemporary artists (like Robert Stadler).
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While it is a remake, Samus Returns is taking cues enough from more contemporary Metroid titles to avoid being no more than a lunge for nostalgia dollars.
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I would like to see more contemporary artists understand the power they have as songwriters to impact their communities with the principles of our foundational work songs.
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Simply imitating a sound is pretty pointless, so I would agree that reshaping the sound, making it more contemporary or even introducing new elements is very important.
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Ms. Markle has a chance to chart a new course via her dress, one that is perhaps a little more contemporary and a little less spun sugar.
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The spirit of the track is still there, as if YMO and Terje were in the room together to give this classic cut a more contemporary sound.
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Ms. Cabello said she took inspiration from the Latin music that soundtracked her childhood, as well as more contemporary reggaeton revisionists like Calle 13 and J Balvin.
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I was buying Latin American at the time, and then I started buying American and British art, and I wanted to buy something more modern, more contemporary.
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Also, a softer series of mint-green chain and belt foulard prints from the Versace archives was cut with a more contemporary twist à la Versace-lite.
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The play, which is to run May 23 through June 18 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, "has never felt more contemporary," the Public has said.
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More details about Tip would constitute a spoiler; suffice it to say that Baum provided the seeds of a character that in 2017 couldn't be more contemporary.
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That makes them different, and more contemporary, than similar sculptures by Louise Bourgeois and Alina Szapocznikow, who also imagined bodies as permeable bundles of pell-mell parts.
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For something more contemporary, check out DechkoTzar in the pedestrianized center of town, a small shop that sells smartly designed T-shirts with Belgrade references on them.
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The acclaimed New York City-based interior designer Adam Tihany is behind the property's new, more contemporary aesthetic throughout the public spaces and in the guest rooms.
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Tarot cards have been around since the 15th century, and art photographer Ayla El-Moussa thinks it's high time they were refitted for a more contemporary audience.
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Opt for a minimalistic, copper look to complement more contemporary spaces, or get experimental with a colorful, glass-blown iteration of the vessel that certainly won't go unnoticed.
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The "Grailed" tag is for luxury brands (Saint Laurent, Rick Owens, Acne), "Hype" is more contemporary streetwear (Supreme, Air Jordans, Yeezy Season) and "Basics" features mainstream brands (J.
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Other suggestions have included "Land of Hope and Glory" by A. C. Benson and Edward Elgar and the more contemporary "Heroes" by David Bowie, who died this week.
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As part of its strategy to attract millennials, the company introduced the more contemporary Tiffany HardWear collection in an agreement with pop star Lady Gaga earlier this year.
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"[Our parents liked comedy from] 50 years ago," says Shakya, noting that his generation -- thanks to social media and the internet -- has access to more contemporary, international material.
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This isn't the first game-changing announcement from Target this year: The store is undergoing a major redesign to give it a more contemporary, department store-like vibe.
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Some acts have a more contemporary flair, like the American trumpet player Christian Scott and Las Migas, a Spanish female quartet that blends classical music and jazz.festival-gnaoua.
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Their heroes include Monty Python, Andy Kaufman and Steven Wright, and some of their more contemporary inspirations, like Mark Proksch and Joe Pera, are now performing alongside them.
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It is tempting to draw distinctions between classic disciplines and their more contemporary counterparts, but even oil painting has seen radical innovations, such as standardized, pre-mixed pigments.
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He has said his efforts have been driven by the losses of the Holocaust as well as by more contemporary concerns about the effects of intermarriage and secularization.
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All in all, she is one of the few artists that has straddled a more contemporary artistic scene, a more alternative music scene, and a broad pop spectrum.
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A more contemporary sensibility is evident at the new Island Thyme (780 West Beech Street), an all-day, health-oriented hangout with sandwich wraps and matcha mint smoothies.
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Like the "Exorcist" relic, the opal proves an ominous if more contemporary fetish with a near-magical, increasingly dangerous hold on everyone who comes in contact with it.
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The company also plans to raze the train station next door, which it already owns, and replace it with a more contemporary version with stores, the officials said.
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Entering at Pier 94, work your way through the fair's more contemporary half, pausing at the pier's end for a cocktail at the Grand Army pop-up bar.
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The opera, which was co-commissioned by the Met and is sung in English, is part of the company's efforts in recent years to present more contemporary works.
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Maya women in Guatemala continue to practice forms of backstrap weaving that have thrived in Central America for centuries, even adapting them to more contemporary uses like handbags.
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Prince George obviously wanted to make a good impression so he ditched his usually retro clobber for something more contemporary, a quilted coat and a pale blue backpack. Trendy.
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With Far Cry 5, which launches next year, developer Ubisoft Montreal is building a game that's more contemporary and provocative than any other title in the series before it.
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And then there's about 10 percent of what I call design photography, or style photography, which is something more urban, more contemporary, more minimal, with lots of negative space.
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I was saying I want to be the Tax March's Rasputin—or, to reference a more contemporary man who also looks like he's been poisoned and drowned, Steve Bannon.
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Prince William has been wearing his go-to casual suede boots in blue (he also has a similar design in brown) as part of his new, more contemporary look.
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With So Sad Today, I felt that I had more carte blanche (just within my own mind — not from any outside forces) to use more contemporary, time-sensitive language.
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" More contemporary precedents include George Michael's door knocker of a crucifix, which he wore on his left ear for his 1987 album, "Faith," and Rob Lowe's character in "St.
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"If more contemporary music by female composers is performed [in ensembles and by orchestras], this will lead to other young women being inspired to write music themselves," says Clare.
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There were 900 lanterns in total, ranging from round, traditional red spheres and five-pointed stars, to more contemporary iterations like winking emojis, dogs, donuts, UFOs, and sushi rolls.
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"I love the culture of couture, and I am fascinated to see how I can continue the story and make it more contemporary with a relaxed attitude," she says.
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With a woven nylon strap, this sporty watch from Tom Ford feels more contemporary than versions finished with metal or leather — plus it's more appropriate for rigorous outdoor activities.
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More contemporary selections would have added texture to this book, but that's just a thought for Myers's ongoing column — or, perhaps, for what would be a welcome second collection.
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A more contemporary vision of Mexico appears in this handsomely printed overview of an exhibition I saw this summer at the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.
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Their new album—given the appropriately cutting-edge title Automaton—is apparently designed to strike a balance between more contemporary electronic music and the live element of the band.
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Arbesser told Reuters that with the "Ready for Departure" collection he wanted to keep true to the nature of the brand, though giving it a new and more contemporary feel.
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But his particular Chanel style — adapted from the house's pre-spring '17 collection — did feature some more contemporary finishes than what we've come to expect from the royal's wardrobe choices.
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And I just thought that this needed a little more modern, a little more contemporary face, definitely more feminine, just something that I thought was more appropriate for Las Vegas.
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Mr. Youngentob acknowledged that the EYA buildings have "more contemporary elevations than some in the community may like," but said the company aimed to be respectful of the city's history.
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More contemporary examples include Sergey Brin, a Soviet immigrant who co-founded Google, and Steve Jobs, son of a Syrian refugee, who co-founded Apple and helped invent the iPhone.
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As a child, he had also visited the nearby Rhode Island School of Design Museum, particularly enjoying ancient Greek and Roman artifacts that now share space with more contemporary works.
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Indeed, beyond the obvious technical improvements, the changes designed to make the show more contemporary and relevant -- including glimpses of a smog-choked Earth -- only mildly enhance this family adventure.
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Madsen is one of the only interviewers who can (or is willing to) vouch that Hambleton at one point was not the paranoid figure he presents in more contemporary accounts.
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Corinne Diacre's French team played attractive, passing football but, while their style was more contemporary and aesthetically pleasing, it was the killer edge of the experienced Americans that proved decisive.
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The more contemporary art I saw, though, the less I saw myself in the specific and stilted story of modernism — one favoring abstraction and male creators — that MoMA was chronicling.
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Over the last decade, as his health faded, he enjoyed a creative resurgence, recording somewhat more contemporary material that resulted in some of the most moving performances of his career.
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We could begin with one of David McCullough's phenomenal biographies, perhaps moving on to some of the incredible reporting that came out of the Vietnam War for something more contemporary.
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Wayne McGregor, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Marco Goecke, Richard Siegal, Justin Peck: Not exactly household names in Russia, storied home to classical ballet with little audience fondness for more contemporary offerings.
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In fact, two more contemporary movies -- the upcoming "Boy Erased" and the recently released "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" -- deal with gay conversion therapy, the latter set in the 1990s.
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When you're done admiring ancient architecture, take in the country's more contemporary structures thanks to the fantastic street art on buildings along Street 2570 in the capital city of Phnom Penh.
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As general manager of the Metropolitan Opera, Peter Gelb has steadily been replacing productions by Franco Zeffirelli, the unabashed emperor of extravagance, with new ones he deems more contemporary and effective.
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Instead, it (and its more contemporary extensions) explicitly said that expanded trade generates winners and losers, and that the latter would be our blue-collar production workers exposed to international competition.
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The artist also includes a third series of works, "Botanicals," which are much more contemporary in feel, shot from above on black backgrounds and inspired by flowers from her mother's garden.
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The new museum seems to change texture at every encounter, giving it visual intrigue and also implying a more contemporary understanding of culture's fleet, contingent, it-depends-on-who's-looking dynamics.
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After 13 years in Israel, he returned to New York in 1969 to become director of the Jewish Museum, where he sought to reconcile its liturgical agenda with more contemporary art.
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She was a Breck Girl — one of many models who advertised that brand of shampoo — twice: in 1962 wearing a ball gown, and again in 1975 with a more contemporary look.
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His Velvet Haze ($150 for 50 milliliters) is meant to channel the countercultural music moment of the 1960s as well as the more contemporary dewy dancing youths camped out at Coachella.
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"Often, more contemporary dance fits into an abstract box, and it doesn't necessarily tell a very clear story, even if it does have a story of some sense," Mr. Ball explained.
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He has juggled bids on items as varied as old master and Impressionist paintings, antique furniture, and more contemporary treasures that once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret Thatcher and Eric Clapton.
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Eraldo Poletto, who took over from long-serving CEO Michele Norsa in August, said he aimed to "deliver a refreshed, more contemporary brand aesthetic" with the company's three newly-appointed designers.
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For our next book club we have chosen "The House of Mirth," by Edith Wharton, and we are now looking for a more contemporary novel that would be a good accompaniment.
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Their work is surprisingly untraditional, with no "straight-on" photography to be found, and feels more contemporary and of-the-moment than you would expect from photographers of a certain age.
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Roentgenizdat is the central focus of the traveling exhibition, but at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Coates and Heartfield have complemented Soviet history with more contemporary examples of musical censorship.
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" Monrose explains that because of the vast array of colors and styles used in the work it all holds a wide appeal, "it's more contemporary, and more modern, and more Pop.
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President Obama's selection of Kehinde Wiley was boundary-pushing, both in making Wiley the first Black artist selected for the commission and for bringing a far more contemporary sensibility to the task.
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With that in mind—and it's a thought that'll inform another pick, later—I looked to what was more contemporary, still within the indie sphere, at the time of the game's events.
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Other factors like charismatic leadership, more contemporary worship, state-of-the-art sound systems and a skilled incorporation of technology are also elements of a megachurch, according to the Institute's research. 2.
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On songs like "Hollywood" and Crook County standout "Stackin' Paper," Twista channels more contemporary rap, echoing the percussive vocal energy of modern trap hits while infusing them with his own electric lyricism.
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Another more contemporary offering, the house-made burrata with aged balsamic vinegar, was melt-in-the-mouth creamy, but the cherry tomato and limp lettuce accompaniment took the dish down a notch.
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The 90-year old brand is aiming to be more contemporary and is refreshing its look to appeal to a younger clientele, which now represents a third of the global luxury market.
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Wheat germ has fallen out of favor compared to more contemporary "healthy" grains like hemp and flaxseeds, but in previous decades, its high fiber content made it the OG buzzy breakfast topping.
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A bit farther afield at Studiestraede 51 (a 15 -to 20-minute walk from Lot #29), you'll find Nordic Nesting, a smaller, more contemporary store selling Scandinavian lamps, textiles, furnishings and tchotchkes.
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Occasionally the Age of Enlightenment attire acquired a more contemporary twist, as in the refashioned basics at Yohji Yamamoto or the suit-and-tie trompe l'oeil on corseted silhouettes at Thom Browne.
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While previous Summer Night Concerts have included fireworks, the orchestra has this year opted for what Mr. Fechner called "a more contemporary approach" with specialized lighting on the facade of the palace.
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For years this legacy went unexamined, several people with ties to the school say, as did the school's history of benefitting directly from slavery and more contemporary instances of racism on campus.
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In "Transformation of Venus," Ventiko combines Velásquez's Rokeby Venus with Ana Mendieta's much more contemporary Facial Hair Transplant, challenging gender conformity through the portrayal of a nude woman sporting full-figured facial hair.
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Perhaps that's why so much of Chernobyl seems so pointed, so directed not at the crumbling Soviet Union of the mid-1980s but at a very different and much more contemporary crumbling nation.
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I didn't know at the time (I was 9 when the film premiered), but it was moving toward a more contemporary rework of black horror while staying true to the genre's aesthetic flourishes.
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Maybe such feeling is simply the weight of history overshadowing more contemporary stories, since the Palazzo Rucellai embodies not just the very language of Renaissance architecture, but everything those ideals reflect and express.
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It has the blend of silliness and seriousness that marks so much older rap—from De La Soul to Wu-Tang Clan—but often is lacking in more contemporary revivals of those sounds.
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NATALIA OSIPOVA & ARTISTS Outside of her day job as a principal with the Royal Ballet, Ms. Osipova has been exploring the more contemporary styles of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Arthur Pita and Russell Maliphant.
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JOHN CLARK Warren, N.J. To the Editor: I can't think of two more contemporary defenders of Christianity's bedrock beliefs than Ben Carson and Jerry Falwell Jr., mentioned by Ross Douthat in his column.
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There are more contemporary houses in the works on the island over the next decade, including a streamlined enclave of a dozen on the island's northeast inlet anchored by the Fabriken Furillen inn.
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A Rolex Submariner from the 93s with an original bezel insert featuring a so-called long 29 is worth thousands more than one with a replacement insert with a shorter, more contemporary 2000.
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Its success prompted Telemundo to add more "super series" to its roster of prime-time telenovelas: shows with a shorter run that incorporated more contemporary themes and allowed for less cookie-cutter characters.
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Mr. Branagh's solution was to modify, and sometimes entirely change, character and plot details in ways that may dismay purists but that he felt would give the period piece a more contemporary resonance.
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They aren't descended from the sexy and sexist classical nudes of art history, nor do they have the fleshy weight of the paintings of more contemporary artists like Lucian Freud or Jenny Saville.
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In more contemporary terms, she and other Swedish doctors create the conditions for a nocebo effect: the families expect that unless they are granted residency—the only medicine—their children will waste away.
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In one respect, Guilloux's story could not be more contemporary: As violence and terror seep into every aspect of his characters' lives, they try to hold the chaos of the world at bay.
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Yet recognizing that it is a classical company does not mean rigid adherence to form, he said, suggesting that his ideal would be 70 percent older repertory and 30 percent more contemporary works.
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The knot work of her own Scottish and Irish ancestors has inspired what Paytner describes as autobiographical collections that incorporate a nod to her heritage with a more contemporary twist, if you will.
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"Rather than just having a fireplace with a row of Delft tiles and a pretty 19th-century wood molding around it, we tried to modernize it and make it more contemporary," he said.
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Like all good artists, he examines how we look at the world by presenting reality in a skewed and interesting way, from his art punk roots right through to more contemporary avant-garde alliances.
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Actress Lynda Carter, known for playing the character in the 1970s TV series, attended along with her more contemporary counterpart, Gal Gadot, who will play the warrior princess in the upcoming Wonder Woman movie.
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Fuller and CBS have promised that though the newest iteration of the series will have new characters and focus on more contemporary dramatic themes, it'll also adhere to the ethos of the original series.
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Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)But the real benefit of T-Mobile Money might be its more contemporary app-based design, an approach that feels a bit more at home in our smartphone-centric world.
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It stretches from the hundreds-of-years-old One Thousand and One Nights to Khalil Gibran at the beginning of the 20th century to more contemporary practitioners like Egyptian Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mahfouz.
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After dabbling with a more contemporary sound on his last album – which produced the No. 1 hit "Sunny and 75" – Nichols is returning to his traditional roots with this latest outing, which debuts Friday.
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"HK: "And we want to bring more of a high-end feel to a more contemporary price point, because I feel like a lot of contemporary designers, it gets flashy and trashy really fast.
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His characterization changed, too: While Mr. Burton's is a headstrong naïf, the new Kunta is "a little tougher, a little edgier," Mr. Wolper said, in what he hoped would be a more contemporary spin.
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Other places, like Chain Reaction in Anaheim, the Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, Programme HQ, the Slidebar, and Continental Room in Fullerton remain more contemporary bastions of punk passion every day of the week.
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Gunmetal Sandstone, Men, available at MVMT, $135Lexington, Women, available at MVMT, $125MVMT makes beautiful watches for men and women at great prices, and they feel more contemporary to wear than most on the market.
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When C.C. Tsai decided to adapt Sunzi's "The Art of War" into a more contemporary format more than 30 years ago, his ambition was to breathe new life into the 2,500-year-old text.
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In this new model, heritage cues like its "bicompax," or twin-counter dial, vintage numerals and syringe hands sit alongside a more contemporary bicolor case and an automatic chronograph movement with an annual calendar.
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The lounge's two floors, including an open-air terrace, are packed on Saturday nights, with partygoers dancing to merengue, bachata and salsa beats, as well as the more contemporary dembow, popular among younger people.
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Ellsworth Kelly was gay, but his sexual identity was spoken of much less often than more contemporary gay male artists, who grounded their practice in representing bodies, such as Robert Mapplethorpe or Peter Hujar.
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Looking through this lens of blackness, the history of abstract painting takes on some new meanings, and it was a stroke of genius to include historical works in this show alongside more contemporary pieces.
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As much as one can argue to the contrary in theory, in reality the Indian modernists found their voices through their very ability to combine the tenets of ancient Indian iconography with more contemporary forms.
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Veran's evil construction and the spiking nightmare of Latria jumble together in my head now, together with scenes from movies like Wall Street and Margin Call—where high-rises are home to more contemporary villains.
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The price point helps: The traditional pasty, served with red wine gravy (or ketchup, if that's what you want to do), sells for under $10, and Thomas' more contemporary creations max out at around $12.
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It's something Knightley confessed to Variety that she used to be embarrassed about, but during an interview about her upcoming movie Colette, she also says there's a reason she's shied away from more contemporary narratives.
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In a similar but more contemporary vein, the black and white etching of William Kentridge from 1996 brings the absurd to the forefront, as the portly figure of the artist sleeps, bathes, and dances nude.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Tate Modern made a show on Tuesday of its new pyramid-like extension, which significantly adds to the London gallery's space and allows it to exhibit more contemporary art from around the world.
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Sticker Pals, which is free, is a more contemporary option, with hundreds of animated cartoon characters and special effects, as well as a neat feature that lets users send stickers to friends for their use.
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The decision comes after the Florence-based company, which is aiming to make its brand more contemporary and appealing, particularly among younger customers, said in December that it could not confirm its medium-term targets.
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One of the most memorable nighttime performances in the Kaplan Penthouse in recent years was Marino Formenti's "Liszt Inspections," a program that alternated between Liszt and more contemporary composers, projecting the old into the new.
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Under Sarna Lapine's antic, hectic direction, with heavy use of red gels from the lighting designer, Adam Honoré, "Dracula" strikes a tone more comic than serious and more contemporary than period, but rarely wholly confident.
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"Badges without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing" by Stuart Schrader"Badges without Borders" is another book to examine themes of US empire and the border, although from the more contemporary lens of policing.
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Peggy Guggenheim donated Rothko's "Slow Swirl at the Edge of the Sea" in 1946, where it remained until the museum asked the artist to swap it for a more contemporary example, receiving "Untitled" in exchange.
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While she enjoyed the experience, she realized that her real love was more contemporary, so at 18 she moved to Prague to study art — something that her family supported but didn't really understand at first.
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Thinking back on all the great toy brands that the 80s yielded, from Transformers to Speak and Spell, or to something more contemporary like Minecraft, it's not hard to see several big winners in this space.
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He said weak consumer confidence had been one driver of the 10.1% fall in furniture sales, but said the company remained confident of its product range and would introduce more contemporary styles in the months ahead.
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Drawing on the warm tonal palette of 90s G-Funk and punctuated with the poppy party bounce of more contemporary Bay Area music, it, as the title suggests, swells with the upbeat languor of summer nights.
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And, leave it to a former Opening Ceremony designer (whose platform sneakers and funky boots we've come to love over the years) to create a more contemporary-priced line that we've already fallen in love with.
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But Mr. van Zweden said that he looked forward to playing more contemporary music at the Philharmonic, noting that in his days leading the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, he conducted world premieres every week or two.
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A bit more contemporary, the new wedge carries a lower heel, a sleeker mule-like appearance, and a slew of colors that aren't beholden to tans an beiges, and don't feature straw or buckled toe straps.
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Like many of the jewels Kate has inherited from her mother-in-law, she chose to modernize the original design, swapping the pearls worn by Diana (with different diamond detailing) for a smaller more contemporary pearl.
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Songs like "Heart Attack" and "Honesty" are designed for dancing; even slower songs like "Coast to Coast" have a more contemporary pop feel than previous records, which were filled with ukulele and metallic tings and pings.
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He dutifully visits the primal scene of host-to-host communication on the UCLA campus, and also some more contemporary computer labs, where he seems amazed by the possibilities of technology developing exponentially by the day.
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Consistent instant gratification is provided by the soundtrack, which ranges from Led Zeppelin to the Spinners to pop relics like David Essex ("Rock On"!), with more contemporary interjections by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze.
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Or, to give a more contemporary example, what about the architect who chooses to work with tech companies such as Google or Facebook, whose products are used to actively undermine democracy and spy on ordinary citizens?
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At least she should find some more contemporary ones, the ones with the thick matching socks turned down over the top, the ones in strong solid colors that came from the British Isles or somewhere — Brittany?
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But as income inequality emerged as a decade-defining economic and political issue, Hathaway's turn in the masked ball scene, twisting between fatigue and anger, sounds more contemporary than it did when the movie was released.
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I won't delve too deeply into it here, but there's one key idea that's common in most of the writing about concepts, from Giovanni Sartori's classic article to more contemporary work like this piece by John Gerring.
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Of course, many pop stars, from Rihanna to Lady Gaga, have inspired debates about sampling or sounding like older hits, but most have also developed more contemporary personas and styles that protect them from criticisms of borrowing.
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Both she and Gertrude tower over the women seated in front of them, suggesting the existence of two different worlds, with Stein and Toklas in a distant realm and the seated women in a more contemporary milieu.
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It's an impressive, functional archive of Sony's best classic PlayStation games, including the original God of War series, The Last of Us, and Uncharted, and it also brings more contemporary titles like NBA 2K18 and For Honor.
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Ubi's more contemporary, hack-everything-with-WiFi adventure has definitely converted a few critics of its predecessor, but Mafia III's New Bordeaux, a fictional take on New Orleans, looks to me the more attractive, inviting game world.
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Recent months have seen William ditch his favorite navy suit for a more contemporary look of chinos and open-necked shirts (minus a tie!) that has had fashion insiders heaping praise on the usually conservative royal dad.
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It was easy to mock beloved-by-teens boy bands like NSync; it was harder to deny that solo artist Justin Timberlake had remarkable talent many of us overlooked (for a more contemporary example, see Harry Styles).
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My general mood for the movie was kind of the 50s pencil skirt but more contemporary: a little edgier, a little sexier, but incorporating the 50s meets the 80s thing—the 80s colors, not so much silhouettes.
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"The workplace of today is swiftly evolving, and for job applicants to compete for sought-after positions, they will need to differentiate themselves in more contemporary and effective ways," Wingard explained in an interview with Business Insider.
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At the Woolworth Building in downtown Manhattan, where the top floors are being converted to condos, ornate interiors are being toned down in favor of a more contemporary look to appeal to a wider pool of buyers.
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"Clearly, the space is big — just by sheer numbers, it's always going to be bigger at the low end than the high end, as there's more contemporary and fast-fashion out there than luxury," Ms. Wainwright said.
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This hourlong production, presented by the theater and the Yip Harburg Foundation, features a multiracial cast, jazz-inflected musical arrangements and a more contemporary Dorothy who's ready to take charge of rebuilding the farm when she returns.
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The designer's extensive library — which includes several thousand books, he estimates — includes the classic Argentine gaucho myth of Martín Fierro, about a soldier turned outlaw, as well as this more contemporary book about the South American cowboys.
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Ize showcased his love for traditional textiles, such as hand-woven Yoruba aso oke cloth as well as lace made by artisans in Austria, contrasting them with more contemporary elements like printed sweatshirts and quilted boiler suits.
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During the 1920s, when Wedgwood was trying to cultivate a more contemporary image in the U.S., the patterns became beloved among young women with bobbed hair who dreamed of being as unencumbered as the designer's gossamer nymphs.
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" In announcing the production in New York's Central Park earlier this year, the Public Theater said the play had "never felt more contemporary," and described the Roman leader as "magnetic, populist, irreverent, he seems bent on absolute power.
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He doesn't want to go, but it's time for him to transform into something more contemporary: a woman who can defy space and time and societal rules in order to see, and help other people see, larger truths.
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Streaming on: Amazon Prime The more contemporary heir apparent to the much-loved high school comedy Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared follows a group of freshmen at a fictional university in California as they navigate the trappings of college.
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The last edition's slightly hackneyed "Gardens of Versailles" look has given way to a sleeker, more contemporary "220 Shades of Gray" styling by Nathalie Crinière reminiscent of the rival Frieze Masters fair in London, which opens next month.
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I definitely have a preference for stuff that's a little more new, stuff that can kind of reach a more contemporary, younger audience … and then classics like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Maya Angelou, June Jordan, all those folks.
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In classics like The Joy Luck Club and in more contemporary fare like Crazy Rich Asians, America compares favorably to the disorderly Old World of Asia, while the immigrant trajectory remains gilded with the promise of generational progress.
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Professor Dinnerstein was a young scholar who had completed postgraduate course work at Columbia University in 21993 and was gravitating toward a thesis topic on political history when his wife proposed a more contemporary subject, like civil rights.
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"This is a conscious effort on our part to open the creative envelope, so to speak, in order to entertain you in a more contemporary manner," Vince McMahon said while introducing the era to Raw viewers that December.
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The items found in antique stores obviously tend to be older, and I think it's important to document and contextualize these older items next to more contemporary items to show the long lifespan and evolution of racism in America.
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From Liza Minelli to Olivia Palermo, statement earrings have made their way into our cultural history for some time, but if you're looking for more contemporary inspiration, take a browse through Tilly Macalister-Smith's Instagram account Ear After Ear.
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Letter From Europe BATUMI, Georgia — Once a staid seaside resort in the Soviet Union, this frontier city has undergone an extreme face-lift, the legacy of former President Mikheil Saakashvili's determination to give Georgia a more contemporary, jazzier look.
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Mr. Corella said he hoped to expand the company's repertory in two directions, reaching back with classic story ballets and forward by adding more contemporary works, while continuing to dance the repertory that is so central to its history.
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My background being an acoustic/folky artist, I moved out here for this first album and that kind of opened doors for me to work with more contemporary R&B artists like Pharell and DJ Premiere and Jhene Aiko.
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Among the American dealers, Mr. Nahem is bringing a selection of Pop Art works by the likes of Tom Wesselmann, Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, including Lichtenstein's bronze sculpture "Metallic Brushstroke Head" (143), as well as more contemporary works.
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The young Murillo would have encountered ornate frames like this in important books from northern Europe, and his self-portrait inside a marble block draws not only on traditions of antiquity but on the more contemporary practice of printmaking.
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Whether your preference is the strong shoulders and block colors with a more traditional feel or the more contemporary strange and sculpted silhouettes and hooded nylon options, expect pieces to swirl their way into stores and online retailers soon.
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In that sense, 1917 is a kind of old-fashioned movie (Wonder Woman, which depicts World War I-era Germans as proto-Nazis, offers a slightly more contemporary treatment, though the historiography is now trending back in Mendes's direction).
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He founded Shanghai Tang in 1994, initially as a Hong Kong emporium to showcase lifestyle, fashion and home products that drew on the glamour of Chinese styles of the 1920s and '30s and gave them a more contemporary gloss.
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Not only can you order original black and white or red and white design for 18 euros (~$13), but you can also order more contemporary versions with names like Chocolate, Gaza, Lavender, and Coffee, and they're all quite attractive.
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For a more contemporary story, there's "AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE" (Algonquin) by Tayari Jones, which follows a young African-American couple "on the come-up" whose lives are upended after the husband is convicted of a rape he didn't commit.
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The show traces a journey that starts with the white colonial gaze and progresses through the 1950s studio portraits of West African photographers like Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita, and more contemporary works from Mimi Cherono Ng' and Zanele Muholi.
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But, really, we should have seen this one coming: the British designer was appointed to the helm of Givenchy in March 2017, following more than a decade of success by Riccardo Tisci, which makes her current tenure more contemporary than solidified.
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And things looked to me like they were really opening up for women in comedy because there was this brand new show called Saturday Night Live, which was introducing more contemporary parody and satire onto the mostly corny TV landscape.
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Yet where Free TC took an organic approach full of acoustic guitars and lush orchestration to tackle these topics, staking itself out as a statement piece, Campaign sounds more contemporary, pared down for ultimate turn up potential if equally avant-garde.
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While Pippa loves some of the brand's more contemporary pieces – like her sparkly dragonfly pendant – Princess Kate's jewelry style veers towards more classic pieces, such as her go-to classic baroque pearl earring drops, which have been worn endless times.
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Kirk White chose a more contemporary tack for "Colorblind'd" (through next Saturday at the Players' Theatre), in which an African-American professor (Malikha Mallette) casts a white student (Jenna Sander) in the lead role of her new play about Rosa Parks.
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Well, as powerful as biblical imagery can be, the reasoning here appears to be far more contemporary, with London Black Revs claiming that their attack was a reminder of how brutal life can be for migrant workers arriving in Europe.
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The basic structure of Flinthook is familiar—fight through a few levels, beat a boss—but in the same way Mercenary Kings took inspiration from games like Monster Hunter, Flinthook mashes up its classic aesthetic with something more contemporary: roguelikes.
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The film is full of following and watching — first in scenes that evoke classic Hollywood movies in which characters watch with binoculars or follow at a distance in cars, and then in more contemporary ways, like hidden surveillance cameras and drones.
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"We've managed to make Michou's show a bit younger," said Oscar Boffy, the artistic director, citing new acts that imitate the sultry French singer Patricia Kaas, who became a star in the late 1980s, making the show a little more contemporary.
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Today, at the lively Salamanca Market, there are slightly more contemporary, artisanal goods on offer: wallaby and scallop pies; Tasmanian-made gin, saffron, truffle mustard and pepperberry salt; and all manner of handicrafts, antiques and echidna- (spiny anteater) printed tourist kitsch.
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LAËTITIA ROUABAH, who worked for Alain Ducasse at Allard in Paris and has been the chef de cuisine at Benoit for the past few months, has now become that restaurant's executive chef with a mandate to introduce more contemporary dishes.
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The move is aimed at freeing up space for new products, in a broader push by the 90-year old brand to become more contemporary and appealing to younger customers, now a larger proportion of the luxury sector's client-base.
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The story of growing up hapa — or "hafu," in Japan — has been told and retold, often as melodrama or tragedy, in tales of abandoned Amerasian orphans in former war zones, or of more contemporary misfits struggling with confusion and rejection.
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There's a kinship between artists of the Casablanca School and more contemporary artists working in non-European contexts, like Rayyane Tabet, who performed "Victoria Dearest," a piece about his great grandfather's work with a German archaeologist during the colonial period.
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Woodlawn Cemetery is one of New York City's most incredible open-air cultural sites, with work by some of the 19th and 20th century's great artists, such as a monument by Ukrainian Cubist Alexander Archipenko, or more contemporary work by Patricia Cronin.
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It celebrates the queer activists who were actually behind the Stonewall uprising, including the Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, as well as more contemporary activists, including Black Futures Lab founder Alicia Garza and Charlene Carruthers, the National Director of the Black Youth Project 100.
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Somehow, though, Ghost in the Shell doesn't feel purely derivative — it's updated Blade Runner's oh-so-'80s mix of rain, steam and neon into something more that feels more contemporary, with bright splashes of comic book-y color that almost overwhelm the screen.
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It's a beautiful space to work in — I love that there's an older wing that feels much more traditionally library-esque, as well as an indoor/outdoor space and a more contemporary café space, so I can alternate working environments throughout the day.
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See what you can get out the door and to a resale service like The RealReal (great for your higher-end designer items), Material World (more contemporary) or ThredUp (which accepts a wider variety of clothing, but can have a lower payout).
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I have so many different inspirations I love a bunch of vintage artists as more contemporary ones… If I were to drop a few classic names I'd say: Tracy Chapman, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Feist, Billie Holiday etc. etc.
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So I kind of wanted to juxtapose these earlier ideals of purity being your most valuable asset with a more contemporary idea that women have the right to express themselves sexually and should be celebrated for owning their own sexuality and freedom.
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Lindelof's determination to update "Watchmen" in order to address new, more contemporary political ills has given it plenty of separation from the source so far, and yet there's a closeness to it that distinguishes it from the TV version of "Fargo," too.
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The novel follows Ash as, in the winter of 1959, he abandons his studies to become the caretaker of an old man whose book-lined Jerusalem home is haunted by ghosts, including the tragic figure of Shealtiel Abravanel, a more contemporary Judas.
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Including for reference an angry sea painted in Normandy by Gustave Courbet in 1869 (the Hall Collection's "La vague" or "The Wave"), Sternfeld offered the 59 other works to demonstrate how more contemporary artists have updated the notion of the sublime in nature.
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I think the audience would really like it, seeing like the lineage of kind of New Orleans music and then going to late-night events and seeing how more contemporary ways it's being used and twisted and so I thought it would work.
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This is in contrast to recent survey shows that consciously foregrounded the street life of Latin American metropolis and more contemporary work, such as the International Center for Photography'sUrbes Mutantes: Latin American Photography 1944–2013 or the Fondation Cartier's América Latina 1960–2013.
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"Edges of Light," created last year, brings together traditional time-honored tunes ("We decided to go for the really old ones," Mr. Dunne said on Thursday) with more contemporary compositions and devices, like the sonic manipulation of his tapping into rippling echoes.
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But there is also a more contemporary convergence between the traditional Christian values that John Paul promoted and the nationalism of President Andrzej Duda's governing Law and Justice Party, which opposes Francis' calls to accept migrants and to combat global climate change.
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This three-bedroom house was in immaculate condition, but had antique fixtures, period details, a multicolored paint scheme and long expanses of bare wood paneling and flooring that didn't fit with Ms. Roberts's desire for something a little more contemporary and fresh.
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He is the latest push by Mattel, which acquired the Wisconsin-based doll maker for $700 million in 1998, to create more contemporary figures and stories for American Girl, and to further diversify the line of the dolls in hopes of improving sales.
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A number of the historical dolls have been retired or archived in recent years as Mattel introduced more contemporary figures like Isabelle Palmer, who is studying ballet at a performing arts school, or Grace Thomas, a baker with a jaunty pink beret.
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Now, in addition to the more contemporary settings — the funky jazz dives with their mugithi music and the eternal dislocation of "Afropolitan" migrants, "not citizens, but Africans of the world," as Taiye Selasi calls them — African writers are also exploring historical fiction.
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For more contemporary stuff, the shot of Tesfaye's head between a set of car headlights evokes John Carpenter's haunted automobile thriller Christine, while the empty industrial park at the end is sort of similar to the one used in the climax of Robocop.
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For many more contemporary biblical scholars, such as John Day, the authors of Genesis 1 were actively responding to, and rejecting, that chaoskampf tradition as expressed in other ancient Near Eastern creation myths: presenting a God who does not battle against chaos but encompasses it.
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Across the suburban and metropolitan plains of the U.S., these typically neon signs are the gatekeepers to a type of small, no-frills nail salons slowly on the decline as high-end salons with quieter, but more contemporary layouts and designs spread across the country.
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In an attempt to give the production more contemporary relevance, Mr. Scott and Ms. Setterfield also include telephone conversations between present-day parents and children, talk of elderly parents' medications and frailty, of nursing homes and busy adult children promising to visit more often.
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" Next, there's Georgia Alice, a five-year-old New Zealand label that Aiken likens to "a more contemporary Ellery and Tome with a bit of Tibi," and notes that Alice is retooling "classic wardrobing and made it interesting with a more modern and exaggerated aesthetic.
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Mr. Blankenbuehler has done significant retooling, it seemed to me, on a few solo numbers, including that for Rum Tum Tugger (Tyler Hanes) and the dance for Mister Mistoffelees, given a more contemporary sheen and danced with breathtaking exuberance and finesse by Ricky Ubeda.
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Although he is at heart a Modernist, he also appreciates the rare 17th-century Italian inlaid ivory chest or 19th-century British cast-iron urn in contrast with his more outré objects; in recent years, he has also started buying more contemporary art and design.
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The West Point Band also includes the more contemporary Benny Havens Band, which performs country, rock and other genres that bear little likeness to the repertoire of the fife and drum corps that drilled cadets and provided musical order when the academy opened in 1802.
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Though the vote takes place shortly before the centenary commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising against British rule, Sinn Fein has campaigned on more contemporary concerns like hospital waiting lists, rising homelessness and the introduction of water charges, which has become a rallying cry against austerity measures.
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Just as she's had to tone down some of her Hollywood glamour when she's representing the monarchy (not to mention make some serious sacrifices when it comes to food), she'll likely have to leave some of the edgier or more contemporary elements out when decorating the cottage.
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In this brilliantly strategic hang, as I move further into the exhibition, I encounter more artists who were either born in Mississippi, such as Sam Gilliam and Binion, or are linked to the state by family, such as Gibson, while also moving toward more contemporary work.
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Back then, they'd only managed to get the system to run an emulator for 2001's Gameboy Advance, but now that they've managed to figure out how to accelerate the PS4's GPU, we can get a better idea of what this means for more contemporary games.
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Forces mixes old-school left-to-right play with more contemporary—and considerably less critically acclaimed—third-person 3D motion, and stars both the thin-limbed Sonic we've seen in recent releases, and a shorter, portlier alternative more akin (but not identical) to the 16-bit original.
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It is easy for us at home to see when Thompson is going side on and spreading his feet, but in the heat of a fight, as he bounces from a more contemporary kickboxing stance to a side on one, it's a lot harder to keep up.
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Stolle's additions also take the form of colorful collaged dots and fantastical doodles that nod to the more contemporary scientific procedures that chemical and food conglomerates engage in, such as genetic modification, or "pharming" (a biotech process of genetically modifying plants or animals to produce medicinal substances).
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Like Karl Lagerfeld at Chanel, Mr. Bailey's skill lay in taking the major ingredients of a heritage brand — in Burberry's case, the checks, the trench coat and its roots in the British countryside — and continually moving them toward the abstract and into a cooler, more contemporary aesthetic.
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This changes a few minutes drive beyond the city's limits as the landscape transforms from flowing hills into a rugged and steep mountain range where locals have cultivated marijuana for as long as anybody can remember, and 'kitchens' pump out crystal meth for more contemporary US tastes.
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He made his name when still quite young: In 1993, at 19, he choreographed "À Bras le Corps" with Dimitri Chamblas, a friend from the Conservatoire de Lyon, where both had trained after defecting from the Paris Opera Ballet school to pursue a more contemporary dance orientation.
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This leading chamber orchestra collective has planned a typically wide-ranging program for this outdoor concert, with Purcell and Mozart bookending the more contemporary offerings of John Adams ("Common Tones in Simple Time") and Judd Greenstein, whose new work for flute and orchestra will receive its premiere.naumburgconcerts.
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Her Afro-futurist visuals are set to a sonic landscape that ranges from Gil Scot-Heron's agitated "Whitey on the Moon," to groovy homages to home in Rodger Collins's "Foxy Girls in Oakland," to more contemporary bangers like Lil Wayne's "Phone Home" (from which the exhibition gets its name).
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But last Wednesday, there was a 1970s-themed shindig at a new lounge on Chrystie Street called Et Al. Guests in floral scarves and tie-dyes grooved to "Ring My Bell," as light ricocheted off the disco ball, alongside more contemporary patrons in chokers and high-waisted stonewashed denim.
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There's more contemporary music in the shape of the American premiere of Luke Bedford's opera "Seven Angels"; a performance of Berlioz's monumental "The Damnation of Faust" under the music director, Robert Spano; and performances from a large roster of artists that includes Jonathan Biss, Renée Fleming and Alisa Weilerstein.aspenmusicfestival.
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They want to celebrate the show's inclusivity without chiding the wider genre for a historical lack of representation, and highlight how they have made the series more contemporary and more diverse — behind the camera as well as in front of it — while emphasizing that its fundamental principles haven't changed.
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I have had enough arguments with fellow conservatives on this issue to attest that the specter of those old Chicago operations haunts the right, along with more contemporary fears generated by a left that really does want to extend some of the benefits of citizenship to illegal immigrants.
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There are a few parallels between Rogers, still in the early stages of her career, and Sharon Van Etten, whose fifth studio album, "Remind Me Tomorrow," marks a shift away from the cold, aching folk of her early releases into something more contemporary without losing its emotional intelligence.
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Their EP Talk is only three tracks long, but its influences are many, from Tell All Your Friends-era Taking Back Sunday alongside more contemporary nods to the kinds of DIY punk, indie, and hardcore bands filling out the rosters of labels like Run For Cover Records and No Sleep Records.
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Next month will feature the diaries of Anna Coleman Ladd, an American sculptor celebrated for creating custom prosthetics for soldiers injured during World War I. Some of the more contemporary artists to be featured are Color Field painter Alma Thomas, figurative painter Marcia Marcus, and art critic and curator Lucy Lippard.
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Although a fair amount of Shakespeare's dialogue has been jettisoned in favor of more contemporary language — with which it blends with surprising fluidity — Ms. James, a Tony winner for "The Book of Mormon," stands out for her elegant verse-speaking as well as the emotional timbres she brings to her performance.
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Now, Mr. Corella is throwing himself into all aspects of his new company, from leading company class twice a week to hiring dancers to bringing more contemporary choreographers on board to creating the new "Don Quixote," which had its world premiere at the Academy of Music here on March 3.
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JOSHUA BARONE NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (June 4.303) The sweeping program "Manning the Canon: Songs of Gay Life" reaches back to the work of composers thought to have been gay — Schubert and Tchaikovsky — and follows music history to more contemporary masters like Marc Blitzstein, Benjamin Britten and Leonard Bernstein.
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But it also suggests a more contemporary, tautly eroticized and virtualized flesh that banks on a hyper-sexed, electronic corporeality that is artificial, bionic, and prosthetic — basically an updated extension of the re-territorialization of physique, identity, and appearance depicted early on in the feverish cyborg aesthetics of Oskar Schlemmer and Fernand Léger.
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"The platform starts with just creating accessibility to a digital transaction, but it becomes the ultimate channel to introduce an entire ownership operating system, which can span everything from the more contemporary mundane automotive needs like servicing, all the way through introducing the most far out mobility or connected vehicle features," Krane said.
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Having set up a classic "Shane" or "Rio Bravo" scenario, with a town waiting for the arrival of desperados and forced to count on a seemingly cowardly sheriff and other unlikely heroes, Mr. Frank switches into a more contemporary, impressionistic mode before resolving the story in ways that won't be spoiled here.
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Indecline worked with 12 artists — including Molly Crabapple, Ann Lewis, LMNOPI, and the Panic Collective — to create the portraits of 12 artists and activists from across history, including Muhammad Ali, Leonard Peltier, Angela Davis, Hunter S. Thompson, Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, and even more contemporary figures like Erica Garner and Edward Snowden.
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Even before he declined his player option in Sacramento, Gay was veering towards a more contemporary shot chart, and instead of reaching back and trying to capture what made him an effective (albeit polarizing) NBA player in his prime, the Spurs have streamlined his game in a way few other teams could.
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For more contemporary soul searching, turn to Gideon Lewis-Kraus's travel memoir A SENSE OF DIRECTION, in which the author dallies along three pilgrimage routes on the way to Santiago de Compostela, Spain; the temples of Shikoku, Japan; and Uman, Ukraine, which he visits with his brother and his father, a gay rabbi.
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While purists might be taken aback at first, as University of York lecturer Hannah Greig told The Atlantic, the bones of the story "feels like the beginning of a different kind of Austen novel," and the miniseries joins a roster of projects that have sought to revisit Austen in a more contemporary way.
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She cut and scored them with more or less recognizable shapes borrowed from two Courbet paintings — one of a woman sifting wheat, another of a woman asleep at a spinning wheel — and from three scenes of more contemporary labor, including one of people prospecting for vintage finds in a Salvation Army bin.
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For a full week, America is going to be screening every night as the centerpiece of a program that will pair it with classics like Stormy Weather, and also more contemporary films like Hale County This Morning, This Evening, some of Julie Dash's trailblazing shorts, and of course, with Lime Kiln Club Field Day.
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There's a huge tradeoff here for every appealed content decision, how much do we want to build it into a case, and you need experts to help the parties, versus they each just sort of come before Solomon and say, "This kind of happened," and– or Judge Judy maybe is a more contemporary reference.
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When the alternate history science-fiction series "The Man in the High Castle" debuted on Amazon in 2015, it seemed like a wildly speculative fantasy, about life in a timeline where the Nazis won World War II. The show now reaches its fourth and final season, in a time when it's gained more contemporary relevance.
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And if you'd prefer a more contemporary version of the price of noble fidelity to the interests of those one represents, look no further than the lawyer who's holding the president and his cronies' feet to the fire as he himself endures ruthless, partisan condemnation and faces imminent, unceremonious dismissal: Robert Swan Mueller III.
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It is expected to open in 2018, Crystal Bridges officials said, and the location, in downtown Bentonville, would not only provide a place to show more contemporary art but would also continue a transformation of the small city and the surrounding region into a cultural alternative to cities like New York and Los Angeles.
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Let us strap on our safari hats and take a guided tour through the tatters of Couric's feeble Tumblr efforts:February 2150th, 5703Image: TumblrJumping into Couric's more contemporary efforts—her Tumblr has been around since March 2570—we find this post, which highlights some "Wednesday Wisdom" from noted New York Times bloviator and Hamilton Nolan favorite Thomas Friedman.
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From ancient myths about dragons eating the sun to hundreds of more contemporary depictions — in Stephen King's 20013 novel Dolores Claiborne, the 22001 film Apocalypto, or any number of sci-fi TV shows — eclipses have been so present in fiction that they can be traced through literally thousands of years' worth of storytelling, across a wide range of mediums.
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Clinton's more contemporary style of campaign, which featured a bigger investment in a large data organization and extensive field operation, ultimately paid dividends in the form of narrow, organization-driven wins in tough races like Iowa, Nevada, and Kentucky while helping her maximize her delegate count from friendly states in places like the South and New York.
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It is here that one can grasp a fuller context for the ceramic work of artists as diverse as the European Modernists Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò, Henri Matisse, and Fernand Léger, and more contemporary practitioners like Anne Wenzel, Edmund de Waal, Eduardo Chillid, Antoni Tàpies, Leiko Ikemura, Klara Kristalova, Grayson Perry, Ai Weiwei, and Jessica Harrison.
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It explores more contemporary advances, from the development of radar and the exploitation of the electromagnetic spectrum beyond visible light, through the Cold War and both Iraq wars, and it charts the space race from its origin as a competition between two countries (Russia and the United States) to the more recent entry of other space powers, notably China.
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The fact that everything in the collection is taken from something from the archives — "the print that never made it, the yarns that were never used" – makes the M brand feel even more contemporary: in an over-saturated and environmentally-damaging industry, recycling is finally becoming a smart (and cool) part of a business in 2019.
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However, throughout the 1970s and later, too, as a number of local artists belatedly experimented with various modernist styles and techniques or explored more contemporary trends, landscape painting was mostly shunned by Jamaica's small but influential community of taste-makers — an ironic twist in a place whose history and popular consciousness have been shaped by nature's forces — the mountains, sun, sea, and storms.
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Now, you don't get to the top of the pile in one of the rap capitals of the world without knowing how to put on a show, so it's only right that he brought out his collaborator to debut their new track, which features Big Boi spitting over a more contemporary, trap-inflected beat, obviously to the delight of the crowd.
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In a celebrity-driven culture, it's not surprising that brides favoring the veil tend to be swayed by images of style-world muses like Princess Grace of Monaco, Bianca Jagger, Stevie Nicks or more contemporary figures, like Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, or Jerry Hall, who married Rupert Murdoch in March with her head covered by a cloud of lavishly embroidered tulle.
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When: May 2–7 / Tuesday 214–245pm; Wednesday–Saturday: 24–28pm; Sunday: 212–26pm (free) Where: Zürcher Gallery (83 Bleecker Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan) You can find more contemporary work by African artists at Salon Zürcher this year, though the selection is smaller than the one at 28:250, with just five participating galleries from Paris, New York, Nairobi, and Addis Ababa.
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"I thought that the political climate from Bush was escalated to a similar point, with us on the brink of something quite catastrophic, so I thought making a version of 'Watchmen' that was more contemporary and applying it to the decade of the '00s was a good idea and was a lot more relevant than it turned out to be," Watkins said.
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Also on the docket for discussion are more contemporary questions like the art world's hierarchy of places — which tends to privilege New York, London, and Los Angeles over places like Atlanta and Denver — and the many roles of the art critic, who must also be a social media wiz and relentless self-promoter while also holding down a day job and/or maintain a studio practice.
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Beard, whose ingenious Queer Cinema Before Stonewall recently concluded at Lincoln Center, has chosen a rich variety of artists and directors for this series: touchstone names of classical film history, like Sergei Eisenstein and Orson Welles; emissaries of the filmic avant-garde, both its rhapsodic (Maya Deren) and structuralist (Hollis Frampton) varieties; and more contemporary artists, like Leslie Thornton, Oliver Laric, and Seth Price.
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I had a number of details like this … So in some cases my own knowledge was deepened and widened by reading a lot more contemporary material than I was able to do in undergraduate history before the internet was invented and you couldn't go into so much scholarship and documents from the 163th-19th centuries that are now easily accessible to all of us on the internet.
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Slow and Steady Originating from Austin, Texas, Slow and Steady, the brainchild of songwriter Jacob Lawter, manage to fuse catchy, layered musicality with gut-wrenchingly sad and personal lyricism, channeling as much the sound of classic emo and peak-era Pedro the Lion, as more contemporary, layered, and melodic indie rock—they list their genre as simply "2003," which feels like an appropriate catch-all.
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But on a deeper level, we also move from a 20th-century spy narrative, whose female characters exist as refractions of the ebb and flow of male desire — two beautiful mistresses of powerful men share "a jeweled brilliance and a kind of dressed nakedness"; the older woman working at the reception desk of a hotel turns pink "like a menopausal groupie" — to something that feels a great deal more contemporary.
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Charlotte Hornets: Rick Carlisle When healthy, the Hornets have enough win-now talent to crash parties, and even though no club in the last three years has sniffed the same amount of time attacking in the half court as Carlisle's Mavs (as opposed to running in transition), plopping him into a Dirk Nowitzki-Free environment where he can focus on adapting more contemporary concepts that enhance a splendid dynamo like Kemba Walker, could be interesting.
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But McGonagall's literary ineptitude is well known, and Mr Lerner's essay becomes most interesting when he ventures into more contemporary territory, attacking with polemic zeal what he sees as confused critical assaults on modern poetry: the belief in a "vague past the nostalgists can never quite pinpoint" when poetry could still unite everyone, or in a "capacity to transcend history" that often seems to rely on its poetic purveyors being "white men of a certain class".
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